Not the usual commute

It is cold. -5 according to my iPhone. A thin layer of snow is covering the ground as is a thin sheet of ice. It is rather pretty.

After thoroughly checking that the trains are running we walk down to the train station.

As we are coming down the hill we spot a lorry across the road. He seems to be trying to reverse into a side road. As we get closer we realise it isn't moving at all. In fact, it is jacked-knifed across the road. Not able to move in any direction.

We walk up to the lorry in hope to be able to sneak past it. We start with the back only to realise that it is about a 2 cm gap between the lorry and the fence. I am not that thin! We find a similar situation at the front of the lorry. Not a chance to sneak past.

As we are trying to get past, the lorry driver climbs out. With an apologetic smile he offers us to climb through the cab of the lorry. Considering that our train is shortly due we take him up on his offer.

So today I climbed through a lorry to get to work...



Train arriving...

SE3

Isn't this a familiar morning view for us ex-SE3s?



I must say it felt rather familiar to get to work in the morning. I almost remembered which train coach to get for optimal transfer to the DLR :-)))




Staying in Blackheath was part of my birthday present which due to cash in. So on 15 December hubby brought me and Mos to see Depeche Mode in the O2 arena.


It was a brilliant gig. Lots of good old classics all revamped with a modern beat. Even hubby liked it!


Not only did we get to see Depeche, Soulsavers was the warm up band. Managed to get this impressionistic photo of them.


In darkness we wait...

Christmas trees in a glass box

I had some extra time this morning so I spent it photographing my favourite models.

The anchoring wires of the London eye is boxed in by a glass box. Every now and then they change the decorations in the box. At this time of year it is obviously a Christmas theme. A bit more modern I would dare to say.

Xmas shopping

I took Friday morning off work to get some Christmas shopping done. Managed to hit the shops shortly before 10 o'clock.

It was brilliant! Very few people about and all the shops were fully stocked and orderly. You could actually find things. Have to go shopping early in day more often.

Anyway, I did stop by Carnaby street and as always they had very funky Christmas decorations.

Muse

Clever Is had managed to get hold of four tickets to see Muse at the O2 arena. Very lucky as I utterly failed to get any tickets at all.



It was a fab gig! Brilliant atmosphere and obviously good music.



During the slow parts the mixer table provided us with ample entertainment. Six guys and only one seemed to do any work.

Pod is found

Some time ago I spotted that the London Eye had lost one of its pod.


Had it fallen down or had someone stolen it?


Yesterday morning I was happy to see it floating in the river.


The eye will be complete again. Hurray!

Glorious morning

It has really turned dark now in the mornings. When I leave in the morning to get my train it is still dark! In a way it is rather depressing.

However I'm usually quickly cheered up again by the beautiful sunrises I get to see. Some days the mist is majestically sweeping across the fields. Other days the light is fantastically golden. Like yesterday morning.

By the time I reached London the sun had just risen and the colours were just amazing. A fab time to be travelling down the river Thames.