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Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo.

Fascinating.

Icelandic Volcanic Ash by brucieweb

Unheard of scenes at UK airports today as all flights were grounded due to volcanic ash drifting over form Iceland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm

I flew in yesterday to see some of the deepest snow we have had for many a year.

The views from the plane were lovely, the quiet monochrome landscape.

Overnight around a foot fell and blanketed the City. Roads were fairly bad, one of the main routes was closed for a bit along with the airport, but all was well later in the day.

We are hardy buggers.

Walk round a very stormy Stonehaven

Off to The Deen by brucieweb

Homeland bound for a week. I liked this shot of two BA jets passing a
window. Though, I’m not flying with them.

The chance of strikes is not a chance worth taking.

Zaha Hadid’s stairway into the future | Art and design | The Guardian.

img_5920 by brucieweb

A day by the sea at new holiday home.

I had missed this story – not even sure it is offical – but it seems that the worlds newest tallest building, the Burj Dubai, has topped out at a staggering 818m (164 floors) on 17th Jan 2009. What a sight it must be from the top.

Economic conditions ensure it will hold the record for some time, perhaps until 2020.

January 2005:

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January 2009:

Epsom Downs by brucieweb

Epsom by brucieweb

Still had a lot of snow yesterday. I loved the colour of the sky against the snow. As ever, wished I had my better camera with me.

Had a fascinating evening tonight at the Travellers and Athenæum Club’s on Pall Mall. Both have fascinating histories, and have been on Pall Mall since the 1830’s.

The Travellers:

[Paintings by David Gentleman]

The Athenæum:

It was amazing to see inside these hollowed halls of influence and power.