The Bar Fly gets "clever": another in the occasional series - #08/53

"And the first question is...." Quizz night is in full swing, in this homely and deservedly popular small Brentford pub. The Waterman's Arms, has been on the site close to the river barge wharves in Ferry Lane since 1751.

Camera: Olympus C7070 WZ

Perfectly stable, thank you - # 295

The camera remains perfectly horizontal as the Bar Fly lists gently to port. (Oh, dear. That's an unplanned pun. It just slipped out. Sorry.)

Another, in the occasional Richmond upon Thames "Bar Fly series". Have a happy and peaceful weekend.

Pick me up - # 281

Another in the "Bar Fly" series. Sometimes lying on the floor helps to produce a good photo.

This one has to be in colour to capture the warm and homely "tidy clutter" of a nice English pub bar counter: the nuts, the crisps, the sporting trophies and the team photos from regulars, and of course the pumps, all lined up, dressed and polished to display the badge of a good independent ale brewer.

Natural break - # 251

Moving away from illusions and back to the real, (and suffering a mild crisis in the photo archive), here is another of my "bar fly" shots. I chose this because I liked the apparent energy and enthusiasm for the job shown by the bar maid (or does one call them "beverage service associates" these days?). Perhaps I shall have to introduce a "weekly bar fly photo", but that might be too stressful for my regular companion.

I had hoped to feature the refurbishment and transformation into cool 21st century minimalist elegance of my local watering hole, but the photos were not good enough. I must try again.