Spring greens & a Gerkin.

I went into Preston today to take a pair of trousers back, the safety tag had not been removed....I had no bag nor receipt.
Having tried them on in the shop & knew they fitted I had thrown them away....I had to take my credit card bill to prove I had not stolen them although to be fair they didn't actually check in the end!
I did take some photos in town but have looked a t them all & rejected them all, none of them took my eye so have resorted to a filler from our meet up in London!

Three good things:
1. I lost my car parking coin in a changing room but only had to pay £5 to get a spare one!!
2. Bought my daughter a lovely nightie for her holiday in Portugal on Thursday!
3. Weigh in tonight & I am pretty sure I have lost the 10 lbs I wanted...hooray !

[Barbara Paquette]

Haha I had only read your first line and wondered if there was a SECOND Gherkin! Hooray for your 10 pounds! I have lost 5.5 and am on my way to 15 altogether.

[Pat Knowles]

@bpaquette Oh keep at it Barbara...I feel so much better in my summer clothes...surprising how that little bit extra creeps on over the winter!! yes was a bit confusing but we have no Gerkin in Preston!! LOL !

[Graham Harcombe]

A filler maybe but superb definitely!

[Judith Johnson]

Well done on the weight loss - hopefully! Love the title, oh and the picture!

[Rob Wareham]

Nice photo anyway interesting reflections

[Gerry]

very nice Pat great photo love the reflections

[Alison Tomlin]

I was wondering what that was doing in Preston for a moment! Nice contrasts

[Diana Moss]

A fantastic photo , a sight to see gleaming in the sun. congrats on the weight loss Pat

[Hazel]

Great angle on your shot. Well done on 3!!

[Maggiemae]

Nice to see this Gherkin! Heard so much about it and seen a pic of it from overhead in a TV program about London. Made me want to come and spend a month in London! Only 5pounds for a spare? That seems like a bad thing but you have turned it into a good one! Good on you for persevering with the diet!

[Anne Mary]

I think the contrast in the modern and classical buildings here is just great!

[Pat Knowles]

@maggiemae Well I did think I had got off lightly as it said it would be £12.50 on the notice & the car park charge would have been £3.50 anyway!

[Al Bailey]

Lovely shot of the gherkin ..... you certainly won't find anything like that in Preston! lol (my home town!) :)

[Loopy-Lou]

Great shot, nice reflections.

[Pat Knowles]

@willowdragon Well I never Al there are so many of us from Preston on this site!!! I presume you know the others? Very misleading words I know!! Thanks for your comment.

[Al Bailey]

@happypat Other than Alison Tomlin, who I know knows Preston I don't know any others ..... nice to hear of people who are from the same area :)

[Pat Knowles]

@willowdragon Well there is @judithg & another one I discovered who was brought up in Higher Walton but I can't remember who that is as I'm not a follower of hers.

[Jane Pittenger]

Cool lines and contrast

[KWind]

Such a cool building! I love all the lines and reflections.

[Rick Schies]

This is a great filler shot

[Linda]

Nice shot. I like he reflections.

[Sue Wilde]

LOve the reflections here

[Phil Howcroft]

the gherkin looks gr8 from this angle pat

[Boxplayer]

Oh lovely pretty shiny thing. Great stuff.

[Wendy]

Great lines on the gerkin! It is such a neat building.

[JH]

I was momentarily confused about the Preston Gherkin too!

Pretty from this PoV, with the trees.

[fife]

Love the contrasts in this one -- and the reflections. Very nice filler!

[Barb Smith]

Yeah, Pat . . . 10 lbs. That is awesome! Great reflections and contrast in this shot, by the way.

[Jennifer]

Very cool shot, love the shapes, reflections and lines and that bit of green.

[Judith Greenwood]

LOVE this shot - the different textures work brilliantly together. Well done on the diet - I need to sign up - Florence really has been a waistline catastrophe...

[Judith Greenwood]

@willowdragon @aslessknownsu (Susan Knowles) hails from Preston.

[Pat Knowles]

@judithg Lovely to hear from you ... are you still there ?

[Karin Hirsch]

Great reflections and lines in this building, well done thee shots are not so easy

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

I like this a lot Pat!! Lovely contrasts. Congrats on the dieting!

[Juliette Packham]

great gherkin shot! and congrats on the weight loss - I seem to be putting more and more on - even though I'm exercising loads - methinks i'm eating too much!!

[Pat Knowles]

@sparkle All muscle Juliette!!

[Juliette Packham]

@happypat now, I've been trying to convince myself of that for the last couple of weeks...but I think the 3-5 course meals out with wine 4 or 5 times a week is taking it's toll - 3000 calories in and exercise is only about 400...need to cut out the snacks and biscuits!

[Pat Knowles]

@sparkle Well you could be right there unfortunately!!! Ah well you can do it!!!

[Juliette Packham]

@happypat boring though isn't it? got one more night out tomorrow with wine and good food and then I'll try and get good for a couple of weeks! I've rid the cupboards of all naughty things this weekend so the going gets easier!