The 999 Call for the NHS March was started by a group of women from Darlington who are concerned about the government's intentions to further privatise the National Health Service in the UK.

Yesterday, they marched from Loughborough to Leicester, and today they started from Leicester Cathedral and were heading for Market Harborough. Every good wish goes to them.

I have put a slideshow with many more photos on Youtube.

http://tinyurl.com/m5m55ql

3008 Reluctant Rainbow

What you see here is all there was of that rainbow. Taken alongside the National Space Centre, Leicester.

2908 Girlfriend

My dog has a surprise assignation in the city centre!

2808 Evening Boats

2708 Ugly Ducklings

These cygnets are getting much more like their parents. They look more like swans, and they let me know how well they could hiss when I rounded the corner neear them.

2508 Ducks Avoiding a Guide Dog

2408 Skyride 2014

Bicycles everywhere! It's that time of year again, the weekend before August Bank Holiday, when everyone is urged to get on their bikes, though I'm not so sure disabled people are enocouraged to take part. This photo is a mere detail of hundreds of cyclists who whizzed past me today.

2308 Birds in a Lather

Ducks, gulls, pigeons.... all assembled and ready to scrap over today's offering of white bread from the riverbank.

2208 Evening Pub

A smoker makes his escape from the Talbot on Thurcaston Road, Leicester.

2108 Snipers' Alley

Alongside Leicester Market, this was at one time a place where you were likely to be leapt on by aggressive beggars. That seems to have changed.

2008 You Can Watch The Boats Go By

1908 Evening Rowers

1808 Yappy Chappy

There's one little dog that won't put up with guide dogs near his narrow boat!

1708 Colours of Evening

1608 Considerate Parker

This is calculated to make a blind person's hair turn bright pink. How are you supposed to get around it? Why, go and walk on the road and play with the traffic, of course. I would phone the firm that owns this vehicle if it were not for the rip-off 0844 phone number.

I took this through a pair of amber sunglasses, the likes of which are sometimes recommended for some people with macular degeneration. The idea is that they will block damaging blue light. They are a bit on the dark side, and this photo is a pretty faithful reproduction, but they can cut down glare on very bright days.

1408 The Lone Coot

Even if I can't readily see a bird as small as this from that distance, I could certainly hear its shrieks.

1308 The Lavender Maze

One unusual feature of Abbey Park, Leicester is this lavender maze, evidently dreamt up over a few glasses in the pub.

This was meant to be a soft play area for children, but I daresay many adults will enjoy it too.

I made a slideshow of photos I took here. Please go to

http://tinyurl.com/phnv9fz

to watch it.

1208 Mind How You Drive

All the vehicles were travelling at quite high speeds for a junction like this, and I was half-expecting someone to come to grief. Luckily, everyone must have been very alert.

1108 Overhanging Trees

The subject matter may not be remarkable, but I like the geometry of the trees and the clouds in this.

1008 Another Cloud Mirror

0908 Cloud Mirror

0808 The Blue and the Green

A slightly unusual municipal planting.

0708 Chimneys at Dusk

0608 Bent Vapour Trail

0508 An Invasion of Gulls

The gulls are not around all the time, but now and then cause a great deal of commotion on the river.

0408 Different Furniture

Seen in a shop in Churchgate, Leicester.

0308 All Hands to the Lock

0208 'Allo! 'Allo!

It's amazing how many of us are becoming cyborgs, welded to our various machines. Aren't I welded to my camera?

0108 Canalside Conversation

3107 Market Stall

3007 Shadows and Light

2907 Living Arch

2807 Fountain in the Square

The fountain in Town Hall Square, Leicester.

2707 Flock in Flight

2507 Watermead Way Bridge

Above, the relentless traffic, underneath an apparently tranquil scene with a path along the river near Watermead Park, Leicester.

2407 Going to the Fair

Every school holiday, the same funfair appears in my local park whether anyone wants it or not! These people are near its entrance.

2307 Street at Sunset

2207 Street in the Heat

2107 Bus with a Message

2007 Land-lubbing Swan

1907 Shiny Flowers

1807 Sunset Flight

1707 Guide Dog Love

My guide dog has a clandestine meeting under the table while the owners have a meeting of their own.

1607 Canal boat with Wake

1507 Canal Reflections

1407 Swan Takes Off

Taken at Watermead Park, Leicester.

1307 Down to the River

Steps down to the river from Belgrave Hall, Leicester.

1207 Return visit to the Japanese Garden