(Quite happy/lucky to have nailed the focus right on the eye of the squirrel… and yes it was manual focus, what else?)

For a few days it feels like summer has finally settled on London, and children can enjoy playing beach games on the pavements of Somerset house.

The bikes for hire in London are nicknamed Boris bikes, after Boris Johnson, mayor of London, an avid cyclist.  The shot was taken from the entrance of Somerset House, just before visiting the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition at Courtauld.

Winter wonderland 2010 attractions in Hyde Park

Cracks in the thin ice on the surface of the Serpentine exhibit self-similar snowflake patterns.

Call me old-fashioned, but the new Rolls Royce models can’t hold a candle to the classic models when it comes to character and style !