We bought our wonderful Bongo Friendee camper van today. This will be our trusty steed during the next phase of the Fitzgerald Freewheel as we travel to places like the north of Scotland, west of Ireland and everywhere else!
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Missed a day or two of my daily photos, so in a purist sense I’ve broken my 365 continuity…
Very sunny here recently.
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Just watching Richard Wilson’s Dispatches programme on the UK rail system – slightly depressing viewing! It just seems daft that private companies are profiting hugely from the UK taxpayer, while offering sub-standard services at eye-watering prices.
My simple solution is this:
Buying an expensive season ticket (or annual discount card such as the excellent Swiss demi tarif) would give you a shareholding in the company you buy it from. That way, if they racked up a big profit – for example, by not employing enough drivers or having overcrowded carriages, you’d get back a dividend for your trouble. Alternatively, if profits were diluted by offering a comfortable and reliable service, you’d see a smaller dividend but have a nicer travelling experience.
In effect, you’d see a tangible discount if things ran poorly, instead of paying up regardless. And if a significant pool of rail companies’ equity was owned by the travelling public, they might become more responsive to customer’s needs.
No doubt some kind of complex senior/junior shareholder arrangement would be needed. I’ll leave that to the corporate lawyers.
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Walked along the beach to Cromer today. With the tide out, we saw lots of these wonderful patterns in the sand, where rivulets of water left fractal-like patterns.
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Out lateish for a lovely meal in Sheringham. Claire, Peter and Adam suggested I take a photo of the moonlight. No tripod, but it looks OK I think.
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#138 waterloo sunset, originally uploaded by johnfitzg.
In London for a few meetings, I happened to be crossing Waterloo Bridge on a double-decker at sunset. Not that I’m a tourist or anything!
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Robert is adept at turning out the most amazing loaves of bread – flavourful and dense. So thanks to him for providing an inspiring and tasty subject! And thanks to Rachel for holding the flash. I am still trying to get the hang of off-camera flash.
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Late in the day, short of inspiration (sound familiar?) So I went for this abstract of a ceiling light.
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Beautifully sunny as I hung out the laundry this morning. I like the wobbly shadow of the basket’s side.
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Another ‘snap’ from my phone. I think it is OK for graphical shots such as this.
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things that might have been otherwise 