"Harry Spencer" wrote in message
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"JMUpton2000" securitynovels @ freeuk.com wrote in message
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Lowest point of the day (apart from my fourth and last run to Museum
Street
again!) was the pratt in the parcel company van who pulled in onto double
yellows in the middle of Piccadilly alongside the bus lane and wrecked
the
one decent camera angle view just as a whole line of RMLs and RTs was
approaching.

To be honest, there were a lot of people with cameras (this is not
directed
at you personally) who thought they had the ultimate right to get 'their
shot' and nothing else mattered. To me, people, vehicles etc., that are
visible or prevent 100% visibility of the thing you are photographing only
add to the image - they help make it real. A couple of the nicest photos
I
got have actually got people 'in the way' some might say, but they
actually
give a nice dose of reality.

Fair enough! My only real gripe about this parcel van guy was that he was
dangerously parked, illegally and his driving was atrocious. The fact it
ruined my view was secondary...

I also thought that abandoning a large van in the middle of a busy
throughfare in Central London in light of the current 'Security Crisis' was
a bit of a dumb thing to do but unusually there was no plod about to feel
his collar!

Regards
John M Upton

My Fotopic Collections:
South Central/Southern, Model Railway & Other Rail Pictures:
http://gallery39764.fotopic.net/

Bus Pics:
http://gallery42239.fotopic.net/

In message ws.net,
JMUpton2000 writes
I also thought that abandoning a large van in the middle of a busy
throughfare in Central London in light of the current 'Security Crisis'
was a bit of a dumb thing to do but unusually there was no plod about
to feel his collar!
Perhaps he didn't look innocent enough for the filth to take an interest
in him?
--
Clive

"JMUpton2000" securitynovels @ freeuk.com wrote in message
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Fair enough! My only real gripe about this parcel van guy was that he was
dangerously parked, illegally and his driving was atrocious. The fact it
ruined my view was secondary...

Well, to be fair, it happens all the time along there, and (although I
cannot be certain) from memory, it's just normal double yellows - i.e.
loading/unloading -is- allowed. But I guess if it was parked dangerously,
that's a different matter; it depends where it was.

I also thought that abandoning a large van in the middle of a busy
throughfare in Central London in light of the current 'Security Crisis'
was
a bit of a dumb thing to do but unusually there was no plod about to feel
his collar!

Along Piccadily it happens all the time, ditto elsewhere in the centre of
town. Now, parking on red lines is a bit different ;-)