Ponsonby and Carruthers tour London after dark

[caddyman]

As I mentioned in my earlier post, Furtle and I spent several hours sauntering around the West End yesterday. The express purpose of the expedition was to take a few snaps of the Christmas lights while they are still up. Sadly, many of the snaps I took were beyond the ability of my little Cyber-Shot camera to capture adequately. That said, I expect that if I understood how to work it better, I may get more acceptable results, but unlike a number of my friends, I am not really into photography, so I have never really worked out how to get the best from it.

Be that as it may,


Carnaby St from Gt Marlborough St, dusk.


Liberty's from Argyll St a few minutes after dark


Regent Street, looking south


Regent Street at junction with Argyll Street


Dragonflies on New Bond Street


"What credit crunch?" Debenham's on Oxford Street


House of Fraser, next door


Third in the pecking order: silver is still classy


An Angel on Monmouth Street, Seven Dials


The Angel and the Two Brewers, Monmouth Street, Seven Dials


Seven Dials itself. Two hundred years ago, the site of one of the worst rookeries in London


The things you can buy: Coco de Mer, Monmouth Street, Seven Dials


Norwegian Tree and fountains, Trafalgar Square


Looking down Whitehall towards Parliament: the Clock Tower


In the Sherlock Holmes pub. A festive Hound of the Baskervilles


And the Sherlock Holmes pub itself...