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Innocent's Fruitstock in Regents Park

Last weekend we went down to Fruitstock, a free music festival put on by Innocent Drinks. They seem like a nice bunch of people with witty and appealing marketing which probably revolves around the word 'nice'.

the London Gospel Community Choir sing it out

A few bands played, kids had loads to play on, a few companies sold stuff (like Hill Station Ice Cream and Cafédirect tea and coffee and a few companies just marketed themselves. For what is really a bit marketing promotion event, it was very nice.

Everyone chilled and had a nice lazy time

Hugh

Canary Wharf, East London

London in the summer

I was cycling around the other day, up and down streets that I don't know, and ended up passing this scene. A huge spout of water shooting up from a burst water main on a hot and sunny day. The kids were loving it, running in and out and around the jet of water. It really looked like one of those pictures you see from America where they've opened a fire hydrant in the street.

Damn Tube Chocolate Machine

Too many times have I attempted to buy chocolate from the machines on the London Underground. Too many times has my money been taken and no chocolate dispensed.
What age of technology are we in?
When I complain to the given email address, they simply send a voucher in the post. Thats probably cynical - voucher redemption is typically very low.
I'd recommend avoiding these machines - its not worth the hassle.

London Loop

This was taken on stage one of the London Loop. Its also a part of the Sustrans National Cycle Network.
- I suppose the fastest moving thing should always give way.
- what is the real name of a path when it belongs to multiple named routes? For example the London Loop or National Cycle Route 1. Or the M1 (motorway) or the E13 European route.
- Why would a cycle route have barriers along it that make you have to get off your bike to negotiate it? Do walkers have to take shoes off? Do motorists have to get out and push?

Ducks

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I moved

A while ago now, I moved house. This led to all sorts of complications.
At the same time I changed my phone, which I like to use to take snaps on to put up here. It changed from one that took Sony standard Memory Sticks to one that wrote the newer Sony Memory Stick Pro format, in the Duo size. That led to even more complication as my video camera that I used to read the old memory sticks would read the new format.

the street sign of the road I live,
on a windy, dark night

Hence, since moving house with all the upheaval and search for some kind of pattern to my life, I haven't posted much up on this blog. Now I have finally resolved all my memory stick problems, if not the patterns, but getting hold of a multi format card reader. It cost about £5 on eBay, was delivered rapidly from Hong Kong and is performing nicely. I did lose a couple of images when getting the thing working, but I have a few that I shall now post up.