Matt, no filter

A few photos using Quality Street wrappers as filters

Fourth is Canary Wharf seen from the cab. I like these colours they are very intense and remind me of silk screen printing.

A few photos using Quality Street wrappers as filters

Third is a strange advert in a tree. Reminded me of Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit. Very eerie and troubling.

A few photos using Quality Street wrappers as filters

Second is our cab again, on the Woolwich ferry, nose peeking cheekily out from behind the metal important-thing.

A few photos using Quality Street wrappers as filters

First in our black cab. He's away having his MOT today.

Rainham - going there via the Woolwich ferry

Going for a curry 2

More commercial architecture from the journey





















I think these pillars look rather friendly

Going for a curry

Blanaid, me and Matt went out in the cab to Lewisham to get a curry from this South Indian cafe Matt has found. The food was fabulous, no photos but I promise some next time. Meantime here's some sketches from the trip.

Matt driving the cab to Lewisham





















On the way to Lewisham




















An abstract of a London pub seen in the quick of the drive - I'm fascinated by London pubs at the moment and commercial architecture in general ...

Cab in garden

And this one's an abstract of the cab in the front garden! Very pale colours and speckled so you can hardly work it out. In this sketch I'm experimenting with faintness and variety of line/mark.

Passing by ...

... in the cab

Shopping

Just been shopping and took this picture on the way back from inside the black cab. Lovely texture, the streaks look like musical notes with square ends to the notes.

The boot of the new cab

We've got a little problem with the starter motor. This is where it's lucky Matt is a mechanic. He's going to fix it at the garage we got it from.

Here's Matt and myself reflected in the shiny black boot during our day out in Shoreham.

Blanaid in the new cab

Blanaid behind the wheel of the new cab. In the driveway.

Shoreham

Great sky, great day. So picturesque. Shoreham is one of my fave places, and so easy to get there for a good outdoors walk now we have our own black cab.

New cab

We have our black cab. Gorgeous. Took it for it's first spin to Shoreham, former home of painter Samuel Palmer with whom I have a bit of an obsession.

Black cab 2

Drove a Fairway today around the carpark. It's awesome. You're seated really high, so you feel really in control, and it turns on a dime. It even has a little light that says 'TAXI' which I can take out and put 'SOLLY' the name of my Bedlington terrier.

Can't wait to be a 'civilian' cabby.

Black cab - question for bloggees

Hmmm ... I'm thinking of getting a black cab to ferry around my dog, daughter and various musical gear / musicians. It should make it possible to play gigs in weird out of town venues. Anyone got any thoughts on owning a Fairway? Have you ever driven/owned one? They're supposed to be great on petrol and very economical. And I know folk rave about that legendary 'turning circle' for negotiating town traffic and the winding city streets. I shall have to test drive one and see how I feel sitting up there as drunks and suits try to flag me down to take them home or to that expensive bijoux bar in Mayfair.