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Again, mesmerising winter trees, silhouetted against that clear blue winter day sky.

At first, it looks like Christmas came early for these trees.  However looking at the other trees, you will notice their leaves are still rich green.  That's because it was summer still.  For whatever reason, someone set fire to these trees in the middle of this very natural park in East London. The reason notwithstanding, it would have made one heck of a great photo at the height of the fire. Luckily these trees are quite isolated.  There could have been a bit of a disaster if the fire had spread.

I found it!  It was stashed away in my PS3’s cardboard box with other wires and cables of electronic/electrical devices past. I’m talking about the Nikon proprietary battery charger. Hate AA batteries all you like, but they’ve been a steadfast standard for many, many years. Being digital, the camera may well be a paperweight without its battery/charger. It is too light to be a doorstop. This time round, I was more obedient to the instruction manual and let the battery charge overnight. This was of no consequence of course, as it wasn’t the ‘first’ charge, but there you go. ‘Twas a cold sunny Saturday morning – the weather man had been right, for a change.  Coincidentally, Spotify mobile just went ‘free’. I used to be a premium (paid) user of the service, as such I had created many playlists for on-the-go musical bliss. To be appropriate, I loaded a playlist that most closely approximated the sort of music I was into back when I first got this camera, and headed down the s...