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Quite a difference to the Hot Pipes picture from the other day… The sun is really low in the sky at the moment and even though this was taken quite late in the morning (about 0930 I think) the sun was still casting a wonderful pink glow beyond the layer of cloud in the foreground.
My cold/flu thing is still taking it out of me, but I took a drive out to Shoreham today to get some air. This is a local surf spot but the surfers were a little further west today because hot pipes was a little mushy I think.
This place is called hot-pipes because right under these warning poles is the cooling outlet for the power station on the other side of the road. The water that flows from here can look pretty disgusting and is often confused for a waste outlet, but it’s just water that’s been used to cool the power station. The end result is the area to the west of this picture (so, to the right) is quite a lot warmer than the surrounding area – add a small break about 75m out from the shore and it’s about as good as it gets for surfing in Brighton most of the time. It’s not Mavericks or anything, but can be good fun at times…
I really hate sprouts, but even I have to admit that there’s something special about going to the garden, chopping a stalk down and cooking them straight away.
Unfortunately, the sprouts are our last veg of the season so it’s back to Waitrose for now (although, we still have 3 sprout plants like this one still in…). Add the copious eggs from Cham and Nix, our two chickens, and it’s been a great home-produced food season (right from last March in fact…).
“You haven’t nicked anything but they’re gonna chase you anyway, so LEG IT!!!”
Pip and I are both about 2 days into developing a pretty nasty cold-like infection but we still schlepped into London today to shop for Christmas pressies for the girls. Great day out, but we’re both feeling the effects of ignoring our bodies desire for r&r now 
Pip found his idea of the perfect shop today. He’s been there loads of times before but Muji, with it’s brand-less simplicity, made a real mark on him this time. Life doesn’t get any better than watching your kids find themselves…
Today’s trip also opened up lots of questions for me about certain things. I’m writing this here so that I’ll make sure to find the time to think about them a little deeper because think about them I must… While I still have the time.
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
From my Flickr stream.
Vertigo have been working on a Silverlight photo slideshow application. It’s pretty advanced now, and the source code is up on CodePlex if you want to have a play. It’s built on Silverlight 1.0:
Features:
Some more samples:
Seen in the North Laine in Brighton this morning, walking towards the train station. Sort of evolution, backwards I thought… Kind of how I feel generally about the state of the UK sometimes
I love the air of nonchalance displayed by mannequins.
The first cold but clear night for ages and Julian and I were lucky to be out and about in London for our first London Photo Walk. We walked from Victoria to the river and then across to the London Eye. Soho, Chinatown and the West End generally may be the next destination…
Some of the photo’s from tonight are on Flickr now.
