Benson Lock - Boxing Day 2012

Under normal river conditions the lock and weir at Benson provide a 'step' in the Thames of 6ft 2in.

Small World Series 2012

I have a few of these left to give away. If you like a set, send me your postal address and mention "Small World Series 2012".

The text  facing the images in the pdf above is, of course, printed on the reverse of the appropriate card.

Scots pine

Wallingford telecom

It is easy to miss the architectural merit of this mast which dominates the skyline of Wallingford's industrial zone. Once you take a look, it is difficult to avoid seeing beetle antennae sprouting from the top. Or recalling HG Wells's Martian tripods...

From Cholsey Hill

North West from Cholsey Hill. 01 December 2012

Flood plain

Panorama of Winter floods from Wallingford Castle supplied by Panoramic Earth

The actual composite image which the interactive panorama is based on (gets bigger if you click it)

Now on 360cities.net

Crowmarsh Gifford

First impressions in comparison with panoramicearth.com:

• Not as clear geo-tagging on 360cities
• Nice to have a compass, but hard to see how to set it correctly - North is actually West
• Proximity of other panoramas and thumbnails is a bit intrusive
• Launch perspective is better (less extreme wide angle) than panoramicearth
• Resolution is pretty poor. I think it gets better if you pay.
• No stats on 360cities
• More useful commercialistation on 360cities 
• Pixel accurate embeds on 360 cities

Inside St. Mary's Newnham Murren

Panorama of St Mary's Newnham Murren supplied by Panoramic Earth

Crowmarsh

Water level now falling. 6" below 2007. Didn't quite reach 2003's level.

The cloud is man-made, courtesy of Didcot power station.

I was going to thank the lady in the knitted had for providing the foreground interest but she'd left by the time I packed my tripod away.

Panorama of Thames in flood at Crowmarsh Gifford supplied by Panoramic Earth

Herefords

Wallingford Cemetery

Panorama of Wallingford Cemetery supplied by Panoramic Earth

What, with it being 11.11

See if you can spot the red kite

Castle Meadows pond

Panorama of Castle Meadows pond supplied by Panoramic Earth

Spot the red kite and the gulls!

Wallingford Castle Gardens

Panorama of Castle Gardens, Wallingford supplied by Panoramic Earth

Spot the red kite

Eurasian Eagle owl

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 Eagle owl (Bubo Bubo, captive), Hawkshead Show, Cumbria. 21 August 2012

Just doing some house keeping and found these from "the summer".

On bowsprits

Something about wind power cries out for black and white.

Photos taken on behalf of Morning Star Trust in the tidal Medway, Kent.

Full set (in colour!) here on my PhotoShelter site.

Blatant advertising

Fresh fields

Carrion crow

Corvus corone

Browsing

Webmaster

Spider spotting season.
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Beef

Hereford bull, Castle Meadows, Wallingford

Golden hour

Prayer flags

Osier (Salix viminalis)

Aftermath

Bunkfest 2012

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Mick 'The Bullet' Turner, The Rough and Ready Boys

The Rough and Ready Boys

The Rough and Ready Boys

The Rough and Ready Boys

Ewa Wałecka, Warsaw Village Band

Magdalena Sobczak Kotnarowska, Warsaw Village Band

Sylwia Świątkowska, Warsaw Village Band

Sylwia Świątkowska, Warsaw Village Band

Ewa Wałecka, Warsaw Village Band

Warsaw Village Band

Some events remind you that you are, indeed at the centre of the universe. Even when that's delusional, Wallingford Bunkfest annual music, traditional dance, beer and steam festival, reminds you that delusions are more real than anything concrete.

Dressed slate

The Yan Forest Learning Centre, Grizedale

High Oxen Fell

Earlier today. Looking North West towards Little Langdale from High Oxen Fell, Cumbria.
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Moss Eccles Tarn

Panorama of Moss Eccles Tarn supplied by Panoramic Earth

St Michael and All Angels

Panorama of Hawkshead parish church, Cumbria supplied by Panoramic Earth

Quiz: name that sheep

Earlier today at Hawkshead Show, Cumbria.

Strictly for fun. Answer in comments below.

Hawkshead, Cumbria

Panorama of Hawkshead, Cumbria supplied by Panoramic Earth

Creeping thistle

Ripening wheat

I tasted some. It doesn't have that starchy sweetness yet.