It’s a frosty and glorious day in the south east of England. I stood on the station at Radley just before 7.30am and looked out over the Thames Valley countryside, across the flat meadows to the east of the station, towards the low hills on the far bank of the river at Nuneham Courtney. The sun, not yet risen above the hills, made that warm orange/yellow glow that one sees at sunrise and sunset on frosty days. The air was still and the sky clear.

I could see the vapour trails from four or five aircraft high in the sky. (A quick calculation suggests that there were around 750 people overhead as I stood there on that country platform.)

I walked from Paddington to the Baha’i Centre in 21 minutes, my best time, at a brisk pace. The sun backlit the remaining leaves on the trees in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park - the kind of light that photographers love. The gold on the Albert Memorial was gleaming. The crisp air was great for walking.

Beautiful!

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