BRIAN REID PHOTOGRAPHER
Welcome Back
It was great to see my friend Paul Langshaw out at his “second home”, the Shuttleworth Collection, at Old Warden. He has had a very tough month but is well on his way back. We met up for a cuppa with other friends after I had a short walk in the Swiss Garden and then we popped into the engineering hanger to see what is happening there. That is Paul in the hanger above. There is always something to...
A local roundup
Here are a few pictures from local spots as the autumn colours start to fade. At Anglesey Abbey the little robin above was serenading the many visitors to this popular National Trust site. They try to create interest throughout the year and a world photography exhibit included some amazing photos. There was plenty of colour remaining as there was at the Swiss Garden earlier in the week where the...
Fungi
T’is the season of fungi and I did not need to go too far as some popped up in the front garden. Not as interesting as the fly agaric at the Lodge, like the one above and the ones below. I’ve added another nice little plain one from the Lodge before one from my garden. There are fungi and fun guys so I’ll finish with a picture that Richard took of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings at the London Palladium...
I Like Trees
As the title of the post says, I like trees, both local and far away. The headline image is one my local favourites in the Swiss Garden. It is an elderly acer which illuminates the autumn in the garden. A similar acer at the Lodge is not quite there yet and is also on my favourites list. Further from home is Tane Mahuta (the lord of the forest) a giant Kauri tree in New Zealand. It may be the largest...
Ocassional classics at Old Warden
At Old Warden there are often vintage classic cars and sometimes classics for the future and that was the case at the weekend. In this case someone parked a Ferrari California next to a classic of the future! By the way I think the Ferrari California is my favourite example of the mark and remember seeing my first one in the wild outside a restaurant in Carmel. In the Swiss Garden the dahlias are...
Sunshine in Cambridge
Yesterday I was going over to Cambridge to visit a friend in hospital so decided to check out the autumn colours at Maddingley US Military Cemetery which can be vibrant around this time of the year. The general overcast gave way to a short burst of weak sunshine which enhanced the colours of the leaves as they turn, as you can see in the photos. I also grabbed a few snaps in the city centre and include...
Autumn is definitely here
I am shaking off a cold and enjoyed some fresh air at the Lodge yesterday surrounded by autumn colour. I was not alone. I cannot remember when the main and overspill car park were so full. Good news for the RSPB. I don’t know where the people went as I hardly saw anyone on my walk along the turbine trail.
Back to Routine
There is always a fair amount of housekeeping to do after a long trip and that will be finalised with a proper grocery shop today. Yesterday I took a run down to Old Warden to see what was new in the collection and in the, ever changing, Swiss Garden. There was plenty of activity as they were moving aircraft around with the Edwardians moving to Hanger 1. It is like three dimensional chess with very...
Bremen to Hook of Holland
Gosh, what can I say. Talk about lucky with the weather. If today’s weather had been anywhere important to the trip it would have been a wash out. I think we are getting a taste of Amy! It started very, very wet from Bremen to the Dutch border and from there two things changed. We got occasional sunny periods and the wind built and built until I nearly got blown over in Noordwyk. It was just under...
Aalborg to Bremen
No sightseeing today just a steady autobahn drive from Aalborg in Denmark to Bremen in Germany. Apart fro serious roadworks near Aarhus and causing a major hold up around Hamburg it was a pretty easy run, but windy in places. The only place that I would like to have stopped for a photo op was at the Kiel Canal which allows shipping to go from the Baltic to the Atlantic. I assumed there would be a...