Warsaw-London-Ealing

Once again, backwards and forwards, the Warsaw where I live, the London where I was born and lived, catching that atmosphere...

Rather than get ofp the train at St Pancras, I continued for another three stops to change at Blackfriars Bridge station (below), for this splendid view of the Thames and the City of London, with Tower Bridge in the distance, the Shard to the right.

Change at Blackfriars for the District Line and straight through to Ealing Broadway. Below: Haven Green, the Baptist church in the distance, a view that's quite Edwardian in atmosphere, modern traffic regardless. In a year or two, the CrossRail (Elizabeth Line) project will be complete, and this will make Ealing Broadway an even more important transport hub.

Below: St Stephen's church, converted to flats, again, that Edwardian feeling is there - when Ealing was rightly regarded as the Queen of the Suburbs.

Night falls on Ealing. Below: Mortimer Road

Below: Amherst Road by night.

Gallic touch in Ealing; a Citroen 2CV van on St Stephen's Road.

Flying back to Warsaw from Luton, afternoon sunshine brings out the vivid colours of the corporate logos. WizzAir flies four times a day to Warsaw, using Airbus A321s, capable of carrying 234 passengers.

Bonus shot, below: a shunter in the livery of Trakcja PRKiI at W-wa Okęcie station. As work is coming to an end here, these engines will become a historic sight.

This time two years ago:
With my father and brother in Derbyshire

This time five years ago:
In praise of Warsaw's trams

This time seven years ago:
Setting sun in the mountains

This time eight years ago:
That learning moment