Sunday 22 June 2008

Hyperbolic Crochet

At first glance you see a coral reef ... at second glance you realise the whole thing is cleverly crafted from crochet. Denise, Nici's sister contributed to this exhibit at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank in London. ... After a third and more prolonged glance you realise that its not even a reef, but in actual fact a visual representation of Hyperbolic Mathematics!





Abbey Road

Hopping out a St. John's Wood tube station we paid a visit to the Abbey Road Music Studios - Famously where the Beatles recorded their album and crossed the Zebra crossing ... and admittedly I'm not their ultimate groupy, but I couldn't resist the temptation to recreate the scene.


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Thursday 19 June 2008

Will Smith in Leicester Square

Look who I bumped into in Leicester square ...



Glaty Mor and Galty Beag



Myself, Rob and John climbed Galty Mor and Galty Beag. Very, very nice and I hadn't really heard of it before Rob suggested it. Quite a taxing climb at the start but once off the lower ground we were flying it. Really, really nice views along the way - much nicer than the like of Carauntoohil, although the mountains themselves were less moonscapy. Here's the route we took:


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