Notting Hill Carnival

I went to the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend. I was expecting massive crowds, and to have to jump to try get photos of the parade, but by going early, it wasn't bad at all!
I loved it with the funky dancers and soca rythmns, and the Jerk chicken was sure delicious! Except for the overdose of hot sauce I put on!

WELCOME!

Denise models her impressive ring.

You don't want to mess with these guys!

Damlmation cows!

This lady looks like Isis I think

Perfect dress to dance in!

I thought Notting Hill was a carribean festival, but aparently there are some American Indians too!

Mr Warren and I

A-hem, these kind folks put on an interesting threesome display for the crowds!

Sea-horses?

Aaahhhh, cute!!

Mama swan was too big to fit in the camera!

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

errr, spinning teacups!

arrghhh, spiders!

Flower power

Mr Warren sporting his dashing new mustache

Dora's Brolly

We had a picnic in Hamstead Heath.
Here we see Dora modelling her latest funky brolly!

Playing the Building

I went to see David Byrne's latest project, called Playing the Building. David himself is not there but he rigged up the Roundhouse in Camden so the the buidling can be played like a musical instrument, using a organ in the middle of the room.
A bit weird, and not the most thrilling experience, but at least I have been there!

The organ in the middle of the room, with the wires leading from it to devices which hit parts of the building, force air hrough pipes to create humming and vibrating sounds etc.

Young Maestro at work.

Wire abstract

Floor grille

The skylight in 3 forms

Bournemouth

I went for the day to Bournemouth for some beaching, cycling and geocaching.

The sign says it all!

Various shots of the beach and pier.

Dad, this one is just for you, as I know how much you love angled shots!

Boat trip alert!

Beach huts

Poole, just up in the distance, has the 4th most expensive area in the world for buying property! If I could afford to buy in the 4th most expensive area in the world, I don't really think I'd go for Poole!

I decided to have a go on the famous helter skelter - not bad!

In side the helter skelter

Harry's stack. The Isle of Wight used to be connected to the mainland here by a chalk bridge. In fact, Wight is old english for peninsula!

Busy beach!

As a boy, Winston Churchill used to play here, and one day while playing hide and seek with his cousins in the chines (the valleys you get here) he jumped off a bridge to escape his cousins, and missed the tree he was aiming for, breaking many bones, rupturing his kidneys, and being in a coma for 3 days. Silly guy!

The bournemouth eye, a fixed line heluim balloon. You hop in and it rises up to about 150m up, and then they winch you back down again, an idea pioneered by the Victorians

In the Bournemouth Eye

Broken glass

Big mushroom!