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Cardiff in winter: Christmas lights, mist, fog, rain and reflections – 21 photos

Wed 5th January, 2022Tue 8th February, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a series of 21 photos taken around Cardiff during the festive season, revealing Christmas lights, mist, late night fog, rain and reflections:

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Tinseltown in the rain: Oxford Street Christmas lights in a late night downpour, Dec 2020
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Tinseltown in the rain: Oxford Street Christmas lights in a late night downpour, Dec 2020

Fri 11th December, 2020Mon 31st May, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a series of photos taken last night showing a near-deserted Oxford Street in the rain:

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London's shame: long line of hungry homeless people queuing in the rain at Trafalgar Square
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London’s shame: long line of hungry homeless people queuing in the rain at Trafalgar Square

Thu 3rd September, 2020Thu 3rd September, 2020 - by editor - 5 Comments.

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.

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Mud, mud, glorious mud! The swampy boglands of Glastonbury Festival in photos, June 2005
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Mud, mud, glorious mud! The swampy boglands of Glastonbury Festival in photos, June 2005

Tue 16th June, 2020Tue 16th June, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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St Ives 20 years ago - photos of the Cornish town from April 2000
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Photos of St Ives twenty years ago – beach, harbour, countryside and sea scenes from April 2000

Sun 12th April, 2020Sat 11th April, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Newcastle photos: Millennium and other bridges, River Tyne, rain and street scenes
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Newcastle and Gateshead photos: Millennium and other bridges, River Tyne, rain and night time street scenes

Mon 9th March, 2020Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Photos of the rain-soaked streets of Cardiff - City centre and Llanishen at night, Jan 2020
cardiff / photos / Places / railways / wales / Wales

Photos of the rain-drenched streets of Cardiff – city centre and Llanishen at night, Jan 2020

Wed 15th January, 2020Wed 15th January, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Cardiff photos: Christmas lights, street scenes, Rhiwbina station and scarf sellers, Nov 2019
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Cardiff photos: Christmas lights, street scenes, Rhiwbina station and scarf sellers, Nov 2019

Wed 20th November, 2019Wed 15th January, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I was briefly in my home town of Cardiff yesterday – here’s some of the scenes I grabbed on my camera…

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London 15 Years Ago: Rain, a Banksy in the street, Le Tigre and Centre Point, October 2004
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London 15 Years Ago: Rain, a Banksy in the street, Le Tigre and Centre Point, October 2004

Thu 31st October, 2019Thu 31st October, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a short selection of photos taken around central London fifteen years ago, back in October 2004.

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Bristol photos: street art, station, pubs and rain
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Bristol photos: street art, station, gigs, pubs and rain

Mon 14th October, 2019Mon 14th October, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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:

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Night rain in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany in photos, autumn 2019
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Night rain in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany in photos, autumn 2019

Tue 8th October, 2019Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Autumn in London - photos of street scenes, the British Museum, sweet nothings and rain, November 2018
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Autumn in London – photos of street scenes, the British Museum, sweet nothings and rain, Nov 2018

Tue 13th November, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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.

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Empty chairs, rainy-soaked tables and the last of the Christmas lights, Cardiff in photos, 2nd Jan 2018
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Empty chairs, rain-soaked tables and the last of the Christmas lights, Cardiff in photos, 2nd Jan 2018

Wed 3rd January, 2018Wed 15th January, 2020 - by editor - 1 Comment

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:

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Christmas lights in the November rain, drag queen karaoke and street views - a trip to Cardiff in photos
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Christmas lights in the November rain, drag queen karaoke and street views – a trip to Cardiff in photos

Thu 23rd November, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton
Brixton / London / photos / Places

Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton

Tue 6th June, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Bognor photos: dark clouds, windy scenes and a knackered old pier
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Bognor photos: dark clouds, windy scenes and a knackered old pier in photos

Wed 3rd May, 2017Tue 2nd May, 2017 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015
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Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015

Thu 31st December, 2015Tue 29th December, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Faces of New York - street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC
New York / photos / Places

Faces of New York – street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC

Thu 27th August, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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A rainy day in Margate. Photos form a wet and windy May afternoon
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A rainy day in Margate. Photos from a wet and windy May afternoon

Tue 19th May, 2015Tue 19th May, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

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.

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Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds - a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate
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Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds – a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate

Mon 18th May, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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A depressing trudge in the rain around Northolt Park, north-west London
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A depressing trudge in the rain around Northolt Park, north-west London

Tue 25th November, 2014Mon 25th May, 2015 - by editor - 3 Comments.

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 …

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An autumnal park walk at dusk - Green Park and St James's in central London
London / photos / Places

An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street

Mon 10th November, 2014Mon 10th November, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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It's official - Cardiff is the wettest city in Britain, followed by Glasgow and Preston
cardiff / photos / Places / Wales

It’s official – Cardiff is the wettest city in Britain, followed by Glasgow and Preston

Sun 19th October, 2014Sun 19th October, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

New data released by the Met Office confirms what every long suffering Cardiffian already knows – it’s the wettest city in Britain.

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Pic of the day - all weather chatters
London / photos / Places

Chatting in the rain, Tottenham Court Road, London – pic of the day

Sat 1st February, 2014Sat 1st February, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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Rain on a train window, England
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Heavy rain on a train window, England

Thu 5th December, 2013Fri 29th November, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

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.

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A damp and grey London walk along the Albert and Victoria Embankments
London / photos / Places

A damp and grey London walk along the Albert and Victoria Embankments

Sat 5th January, 2013Sat 5th January, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

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, …

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Strangers passing by in the rain, Brixton
Brixton / London / photos / Places

Strangers and umbrellas passing by in the rain, Brixton

Sun 25th November, 2012Sun 25th November, 2012 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

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New York braces itself for Storm Sandy
New York / Places

New York hit by Hurricane Sandy, subway floods, residents evacuated, power station blows

Tue 30th October, 2012Tue 30th October, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Pic of the day: Windrush Square, Brixton in the night rain
Brixton / photos / Places

Pic of the day: Windrush Square, Brixton in the night rain

Sun 28th October, 2012Mon 29th October, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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. …

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Pic of the day: stormy afternoon at 2nd Avenue subway station, NYC
New York / Places

Pic of the day: stormy afternoon by 2nd Avenue subway station, NYC

Sat 8th September, 2012Sat 8th September, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I like this near-monochrome image of a rain-lashed, winter’s late afternoon by Second Avenue subway station in New York City.

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