Through the eyes of a travelling photographer
Lydden Hill is a small multiple route circuit, between Canterbury and Dover in Kent. I was invited along to shoot some fun racing, trackside with my friend Jon, from www.snappyracers.com
The morning was rather wet, with saloon cars and other everyday cars, followed later by trucks and oval circuit racing.
The streets of Notting Hill, North London fill with a million revellers every year, marking the second largest street carnival in the world. The carnival route covers three miles of Notting Hill streets, show casing wonderful costumes from mostly the Caribbean.
Christine, fellow Kiwi
Massive police presence
Eve
Time for reliving the past, with a visit to Chessington, the first time since 1989. Some of the original rides are still here, such as the Runaway train and log flume, but no sign of the gorilla that terrorised me as a boy! đŸ˜›
Smelly breath?
Three legged monkey
Met up with a couple of friends from New Zealand, one of whom had just arrived here a week ago – and decided to show her around some of my favourite places.
Street Performer in Covent Garden
Trafalgar Square
Bubbles at Camden Town
Looking up to Houses of Parliament (Big Ben)
Leanne, enjoying the sights of London
Temporary fun water feature at South Bank
Brick Lane is often referred to as Banglatown, being the heart of the Bangladeshi community. Featuring markets, street sellers, and plenty of good food, it was a great location for another facebook group photography meetup.
Christian
Yulia
A large lightning storm struck London creating a spectacle over the skies. With a lack of a nice foreground, had to make do with the surroundings outside my house by Danson Park in South East London.
Only shot from within Danson Park (would have liked to get to the lake for some reflections, but was promptly locked out by security)
The width restriction on Danson Lane, Welling
Danson Crescent
Corner of Danson Crescent and Danson Lane
Darren’s a fellow photographer and friend, and drove himself and wife, Beatrix, along from London to the East coast of Kent – Broadstairs, followed by white cliffs of Dover. The weather was rather gloomy, so rather than shooting the intended landscapes, focused more on them as a married couple.
The London Motor Show at the Excel events centre was my first taste of a true large scale motoring show. Filled with plenty of concepts, exotics and test drives, enough for everyone to enjoy.
Lexus LF-A Concept
Bugatti Veyron
Drift Demos
Ford GT – remake of the classic GT40
Chevrolet Camaro
Nissan GTR – supercar performance for a reasonable price
Meanwhile outside, the Red Bull London Air Race qualifying was happening
After a few days in Newcastle, travelling around Tynemouth, Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall, decided to drive down to Norfolk and visit some friends for a few days. First up was a quick trip to the local Banham Zoo.
Sarah enjoying the animal displays
Beautiful Toucan, through some unsightly fence!
Surprise surprise, some photos I posted last year weren’t actually the wall, but something else. Deciding to put things right, ventured back there after leaving Ullswater.
View of Hadrian’s Wall, along a ridge – if you look closely, can see some people camping overnight
Cute cow
View from further along the ridge
With my friend Adam Gray, peak of summer, but very cold
Finally the early morning sun creeps through
After camping out from a late night, and being the peak of summer, sunrise was just after 4:30am! Lack of sleep didn’t help the concentration, but a few photos later, was interrupted by rain again, so decided to drive back to Newcastle, following the route of Hadrian’s Wall.
A break in the clouds, before five in the morning
Last shot before the heavy rain swept through
Following a pub meal at Windermere – famous for it’s history of Beatrix Potter; author of the popular Peter Rabbit series, drove back across the Kirkstone Pass linking Windermere to Ullswater.
The Kirkstone Pass was just being lit up by the rising moon, and saw an opportunity of a lone car travelling the deserted highway.
Shortly before midnight
An easy 90min drive West of Newcastle, opens up to the amazing views of the Lake District. With only one evening and morning to explore, decided to stay around Ullswater area, which is one of the more picturesque lakes.
Entrance to Ullswater from the North-East – a contrast to 9 months ago in Autumn:
Meanwhile as I set this shot up, 3 low flying RAF jets through low through the valley and across the lake. A shame I had the wide angle lens setup!
The scene where the jets had just flown by
Another trip to Tynemouth, just a short drive East of Newcastle on a beautiful hot summers day.
Walking past the McLaren-Mercedes stand in the F1 Village, came across these guys again, who this time had a glass ball for contact juggling
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