14.4 miles, total 358.6 miles

Looking towards Stockbury

Orchard on the Downs

Silos on a farm

War Memorial on the North Downs

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15.7 miles, total 344.2 miles

Looking over the Medway estuary towards Kingsnorth Power Station

Remains of a boat on Horrid Hill, Medway estuary

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Medway estuary

Camden Road station

This was taken waiting for my train. Initial irritation at a delay turned into a spontaneous photo opportunity as the cause of the delay rumbled through the station – a slow freight train. Freight trains hold a certain fascination for me, that idea of hopping onto an empty truck as it slowly hauls past. I guess it is classic romanticism straight from an ‘American dream’ film. Taking your chances in a new world that the train takes you too.

Maybe there was something of this fascination for the guy standing in front of me too, for he was intently watching the carriages as they came up the platform. I had only a moment to capture him with a suitable freight container behind, one with bold writing. I also chose not to move and to keep the pillar as it offered a fixed contrast to the train. The lighting was luck as it added a theatrical feel to it as though it was staged.

7.9 miles, total 328.5 miles

"Black Widow", Russian submarine in the Medway

Circular wood, North Downs Way near Cuxton

River Medway towards Rochester, from the M2 bridge

Roofs in Borstal (the town that gave its name)

Rochester Castle walls

'Miss Havisham' at an event for Dickens bicentennial

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Arrivals at St Pancras International

An example of seeing an opportunity and then waiting for a willing volunteer. This photo was simply a case of waiting for the right person to walk into position. I was waiting for my dad at the arrivals at St Pancras and with his train running late, I started looking around and saw a wonderful scene – the station concourse, the converging lines, the classic St Pancras station silhouette, all back-lit by a bright early morning sun. It just needed something else, a focal point, a…person. No lack of people, and someone duly walked up the escalator and even more kindly, they walked across the concourse rather than towards me. It was so simple, and I almost felt guilty. Almost.

14.3 miles, total 320.6 miles

Landscape on the North Downs near Snodland

Off-road track on the North Downs

Climbing back onto the North Downs

Hay Bales near Halling

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13.0 miles, total 306.3 miles

Trees by River Darent

Grafitti pillar under M20

Folly over River Darent in Farningham

Gargoyle on a house in Eynsford

Country lane above Eynsford

Avenue of trees above Eynsford

Little valley near Otford

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13.4 miles, total 293.3 miles

Scene on the Thames near Erith

Scene on the Thames near Erith

Abandoned World War II barges from Day D, by the Thames

Mudflats near Erith

Cranes by the Thames

Lone horse by Crayford Ness

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9.5 miles, total 279.9 miles

River Lea

Canoe on a building, River Lea

The A13 in Newham

Royal Albert Dock

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14.4 miles, total 270.4 miles

Graffitti artist walking away from his work

Red wall on the Parkland Walk

Gravestones in Abney Park Cemetery

Angel in Abney Park Cemetery

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