Time to put the heating on... or switch it off downunder.

Another view of Dollis Brook Walk in Woodside Park.

A spooky Moon..

The design of this sign in Aylesbury is pre-1964 but titled AVDC, Aylesbury Vale District Council, which is part of the British changes in 1974. It looks quite a bit older to me.

These small memorials are known as Stolpersteine or ‘stumbling stones/blocks’. These stones are four inch concrete cubes bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and the fates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.

The Stolpersteine project was initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992 and commemorates individuals at their last place of residency or work before they became victims of the Nazi regime, in the main, through either euthanasia or deportation to concentration or extermination centres. The majority of Stolpersteine have been placed to commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust, Gypsies (Romani and Sinti), homosexuals, the physically or mentally disabled and many other minority groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, members of the German Resistance, International Brigade soldiers of the spanish civil war and conscientious objectors.

As of December 2019, around 75,000 Stolpersteine have been laid across Europe. Those pictured here are some of the ninety-two Stolpersteine that have been placed in the Dutch city of Hilversum.

An entire shop in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, dedicated to the worship (and sales) of the rubber duck!

Another view of the brook in Hampstead Garden Suburb

Most buildings here which look like this are telephone exchanges as it was a standard post-war design. This is in Palmers Green.

I haven't posted railway lines for ages, these are next to the photo above.

Sunnyhill Park in Hendon.

An untended garden by an empty maisonette in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

What an amazing coincidence...

Back in 1973 as a youngster of 13, I went, with my schoolmates, on an organised week long trip to the Dutch capital, Amsterdam. Whilst we were there we did the obligatory canal cruise on one of the many boats that can be seen navigating the myriad of canals in that city; the boat that my schoolmates and I sailed on was called the ‘Abel Tasman’.

Forty-eight years later at the age of 61 and I’m back in the Dutch capital once again. Imagine my delight when I come across a cruiser named ‘Abel Tasman’ and after confirming with the company running the cruises that this is the very same vessel that was in use back in the 70s – it had been in service in Amsterdam since its launch in 1960 – what else could I do but take another cruise on her; this time with my grandchildren.

What a fantastic day we had!

You're the same age as me, another coincidence. I'd just turned 40 when I joined here. I also went to Amsterdam when I was 13 in the easter holidays.

Sweeping up time at KFC in East Finchley, I eat next door at the Greek takeaway and get my KFC locally.

Arched wall design by Broomfield Park, Palmers Green

One of the ponds in Broomfield Park

A typical British village view near Aylesbury

It did not work.

This is the amazing 'Bubble Cloud' roof which covers the large open concourse at the main shopping mall, Hoog Catharijne, adjacent to Utrecht Centraal station in the Netherlands.

A nearby rural scene. Have you changed your photo server Howie? A few have gone funny over the last few years.

More from the same area.

A country pub near Aylesbury

New student accommodation in Cambridge

Long Crendon village in Buckinghamshire

A farm on the same trip

I have had to say goodbye to Victor today, his kidneys were old and his heart was failing, his temperature was low and he was making an effort to breathe, and the vet said he would suffer far more if I kept him. R.I.P. 2003-2021