Quiet night - Spain playing Germany - # 08/150

Sunday night, Richmond Riverside.

No title - # 08/149

..............but it's there, isn't it. (Prizes have already gone to..........).

Camera: Olympus E3. Lens at 400mm 1/640 sec f5.0 ISO 100

The world's most fabulous guitar shop.... - # 08/148

........is in Sandycombe Road, Kew. www.chandlerguitars.co.uk check it out!

Go on! Enjoy yourself! - # 08/147

Relax and enjoy the sunshine along Kew Station Parade. (Trouble is, it's gone a bit dull and cloudy again......are well, that's England).

Towards Richmond Hill - # 08/146

This shot was taken back in March '08. Looking through the elegant span of Richmond Lock (here, the portage slips for canoes and skiffs) we can see the 1933 by-pass road bridge, the railway bridge, and in the distance the apartments along the terrace at the top of Richmond Hill. The original 1778 Richmond Bridge is just visible at the very back if you look hard at the left hand far end.

A nice touch of quality - # 08/145

The open-air bakery stall outside Kew Gardens Station is an asset to the area.

Heavy stuff - # 08/144

This is my somewhat dramatic vision of the fortress like "National Archive Office" of the nation, at Kew. It is here that year by year the scandals and dilemmas of the recent past are revealed as the secrecy wrappings are removed, and of course "over 1,000 years of history" are carefully maintained.