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Steve, Peter &
Helen joined a walk led by Anthony Epes to produce pictures for the
Charing Cross Road Photography Exhibition to be held at Foyles Book
Shop We arrived early to take more advantage of the soft morning light |
 Leicester Square |
 The Round Table |
 Two Londons |
 Adds for musicals
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 The Salisbury |
 Police going for a coffee |
 Window decoration at the Salisbury |
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 Barber |
 Narrow alley |
 Alley with garments |
 Goodwin's Court |
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 Goodwin's Court - looks wider than it was |
 Roses in the window |
 Alley |
 Snogging is healthly |
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 Pavement restaurant |
 Telephone box reflection |
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 Débris |
 The Porcupine |
 Wonderful pastries - how do they cut them up so perfectly? |
 Vibrant colours of Chinatown and portrait of a photographer
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 Chicken, horse, ? ? |
 Dragon gates |
 Stone planter - I've introduced some colour |
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 We saw this appliance return from duty or a recce |
 Norman's Pub |
 Red and Green |
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 Molly Moggs - a gay bar |
We walked up to Foyles and waited outside for the rest of the people coming on the Photographic walk. We set off about 8.40 in one group as there were only 18 of us |
Padlock |
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 Lovely in the sunshine |
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 Pillars of Hercules |
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 Yesterday's rubbish |
 Artificial moth orchids |
 The morning after |
 Even the rubbish co-ordinates |
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 Two from the group |
 Anthony |
 Garlic and Shots |
 Window abstract |
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 Three fed up men and a dog |
 Too much |
 Table and chairs |
 It is Soho... |
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 Art (a collage) at Horse & Dolphin Yard. What does the collage represent?
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 Chinese grocer - most of the buildings in the yard were painted a wonderful lacquer red
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 Golden Lion Public House |
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 Window ledge palm |
 Plastic roof |
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 Designs for Chinese cakes |
 Fo pup under the paw of a dog of Fo |
 The other dog of Fo with a ball under its foot |
 Ginko Biloba |
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 The colourful shops from the other end |
 Window flowers |
 Eryngium |
 Reflections |
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We went off to Covent Garden for more snaps and a very good lunch. I had a Portabella Burgher; Steve an American Burgher and Peter lasagne. It was along time since breakfast at 5.30 |
 Colourful buildings seen from Denmark St. |
 Notices on the wall |
 The alley looking towards Centrepoint |
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 Back yard |
 Another alley |
 Yellow? |
 Grafitti |
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 Steve ignoring the grafitti |
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 Seat for drinking? |
 Two Seats |
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 Graffiti spider? |
 Reflection |
 An architect's front door |
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Phoenix Gardens - there were some other colours apart from yellow and most of the plants were scented. http://www.thephoenixgarden.org/ |
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 Sundials on an obelisk |
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 Bas Relief - click to enlarge |
 Metal sculpture and reflections |
 Colourful shop signs |
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 Dog Shop
Running Dog - serendipity or art? |
 Artificial flower |
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All the colours |
 Pearly King and Queen |
 Glow |
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 Nightclub entrance |
 Alley |
 Remains |
St Martin and the Beggar |
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 The Red Arrows |
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We went up again on the 21st June to see our pictures hung in the exhibition at Foyles. Anthony kindly provided some excellent white wine
| My pictures in the exhibition on the right. The pictures below taken with my snapper |
No Parking |
 Chinese red |
Blue door |
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 Silver Lady |
 Golden man |
 Coal Miner |
 John Depp |
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 Colonnade |
 Umbrella |
 Goddesses |
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Disaster! |
 Watching the feet go by |
 Parasols |
 Apple Market Covent Garden |
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 Harmonious shop-front |
 Reflection in a fairly clean car |
Whynot what! |
 Different lighting from our last visit |
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 Attractive light |
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 Pedestrians match the paintwork |
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 Good garden |
Hairy Legs |
 Fire-breathing orange dragon |
 Children's Café |
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 Seven Dials |
 Centrepoint in the background |
 Friday evening coffee |
 Neal's Yard and the four pictures below |
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 Bas relief |
Reflection Denmark Street |
 Guitars in Denmark Street |
We went along to Foyles for the exhibition then had a meal in Bella Italia | ||||||
