Christmas Day is ... an opportunity to take some pictures that would be impossible for the rest of the year. Early in the morning, and in the evening, streets are uniquely empty. I drove up to Devizes to pick up Dad during the morning, took him back up there in the evening, and took the opportunity to take a few photos. Not a car to be seen!






















So why do I conclude with a picture of an Estate Agent's Window? Because this in the very window where - in Spring 1999 - Lisa and I saw the house that's now our home in Melksham for sale. "I know where that is?" said I ... we completed the purchase in August 1999, moved in Christmas Eve 1999, ran our first training course there in September 2000, before extending to Well House Manor in October 2006.
(written 2011-12-26, updated 2011-12-31)

 Z202 - Just Pictures
  [3713] Verticals ... last month - (2012-04-29)
  [3678] Potteries and Staffordshire in the Sunshine - (2012-04-01)
  [3655] Sights and scenes - more London trip pictures - (2012-03-16)
  [3616] Bus top - colours of London - (2012-02-17)
  [3473] Picture - Havant Station at Dusk - (2011-10-11)
  [3356] Holiday patterns - just the art, not the content - (2011-07-13)
  [3350] A set of pictures without point - (2011-07-08)
  [3289] New Camera - very first picture, and next from first films - (2011-05-14)
  [3241] Spring in the countryside near Melksham - (2011-04-10)
  [3220] Panasonic Lumix TZ20 - (2011-03-28)
  [3195] Sunny day - Clanger and Picket Woods, Shearwater, and Westbury - (2011-03-06)
  [3101] The week before Christmas - (2010-12-23)
  [3096] Contrast in pictures - (2010-12-20)
  [2989] Oddballs in Plymouth - (2010-10-08)
  [2914] Older picture. - (2010-08-10)
  [2888] Recent Pictures - (2010-07-27)
  [2819] Some more pictures ... - (2010-06-19)
  [2767] Back from a Python course in Glasgow - (2010-05-16)
  [2760] Views of Scotland - (2010-05-11)
  [2756] Same subject - different pictures - (2010-05-09)
  [2677] Blowing out the winter cobwebs - (2010-03-14)
  [2611] Sunday Evening, City of London - (2010-01-31)
  [2582] Starting to arrange the picture library - (2010-01-16)
  [2553] On a short walk from home - (2009-12-27)
  [2549] Christmas Day ... - (2009-12-25)
  [2518] Through the arches - (2009-11-29)
  [2464] Beauty in pictures - (2009-10-20)
  [2412] Autumn Fruits and Bristol Old Station - (2009-09-20)
  [2404] Low Sun - Autumn is here - (2009-09-13)
  [2298] Melksham Carnival Parade - the people - (2009-07-19)
  [2266] Travelling - (2009-07-02)
  [2202] Bright Colours - (2009-05-26)
  [2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock - (2009-05-10)
  [2146] An evening excursion to Devizes and Avebury - (2009-04-30)
  [2140] Beware - giving copyright away when you upload a picture - Dogs Trust - (2009-04-25)
  [2121] Out in the Vale of Pewsey - (2009-04-07)
  [2101] A B C D of GA and TN - (2009-03-23)
  [2098] A room without a view - (2009-03-22)
  [2093] Leading Lines - (2009-03-20)
  [2034] Through Snow and Flood to Linux and Tomcat - (2009-02-10)
  [2006] Contrast - (2009-01-23)
  [1986] Walk to Bowerhill - (2009-01-10)
  [1981] Bitter cold - (2009-01-07)
  [1931] Frosty Morning, foggy evening - (2008-12-08)
  [1919] Transition - (2008-12-03)
  [1854] Three Seasonal Pictures - (2008-10-25)
  [1838] Oxford in Pictures - (2008-10-13)
  [1818] Icelandic Badge - (2008-10-01)
  [1770] 3 hours from Milton Keynes - (2008-08-24)
  [1740] Vertical London - (2008-08-06)
  [1620] Norwich and London - (2008-04-23)
  [1546] The geometry of East London - (2008-02-19)
  [1489] Pictures of December - (2007-12-30)
  [1400] Dark Dawn - (2007-10-22)
  [1398] Someone else's wedding - (2007-10-21)
  [1392] Autumnal lighting on a London trip - (2007-10-15)
  [1234] A review of a week and a trip to Brugge - (2007-06-16)
  [1233] Horses of Brugge - (2007-06-15)
  [1216] Five of the best - pictures from London - (2007-06-03)
  [1172] May day 2007 in pictures - (2007-05-02)
  [1162] Cheddleton, Staffordshire - (2007-04-26)
  [1152] Course, right place, right time - (2007-04-17)
  [1099] Passenger flows - (2007-03-04)
  [1064] Light and shadows at Beach - (2007-02-04)
  [1005] Stirling at night - (2006-12-23)
  [958] Plain Ole nice pictures - (2006-11-30)
  [870] Autumn comes to Wiltshire. - (2006-09-17)
  [786] First Light, Bootle Docks, Liverpool - (2006-06-29)
  [772] Training in Liverpool - (2006-06-21)
  [713] Pictures from my travels - (2006-05-07)
  [708] Linescapes of Mull - (2006-05-03)
  [625] February pictures - (2006-02-26)
  [557] A new sign - (2006-01-07)
  [548] San Francisco - (2005-12-30)
  [416] Mixing up swallows and martins - (2005-08-16)
  [412] Bristol Balloon Festival - (2005-08-13)
  [365] Letterbox Pictures - (2005-07-01)
  [360] Spring turns to Summer - (2005-06-26)
  [298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire - (2005-05-02)

Z210 - Christmas and New Year
  [3561] Happy Christmas ... a Christmas morning walk in Melksham - (2011-12-25)
  [3557] Melksham Christmas Lights - Town, Shops and Private Houses - (2011-12-20)
  [3538] Santa Train - another successful trip - 4th December 2011 - (2011-12-04)
  [3535] Melksham, Luxury Hotel Rooms, Christmas. - (2011-12-02)
  [3530] A typical weekend?? - (2011-11-28)
  [3116] Are there newspapers on New Years Day? Do the shops open on Easter Sunday? Do trains run at Christmas? - (2011-01-01)
  [3110] The days after Christmas - (2010-12-27)
  [3095] The Christmas Season has arrived - (2010-12-19)
  [2978] Christmas 2010 - Well House Manor, Melksham, Hotel - (2010-10-01)
  [2543] Day and night at Christmas - (2009-12-19)
  [2529] Santa Special, 2009 - (2009-12-06)
  [2528] Melksham Christmas Lights - (2009-12-05)
  [2486] Santa Special - Trowbridge and Melksham to Swindon - (2009-10-31)
  [1959] - - (2008-12-24)
  [1952] Small Print - (2008-12-19)
  [1942] Christmas scenes and events - (2008-12-14)
  [1914] It must be nearly Christmas - (2008-12-01)
  [1484] A christmas message - (2007-12-25)
  [1483] What have hotels and bananas got in common? - (2007-12-24)
  [1481] The Christmas Letter - (2007-12-22)
  [1462] 10 training days to Christmas. - (2007-12-07)
  [980] Street Scene - (2006-12-12)
  [953] Christmas in November - (2006-11-29)
  [573] Giving an excuse for Christmas - (2006-01-22)
  [543] The world didn't stop for Christmas - (2005-12-26)
  [541] Christmas is for everyone - (2005-12-25)
  [540] Christmas Party - (2005-12-24)
  [162] A Change is as good as a rest - (2004-12-27)
  [161] Christmas break - (2004-12-23)

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