Hyde Park Corner Underground station
London in the Rain - 18th November 2004
There are two trips to London, in the space of two days. The first is to drop some phones off for some big Analysts' Demonstration, whilst the second is for Qualcomm Europe's All-Hands meeting. After the meeting, there's a bit of time to wander around a very wet London - the reflections of neon lights on the wet pavements perhaps wouldn't be out of place in a Ridley Scott film. There's also a brush with the law, as a couple of Rozzers at Liverpool Street Station wander over to see what the photographs are all about. Apparently, in the paranoid police state of Britain, even taking photos of a station requires "a permit". To their credit, the Fuzz were quite civil about it, only wanting to see what photos had been taken, rather than insisting on an overnight stay in a cell and a swift interrogation courtesy of MI6. In between, there are a few photos of perhaps the most dramatic sunset clouds ever seen, reminiscent of the clouds that surround the invading alien ships in Independence Day.
next album: Qualcomm Europe All-Hands, Berkeley Hotel, Knightsbridge - 18th November 2004
previous album: Embrace and Ed Harcourt Live in Norwich, Norfolk - 17th November 2004
Kings Cross Station at night
A train pulls out of Kings Cross
It's cone-tastic on the A14 at Rougham
Rougham junction on the A14 is being rebuilt
Cranes and concrete mixers on the A14
Malevolent cloud hangs over Matrix House
There are bright yellow flecks in the cloud mass
There's all sorts of detail in the clouds
The mass moves off over Cambridge
The gloomy rail tracks leading to Liverpool Street
Wet wooden sleepers on a set of point
Platforms 8 and 9 at Liverpool Street
K6 phone boxes on Kensington High Street
A newspaper kiosk
The Wellington Memorial at Hyde Park Corner
Light splashes like paint in Picadilly Circus
More lights on wet paving slabs
Someone roams around with an umbrella
Picadilly Circus
The Trocadero
Looking back at Picadilly Circus
The Houses of Parliament
Looking up Whitehall to the Cenotaph
Waiting for the tube
Crowds mill around at Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street is fairly packed
People swarm like ants
Some are a blur, whilst others stand and wait
The lights under the far end of the platform
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Hyde Park Corner Underground station
Hyde Park Corner Underground station
Kings Cross Station at night
A train pulls out of Kings Cross
It's cone-tastic on the A14 at Rougham
Rougham junction on the A14 is being rebuilt
Cranes and concrete mixers on the A14
Malevolent cloud hangs over Matrix House
There are bright yellow flecks in the cloud mass
There's all sorts of detail in the clouds
The mass moves off over Cambridge
The gloomy rail tracks leading to Liverpool Street
Wet wooden sleepers on a set of point
Platforms 8 and 9 at Liverpool Street
K6 phone boxes on Kensington High Street
A newspaper kiosk
The Wellington Memorial at Hyde Park Corner
Light splashes like paint in Picadilly Circus
More lights on wet paving slabs
Someone roams around with an umbrella
Picadilly Circus
The Trocadero
Looking back at Picadilly Circus
The Houses of Parliament
Looking up Whitehall to the Cenotaph
Waiting for the tube
Crowds mill around at Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street is fairly packed
People swarm like ants
Some are a blur, whilst others stand and wait
The lights under the far end of the platform