Tony Roberts
@tonero72
former engineer. interests: walking in London and around, local and world history, rail transport, beer, natural world.
Pub cat. Tapping the Admiral, (sister pub to the Pineapple). A friendly pub in Kentish Town. Good selection of beer. #pubs📷
High Barnet - Trent Park is a favourite of mine, always stopping off at Jack's Lake, of course!
Black Pond, Esher Common. Taken during the heatwave. #photography #lakes #eshercommon 📷
Raspberry ripple, anyone? Queen Mary's garden, Regent's Park London. #photography #roses 📷
Flowers from Battersea Park herb garden. #photography #flowers #batterseapark 📷
Gardens open day. Barbican Wildlife Garden, London. A sombre but dry day, with lots to see. Gabrielle Oliver's amazing paintings were also on show, and a number of attractive illustrated information boards explained each area. #photography #wildlife #barbicanwildifegarden 📷
An exquisite lily, Linda. We had new neighbours today. A new fox exploring both our and next door's garden. Would it have been born this year?
Connaught Water is one of Epping Forest's hidden pleasures and well worth seeking out at this time of year. #photography #connaughtwater #eppingforest #nature 📷
The sound of water. A cascade. Serpentine, London. Created in 1730 by damming the Westbourne by order of Queen Caroline to create a recreational lake from a chain of fishponds. #photography #serpentine #londonparks #heron #westbourne 📷
And then there were ten. So many chicks along the Serpentine, London, yesterday. Egyptian Goose? #photography #ducks #hydepark
Fitzrovia, London. Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton and illegitimate son of Charles II, obtained the land through marrage. His grandson Charles developed it. #photography #fitzrovia #londonhistory 📷
Lovely. On my way to Regents Park on Monday I passed this precocious rose locally. Tho yellow is not my fav colour for roses its fecundity impressed me. Thus expected great things from Queen Mary garden but sadly it was too early. I hope your tour went well.
Yesterday it was too early for the rose garden in Regent's Park, but the Japanese Garden was looking great. #photography #parks #regentspark 📷
A first visit to the new Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden, Regents Park London. Early days yet. #parks #regentspark 📷 #photography
Luck of the draw! The best time for me was this one, but the surface is often ruffled by a breeze. Pigeons, now that's new to me. Enjoy your day, Linda, it looks like a good one.
Yes, Linda. Exactly like that! I hope you too are enjoying this lovely weather.
A grey heron basks in the sun, spreading its wings to absorb the warmth. All around is colourful vegetation. River Lee Navigation, Wild Marsh. #photography #heron #leenavigation 📷
Jason takes a sharp bend. Jason's Trip has been operating since 1951 from Little Venice to Camden, London. The canal used to carry straight on here to Cumberland Market, major hay and straw market from the early 1800s until the 1920s. Now blocked off. #photography #canals #regentscanal #jasonstrip 📷
Lunchtime in St James's Square, London #photography #townscape #trees 📷
With a strike on yesterday morning, I walked into town. Past woods (with woodpeckers and bluebells) parks and squares. Nature really is at its best just now. #photography #landscape #townscape 📷
Culpeper Community Garden Islington. A useful retreat full of nooks and crannies to hid yourself away and meditate, surrounded by nature. #photography #gardens #islington 📷
London's Railways. An early poster for each of the main railway companies serving London. See if you can identify them. #transport #railways #london
A long time coming. The leaves on our trees are finally out! Enjoy your Sunday. #photography #trees #london 📷