Sunday, February 03, 2008

Station, wait and see and meringue.

I have been at Calke Abbey in Leicestershire on a National Trust working holiday.


1. St Pancras Station with its smokey blue metalwork and glass through which a clear sky shines.


2. Coming to a place in the dark and catching glimpses of a long avenue, a huge house and a red-brick farm.


3. Meringue nests with cream and raspberries.
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