help yourself to earth
i can't decide if this is spiritual or cosmic (like so many things in life). Is it a message for visiting aliens put there by interplanetary pacifists or a fight back by the eco-refuseniks ?
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towers
i like this picture. there's lots of towers and things going on.
jane did the bracknell half marathon
well done jane for doing the bracknell half marathon (in 2 hrs 10 mins)
oi, rabbits to the back of the queue
why is miffy's mouth sewed up ? i've been wondering that for the last 34 years (roughly)
holland fun in london
kezia and i had a dad and daughter day in london yesterday. we started with pain au chocolats in paddington station, then went to london bridge, walked down through borough market, spent a couple of hours in tate modern, then went to this.
My experience of holland has always been good, and this was no exception. nice cheese (made backwards of course). And plenty of clog related activities.
kezia and i danced like loons at the silent disco with music played by this chap (note the suite hanger). he too was a purveyor of fine quality cheese
the new tate modern turbing hall exhibition ?
the slides have gone - so what's next ?
hassock of the week
fishy handbag and bad colour coordination.
a severe warning
the penalty for parking your bike here is a beheading.
help me !
i've got a number of days off up to the end of June and i'm trying to think of some funkpancake-esque things to do. perhaps i'll have 'Urban One Day Adventures' which might involve me wandering around somewhere taking pictures.
London is the obvious place to go as that's quite good for photos. Russell's done a few cool things here.
i may not bother, but i might not not.
Also, next Thursday i've got a full day in Edinburgh for site-seeing fun, so any specifics for there would be gratefully received !
leave ideas in the comments or drop me an email blog@funkypancake.com
oh, and this picture was taken by me lying slumped down a little hill thing and turned upsway down
from here to infinity
rascle has a new camera so sent me this landscape photo which he calls 'from here to infinity'
bruggen pooping dog
mark sent me this sign of a dog doing its thing in bruggen (germany)
flooring works - but that's a good thing isn't it ?
shorely sent me this sign of the obvious. if it hadn't been true it'd have been a let down.
mark's mattresses
mark sent me these mattresses he found in ghent
big ben between lamp posts
i like how it looks like big ben's clock hands are broken.
hopskotch 2.0
what's this fancy street witting all about ? hopskotch 2.0 for the new generation ?
particularly puzzling
i do the occasional sudoku on the way back home (on the train, not driving. that would be a bad move). here's last night's puzzle page from the Evening Standard.
i found the mensa quiz particularly puzzling. you might have to click the picture to read it properly.
prown coktial
prown coktial anyone ?
if you get in you need to go round
life is just so confusing.
saying things simply
this first sign says it all. perhaps a bit patronising, but it doesn't take much to understand what it's getting at.
meanwhile this one, at a building site across the road, is very confusing. makes you think (probably)
a deliberately uneventful evening
i saw this giant foot floating around trafalgar square on the way to a reception at 11 Downing Street (nice name dropping hey?). Number 11 is where Tony Blair lives (because he did a house swap (and job swap) with Gordon Brown.
when the formal part of the event finished, i had to rush back out of downing street to a meeting at church and so i went without the free house of commons wine, and the free pint of beer given away with the london evening newspaper to celebrate saint george's day (they know us English too wel).
it turns out i missed this fantastic record attempt in trafalgar square which i'd have seen if i'd done more adventuring before. but i did get to go to downing street and the refreshments at the church meeting were mighty fine.
a funny old day, which could have been slightly funnier. but that's most days isn't it ?
glove out the car window
thanks to tiddly tom tom our sat nav we ended up going down some country track. we soon turned round but spotted this glove at the point of no return.
thames path - part 10 bablock hythe to godstow
this is the lovely swinford bridge which is a toll bridge (cost 5pence and the owners don't pay tax due to a deal with King George III !)
anyway, we were back to the thames path yesterday and this stretch was the 8 miles between bablock hythe to godstow. we came across this sign at the point where we thought we were halfway (but obviously weren't!)
here are jane's parents and the others behind
thames and associated path
here's kezia and a popped dora the explorer balloon i found in a ditch (!)
here's the A34 from underneath (not quite as attracted as swinford bridge)
and here's the thames again
and this is where we ended up
twin hats
where two hats at once is the ultimate in fashion he(a)donism
posh picnic
we've recently got a fancy posh picnic kit which involves proper plates, knife and forks and a table cloth (and a few other bits and bobs).
it had its first outing yesterday. we had cloudy lemonade (made from real clouds)
and strawberries and cream
major road works expect delays
why do major road works have to be delayed ? that's the british way unfortunately it seems
helicopter convoy over london
there was a convoy of helicopters flying around london yesterday.
very strange
head in a book (or has he ?)
looks studious doesn't he ?
but the shocking truth is revealed - he's headless !
readers help needed !
our friend stephen loves this tree, but doesn't know what it is. can anyone help ?
here's some close ups of the blossom which might help. drop me an email or leave a comment if you know !
possibly wendy richards
possibly wendy richards
funkypancake is 4 today !
(thanks to Tony and the other chap off the recent portrait course for letting me post these photos)
and thanks to everyone else for all your fantastic encouragments !