A bet, the zoo and a canal user.

3 September 2012

At last I've got the photos from yesterday sorted.  Out of 249 shots, I've kept just 46.  By kept I mean those that I have saved after processing.  All of my shots are in my Originals folder in case I need them again.

How did it go yesterday?  Well, the weather was pretty dire for photography really with a flat grey light and even though my Alpha 350 can be set to deal with most of it, it can't actually add a blue sky for instance.  We parked at Regents Park and had a ride round there eventually heading for London Zoo.  That was an OUCH!  £21 each entrance including a voluntary donation to the zoo.  At that price I asked for it to be deleted - and it was.  Various photos were taken both inside and out. 

Once we got back to the car we headed into town to do the South Bank.  We didn't finish it because the second battery on my scooter ran down far too quickly and we had to head back.  Once packed away the nightmare began - getting out of London!  It took me nearly an hour before I finally found my way out.  A quick stop for wee and we were back on our way.  We were surprised to find a lot of fog along the M1 near Luton too.  The inevitable road works bringing traffic down to 50mph around Bedford and again from junctions 17-18 where the road was down to one lane.  The result was that we arrived back here in Dorktown at 12.20am.  both of us were knackered so it was a case of taking our pills and going straight to bed.  We're both still knackered today too.

From the zoo then ... 

a green tree snake ... 

a puff adder ...

and ... 

this lass was seen from the bridge over the Regents Canal.  She looks very happy with herself there.

My source of jokes right now is majoring in blonde jokes but I found this instead ...

Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. A very attractive blonde woman arrived and bet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude."
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, "Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!"

As the dice came to a stop she jumped up and down and squealed..."YES!  YES! I WON, I WON!"
She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.  The dealers stared at each other dumfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know - I thought you were watching."
Moral - Not all blondes are dumb, but all men are men