PhotoHunt - Public

Public is the word today and what better than Public Transport.

This rather old tram is wending it's way around the streets of Sofia in Bulgaria - a very cheap form of transport for the Public but a bit if a rickety ride ..

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Leeds University

Some of the buildings looking quite elegant - nice red shade of brick.

Just what a university should look like.

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Leeds University

Leeds University - looking very impressive even on a wet and dull day.

We were there a couple of weeks ago to watch my son receive his Master of Science degree in chemistry.

Quite an experience wondering around all the buildings and campus - seeing how the other half live ....

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Theme Thursday - Light

Theme Thursday - Light

You can find these very ornate lights in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Madrid - very posh...

A very nice place is Madrid - lots to do and see - well worth spending a few days there.

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ABC Wednesday - B

ABC Wednesday - B for Bandit.

Bandit complete with gun and mask.

You'll find this graffiti in Guardamar, Costa Blanca, Spain.

Moscow

More useless weather information ..

Moscow had a record high of 99.3 F. (37.4 C.) on Monday beating the previous record of 36.8 C. set on the 7th August 1920.

During the current heat wave the city has been covered in a fog of smoke from the many forest and peat fires in the surrounding areas.

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Darwin

Just confirmed it is Darwin Australia - highest since records began in 1941 at 79.9F.

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I understand from the BBC Weather News that Darwin has had the hottest July night on record.

Darwin Australia not Darwin Lancashire I assume.

Good for them - in the north west of England we are continuing with our normal summer weather - cloud all the time and the occasional rain shower.

Just enough rain to stop me completing the painting of our garage door ..

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Leeds - Need the time ?

You'll find this handy time piece on the side of the Civic Hall in Leeds.

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My World Tuesday

In my world of England the Town Hall came to represent the power and prestige of a city - the bigger and more ornate the better.

Here is Manchester Town Hall in all the glory that the ratepayers could afford.

Most of these town halls in England will have been constructed at the height of the Empire - late 1800's early 1900's .

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Leeds Civic Hall

Leeds Civic Hall was opened in 1933 by King George V .

I suppose you could say that it's not typical of the architecture of that period - a somewhat Victorian feel to it.

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Wilderness ..

The plan this year was to have a wild garden - this replaced a failed vegetable patch - below is the result ..

Not happy with it ...

I expected far more colour and a bigger variety of flowers.

Plans are now to turn this into a rose garden for next year - another little project for me to do in my ever decreasing spare time ..

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MCFC - More spending !!

Manchester City F.C. have signed Serbian international left back Aleksander Kolarov from Lazio for a reported £16m.

This brings the total spend this summer to £75m and the 24 year old joins new recruits David Silva, Yaya Toure and Jerome Boateng.

Manager Roberto Mancini wants two top-class players for each position.

The players are going to be fighting for the right to play and I can see some fun developing this coming winter .

No doubt it will keep us all amused.

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Leeds - A quiet garden

An oasis in the heart of Leeds centre.

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Theme Thursday - Park

This stream is far away in South Park - which can be found in Sofia Bulgaria.

A huge park - it is very popular with the local people.

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Need a hand ?

Need a safe pair of hands ?

You'll find these outside the Electric Press in Leeds.

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