Bah Humbug! Ours were up on the 1st Nov! Ridiculous.

For anyone who's seen "The Castle", here's a picture from Bonnie Doon

This is possibly London's last manually operated level crossing in Enfield

London is an absolute goldmine of old road signs, mainly due to the sheer numbers making removal a task beyond the priority of councils who actually need to be providing services and not following government regulations of style. I don't even remember these white arrows but were the previous version of the current black and white chevrons around roundabouts. I have seen them in a film still on the road to the Dover car ferry and another in the City of London but nowhere else, are they familiar to anyone else?

LOVE the one of the crossing, satguru!

Part of the bridleway where I walk the dog

Allen Memorial Methodist Church, Wallsend. The spire had to be removed when it became unsafe

Not a very usual sight, bulls on the beach, but they seemed to enjoy their day out on the seaside as much as we did. Although evereybody kept their distance, as those horns where a bit intimidating. There is the Doña Ana natural reserve that borders onto the beach, so they must have come from there.

That is an unusual sight. They certainly look happy enough though.

What an amazing sight! Did they go paddling?

Dare I be the first to say it.. a pod (or herd) of seacows on the beach! Oh come on.. someone had to say it

And here she is enjoying a walk

Christmas Decoration Forum Indoor Shopping Centre Wallsend

Finding new uses for an arena that can't hold ice any longer - The Festival of Trees!



These are just a few of the many decorated trees that lined the floor, interspersed with local artists selling their wares, things for kids to do and a live band. After the festival the trees were raffled off.

On the back of the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests, one sprang up on College Green in Bristol
recently. It's in a good cause I guess though they could have chosen a better site.

The entrance to a field in Cobham, about 20 miles south of London.

Liove the colours in your autumnal shot, satguru! and szabs, those bulls on the beach look really out of place (but pretty cool)!.

I thought the window of the Irish pub in St Malo yesterday deserved a piccie:

This may be the last photo I post of my beloved Rudi.




He's been with me since the moment he was born over 11 years ago, but is now showing signs of kidney failure.

He is gorgeous Bob.

Sorry to hear about Rudi not being well .. as I've said about Christnap's Alsatian, they are just a magnificent animal.

Love your pic, Santanna! I love love love old suitcases and now you've got me wanting to re-create that scene in my house ..somehow

Sunset over the North Downs in Surrey

I am so very sad for you Bob He is magnificent.

So sorry to read about your Rudi, rmg! and I echo what the others have said: he's a fantastic looking dog!!!

I guess I had better not show you the *other* window from the pub, copago? Very 'Tim Holtz'ish too

Rudi is lovely, very best wishes to both of you.

This is definitely my kind of window:



(Irish Pub in St Malo)

Great shame about Rudi Bob, I missed seeing it last time.

Today's picture tells a story. My photo project this year onwards is taking photos in as many places as possible for the photo mapping site geograph.org.uk, who have a library of the British Isles made from our photos. The green map gets a red square every time you add one, and obviously after a few years you find them harder and harder to get to. As it gets dark at 4pm now it's not impossible to do some as I have this week, but harder and harder till late March. Today there was a small strip of space in Borehamwood I could get to in half an hour, but at 2.30 was almost dark as so much cloud, but pressed on. The camera really couldn't cope though and this sort of garbage was the best it could manage, every parameter was confused and unable to process the pixels properly. But if they're a bit off I still add them as every single photographer can sympathise when that happens.

Saw this in Leazes Park Newcastle. What it is there for I have no idea

Oh, yes, in my dim and distant memory is the thought that there was a competition for the creation of a totem pole, run by the parks people. Am I right?

Either this is a photo of goodies for filling advent calenders, or a particular Teddy Bear is going to enjoy a good picnic ...


RMG your dog looks magnificent. My thoughts are with you xxx

Yummm-mmmy!!!

Do we have a December thread? It's well into the month everywhere now, methinks