As Diana Was Going To The Bus Stop,

I accompanied her,

past the snail mail box, I said goodbye at the bus stop as I continued, 

to the railway station to buy our tickets for tomorrow, 

next past the green,

and graveyard, the white daffodils,

taking over from the yellow ones that have already finished flowering,

and into here, Papilio in Beckenham High Street, it is in the premises of what was once Beckenham police station, I booked a table for a few weeks time, 

next a walk into the park, 

at the front of Foxgrove Lodge, lots of buds for this years display of wisteria on the front fence, 

on the building itself,

lots more buds, hopefully a grand display this year,

one of the cherry trees, so many flowers it fooled us into going to Greenwich park yesterday, arriving there not a bud in sight! arriving home I spent the rest of the day playing with a few photographs I took on Monday, but nothing seemed to stand out, so that was that, on to my evening meal,

first a read and a milk, no sherry this evening, as I am driving to the Beckenham Photographic Society meeting this evening and then picking up Diana when she finishes work, 

'Cheers!', as I tuck into a huge chicken stew that Diana left for me, after which off to the club, the talk this evening was by Andrew about the impact of AI on photography, and should/how it can be used, with that in mind I brought these two prints along with me, 

Steve took this one of me on Sunday, after I mentioned I felt like Sherlock Holmes with my glass that looked like a Sherlock pipe, in no time at all his camera had produced this,

myself as Sherlock! Andrew used these two prints as an example of what was permitted, the photograph was there in its entirety, with just a change, but it was still Steve's original photograph, what would not be allowed is if you took say a landscape, and then put somebody else's sky into it, it is then no longer a original photograph, he also on a projector screen illustrated how to manipulate photographs in Lightroom which I do not have, but it was still interesting, next off to pick up Diana before returning home for a coffee for Diana, and a spiced rum for myself as we watched a Midsomer Murder, after which as it is Diana's day off tomorrow and we have a early start, we were off to bed.

I Meet Diana At The Bus Stop,

after she finished work, 

onto a number 54 bus, alighting at Blackheath Common, 

a pose by the church of course, 

in the distance the Easter fair all set up and going, 

one ride looked a bit fearsome, 

this one, 

it was huge, 

up to the top, 

and then a long drop with a sudden stop, for both of us, no thank you!

we had a quick look at the pond, 

the water level a tad low, 

time for another pose,

into the park past the gate house,

the camilas just past their best,

but still putting on, 

a nice enough show, 

I am not sure what they are, but they looked pretty,

white daffodils taking over after the yellow flowering ones had finished, 

one of the rare moment today when there are not crowds of people in the background, school holidays and the upcoming weekend bank holiday adding to the people walking in the park, we had come here to look at the cherry blossoms, and here they are, 

a collection of twigs!

we were a few weeks early to say the least, 

never mind in to The Pavillion, 

Diana had a green something,

a latte coffee for myself, it was warm, so coat off for Diana,

Lordy, Lordy, there is a face to break a lens!

Diana was playing with the new camera, and wanted my best side, 

then deciding there was not one gave up!

we decided on the long road down today as opposed to the steep short way down to town,

people everywhere, 

looking back up the hill,

and here she is,

well I just had too as well,

still a long way to go,

at the bottom of the hill,

in the Greenwich gate end of the park, we went into the market,

there were crowds here, 

so just a couple of photographs of the market, 

we were soon passing the Cutty Sark,

with people posing in front of it,

looking down the river towards the O2 building,

and here we are at the Trafalgar for our fish & chip lunch, 

a quick pose on the way in,

drinks on the way, I have no idea why I looked so serious, 

time to pour,

we were lucky and snagged a riverside table, 

and here is what we had come for, 2 huge plates of fish & chips,

a 'Cheers!', from Diana,

and one from myself,

we then ordered a banana banoffee, which we both thought was a tad small and at £7.00 was the most expensive quarter banana we had ever bought!

it tasted nice, but not the banoffee we had expected, what we had expected was this, 

a banoffee pie with a few slices of banana on top, but there it is, the rest of the meal was so huge it did not really matter, the bill came to £74.00, we will be back!

in the evening I was out, there is a yearly interclub competition this evening at the West Wickham Photographic Society, 

so out into the park, passing the magnolia tree, 

and the in bloom cherry blossoms that made us think the ones at Greenwich would be in flower,

a number 54 bus into town, then walking past the cinema,

and the war memorial on to a number 194 bus, 

into West Wickham alighting here,

 opposite The Swan, when I used to live in Shirley I sunk more than a few pints in here!

many of the shops in town have a Tudor look about them,

turn right here into Sussex Road, 

and this is it, 

the meetings every Tuesday take place in The Medhurst Hall,

there was a good crowd here, tonight a annual competition between West Wickham, Bromley and Beckenham,

I will not say who won, but this is Roger from the Beckenham Photographic Society accepting the cup, for the second year running! I made my way home where Diana was waiting, we watched a Poirot as we chatted away about her day off on Thursday, when the programme finished we were then off to bed.