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Cardiff city centre was pretty much deserted past 8pm on the evening of Boxing Day – we took a walk around in the rain and snapped these scenes:
In photos: the deserted, rain soaked streets of Cardiff city centre on a wet Boxing Day night Read More
Here’s a series of 21 photos taken around Cardiff during the festive season, revealing Christmas lights, mist, late night fog, rain and reflections:
Cardiff in winter: Christmas lights, mist, fog, rain and reflections – 21 photos Read More
Here’s a series of photos taken last night showing a near-deserted Oxford Street in the rain:
Tinseltown in the rain: Oxford Street Christmas lights in a late night downpour, Dec 2020 Read More
This was the sad scene in Trafalgar Square yesterday evening, as a long line of homeless people queued up in the rain to get something to eat.
London’s shame: long line of hungry homeless people queuing in the rain at Trafalgar Square Read More
I think it’s fair to say that the Glastonbury festival of fifteen years ago wasn’t one of the best. After a promising sunny start, the site swiftly degraded into a …
Mud, mud, glorious mud! The swampy boglands of Glastonbury Festival in photos, June 2005 Read More
With the coronavirus lock-down meaning there’s little prospect of any travelling in the foreseeable future, I thought I’d have a delve through my photo archives. Here’s a selection of 25 …
Photos of St Ives twenty years ago – beach, harbour, countryside and sea scenes from April 2000 Read More
Newcastle is a bloody great city, and The Monochrome Set always get a particularly raucous welcome when we visit, so it was a pleasure to be back this weekend, despite …
Newcastle and Gateshead photos: Millennium and other bridges, River Tyne, rain and night time street scenes Read More
Growing up in Cardiff – Britain’s wettest city – I’m very familiar with being endlessly pelted with rain, drizzle and thunderous downpours, and yesterday my home town delivered in full …
Photos of the rain-drenched streets of Cardiff – city centre and Llanishen at night, Jan 2020 Read More
I was briefly in my home town of Cardiff yesterday – here’s some of the scenes I grabbed on my camera…
Cardiff photos: Christmas lights, street scenes, Rhiwbina station and scarf sellers, Nov 2019 Read More
Here’s a short selection of photos taken around central London fifteen years ago, back in October 2004.
London 15 Years Ago: Rain, a Banksy in the street, Le Tigre and Centre Point, October 2004 Read More
I was back up in Bristol playing a show on the weekend, and although my time in the city was brief, I managed to grab some photos on my travels:
Bristol photos: street art, station, gigs, pubs and rain Read More
I’ve just come back from another tour of Germany with The Monochrome Set, and as usual I was doing my best to document my travels. Here’s a selection of photos …
Night rain in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany in photos, autumn 2019 Read More
As autumn slowly heads into winter and the nights get longer, here’s a selection of 30 photos taken around central London in mid-November.
Autumn in London – photos of street scenes, the British Museum, sweet nothings and rain, Nov 2018 Read More
Here’s another short selection of photos taken around Cardiff yesterday. It rained for the entire duration of my trip. Here’s some pictures taken on my travels:
Empty chairs, rain-soaked tables and the last of the Christmas lights, Cardiff in photos, 2nd Jan 2018 Read More
Once again, Cardiff lived up to its reputation as Britain’s wettest city, with my two days in the capital being accompanied by a near-incessant drizzle. Being Welsh, I’m used to the …
Christmas lights in the November rain, drag queen karaoke and street views – a trip to Cardiff in photos Read More
We may be six days into June, but Londoners got a real drenching today as the skies opened up and sent people reaching for their umbrellas. Here’s a series of photos …
Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton Read More
Bognor is a place that I’ve found myself visiting rather more than I’d like of late, by virtue of the fact that my football team (Dulwich Hamlet) seem to play …
Bognor photos: dark clouds, windy scenes and a knackered old pier in photos Read More
According to the Met Office, Cardiff is Britain’s wettest city, registering 115cms of rainfall every year, and there was plenty of evidence to support that claim over the Christmas period. Here’s …
Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015 Read More
Here’s a selection of candid street shots from my various New York travels. I hope some of you find them of interest. Scroll down to the bottom to find out details of …
Faces of New York – street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC Read More
Arriving suitably drenched after my deeply unwise walk from Westgate on Sea to Margate, I grabbed a few photos around the town as I headed for hot coffee and beer.
A rainy day in Margate. Photos from a wet and windy May afternoon Read More
Before Dulwich Hamlet’s crucial play off final at Margate, I thought it would be a great idea to get off the train a stop earlier at Westgate-on-Sea and then walk …
Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds – a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate Read More
My trip to see Dulwich Hamlet play Harrow Borough on Saturday took me through Northolt Park, a singularly characterless suburb of north west London. It didn’t help that the rain …
A depressing trudge in the rain around Northolt Park, north-west London Read More
Late Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube …
An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street Read More
New data released by the Met Office confirms what every long suffering Cardiffian already knows – it’s the wettest city in Britain.
It’s official – Cardiff is the wettest city in Britain, followed by Glasgow and Preston Read More
I liked this photo of determined, all-weather chatters that I unearthed from my woefully disorganised photo archives. It was taken on Tottenham Court Road in 2001 – when the street …
Chatting in the rain, Tottenham Court Road, London – pic of the day Read More
There’s something wonderfully melancholic about gazing out of a train window on a gloomy winter’s afternoon and hearing the heavy rain hitting the window.
Heavy rain on a train window, England Read More
I was hoping to see London covered in clean, crisp white snow, but instead the New Year has started in a more traditional manner, with the capital under a grey, …
A damp and grey London walk along the Albert and Victoria Embankments Read More
While I was enjoying a coffee at the Kaff Bar in Atlantic Road, Brixton, I was taken by the abstract shapes of people passing the misted-up windows. Here’s a little series of photos taken …
Strangers and umbrellas passing by in the rain, Brixton Read More
I’m thinking of my friends in New York tonight as Hurricane Sandy heads inland. Vast chunks of New York have closed down, and there’s already been severe flooding around New …
New York hit by Hurricane Sandy, subway floods, residents evacuated, power station blows Read More
It’s pretty grim weather around Brixton at the moment, with the autumnal winds sending discarded KFC wrappers skywards and the relentless rain making a mockery of the ‘rainproof’ label on my jacket. …
Pic of the day: Windrush Square, Brixton in the night rain Read More