Spartan Eye – Page 62 – Picturing the bleak

CHARLES DARWIN, ALUMNUS, CHRIST’S COLLEGE

Published on August 26, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney8 Comments

The evolutionist.

THE PORTER’S LODGE, CHRIST’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Published on August 26, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney2 Comments

Oops!

ANCIENT AND MODERN

Published on August 26, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney7 Comments

The old and new side by side.

PILES OF TILES

Published on August 26, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney12 Comments

PATINA IN THE RAIN

Published on August 26, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney4 Comments

DECORATION

Published on August 25, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney7 Comments

This is a lead light window in Christ’s College, Cambridge, and I noticed the decoration on the internal stonework, which is old, faded and still beautiful.

KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Published on August 25, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney6 Comments

Excuse the lapse into tourist land but I do love King’s College’s architecture and the spectacular King’s College Chapel, part of which you can see on the right. The ubiquitous bicycles abound and the ‘arrangement’ of them in front of the University caught my eye.

PUBLIC SHOWER

Published on August 25, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney8 Comments

SOMETHING’S MISSING

Published on August 24, 2014September 5, 2014 by chrisrenney7 Comments

We were in the car, it was raining, and I saw this gentleman who must have been damp and cold. Anyway, it fascinated me!

I THINK HE MEANS IT

Published on August 24, 2014September 9, 2014 by chrisrenney4 Comments

I chuckled at the lack of authority this £100 fine message has. Perhaps it is two beefy blokes who will ensure we do not park here but then what’s new?