Photography
Not a sunrise but a winter Moonrise over Marseille, Provence, at the time of the sunset on the other side of the sky.
Sunny but cool weather, with a light Mistral wind, the Provence dust adds gives the lilac colour to the setting sun over the city blocks.
My photo of the icy Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Bell's Lane swing bridge in Maghull, Lancashire.
Seasonal snow in West London looking very pretty for my lunch-time walk in the blizzard.
There's a fine Japanese Garden in the park between the BBC Television Centre and the White City estate. It is the remains of the Japan-British exhibition of 1910. There's a rock turtle, model volcanoes and a tranquil pond, home to a small number of well-fed ducks.
Despite being surrounded by the BBC's satellite dish farm, the outer spiral arm of the Television Centre star city, and the housing estate, it remains a haven, one of my favourite places for a stress-busting lunchtime walk, even in winter.
Brighton's Burning the Clocks lantern parade and night festival celebrates the passing of the old time and the restarting of the clock after the winter solstice. The parade of lanterns and clock symbols is headed by the Lady of Light. The parade passes through the streets and lanes of Brighton, ending on the beach where the symbols of the old time are purified by fire and the water from the sea. It's a peculiarly secular event, appropriate for the city which the recent census identified as having the least believers in God in the UK.
