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With some of the usual suspects headed for Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries yesterday – another photo opportunity and a guided walk-around.

This is rather smaller than the Magnificent Seven ring of better-known Victorian burial grounds.  It still has it’s charms, though, with a smattering of local luminaries, poets, musicians and, of all things, anarchists.

Despite the weather a highly enjoyable walk, even if it is a little alarming to hear that there are probably two or three unexploded German bombs somewhere there!

If you want to see the pictures I took, you can find the set on my Flickr pages.  I can also recommend the public Flickr group.

84 year-old goes for a quick drive

Yesterday was the State Opening of Parliament – the one time in the year when all three parts of our legislative system are all in the same place at the same time.  The commentators tell us that there are symbolic messages behind the ceremonial and serious political debate follows.  However, as it promised to be a gorgeous late spring day, and a good photo opportunity, I took the day of work and met my Dad to point and click.  You can find the results on my Flickr pages.

This was always going to be a more promising opportunity as the ceremony normally happens in November with November weather.  The only time it is set at other times is the Opening immediately after a general election.  Assuming the new bill to give us fixed-term Parliaments goes through, then every five years we’ll also have a nice spring day to watch.