Spartan Race

Racing at Bassingbourn Barracks today was certainly uncomfortable and in places dangerous. At least the competitors seemed to be having fun.

Hard Work and Heartbreak

More from Silverstone.

Colour at Silverstone

Images from the Classic Car Races at Silverstone over the weekend.  Ann and I went with Peter and Holly

Sadie at Easton Lodge

Will travel for gravel.

In The Garden

Statues in the garden at Easton Lodge, near Dunmow.

Midge and Humbug

The girls watching CBeebies today.

Marbled White

Marbled White butterflies have appeared in the village this last week.

La Dolce Vita

Hawkeye (a.k.a. Bug) gets a cuddle from her other Grandad, Peter Ranson.

Hawkeye

Meredith today.

Paxton Pits Today

A tern with a damselfly, an alighting gull and a Cormorant in a hurry.

The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

Designed by Mendelsohn and Chermayeff and completed in 1935, the Pavilion was recently restored to its former glory.  Earl de la Warr was the first socialist MP for the Labour Party and was Bexhill's mayor when the Pavilion was built.

Bexhill Seafront

The Santorini-like cupolas were built in 1911 to mark the coronation of King George V.  The De La Warr Pavilion can be seen in the top and bottom pictures.

Eastbourne

Evening light on Eastbourne seafront.

Trevor Roche

Trevor Roche, of the rock-steady moustache, was killed flying a dH 53 Hummingbird today at Old Warden.  Here he is flying the Sopwith Triplane in May 2010 and the Bleriot in September last year.  R.I.P.