Mon, 30 March 2009 Spring has truly reached London, and the first flowers bloom as we join both people and wildlife enjoying the sunshine in beautiful Holland Park, near Kensington in west London on Sunday 29th March 2009. In this episode I have dropped the music and boosted the 'bit-rate' quality of the audio so you can enjoy the birdsong and other background sounds of spring in the park. I used the camera's forward-pointing XLR condenser microphone to avoid 'motor-whirr' being heard from the camera itself. I hope you enjoy this episode and get that sense of spring coming from your computer or TV! Comments[0] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 Sunday 15 March 2009 saw London presenting an excellent St. Patrick's Day Festival celebrating all things Irish. Trafalgar Square hosted a main stage with great traditional Irish music, and was opened by London's Major Boris Johnson. With perfect blue skies and glorious spring sunshine weather, as you will see the good humour flowed. That included people offering 'Free Hugs', an excellent way to get in a really good mood and a perfect start to this episode. So raise a Guinness and wish each other Happy St. Pats! Comments[0] |
Tue, 3 March 2009 I have had many requests from viewers asking about how London's 2012 Olympic Village is getting on. I am pleased to say that, as this video shows, there has been a vast change since I visited the site last summer.
I took the opportunity to start at the same place as I filmed from last year then cycled along the canals that surround the Olympic village site to give a full perspective on the building works as well as reveal a 'hidden' london of peaceful canals and waterways.
This episode starts with a map of the Olympic Village but if you would like to cross-reference, head to http://maps.google.co.uk and search for "pudding mill lane". This is a Docklands Light Railway station which has existed for some time but now finds itself in the heart of the Olympic village site. Although the Google aerial photography has not yet caught up with the building works, you can still clearly see the main roads and canals surrounding the site.
This episode was filmed on Monday 2nd March 2009 - about 1400 days to go...! Comments[0] |
