Signs and drain forests.

This old shop front should probably be one for Sébastien Ardouin's excellent blog, Painted signs and mosaics because it's more ceramics than faded sign.  I've no idea whether it was an old general stores or something more specialised.  It's nice to see that it's in pretty good condition.  Wastdale Road, just off the Stansted Road, Forest Hill.

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After too long off the bike, I couldn't stay indoors when the weather's this good.   In addition to cycling around looking at walls, you also have to pay attention to the road every now and then.  Which is how I managed to avoid running over this drain forest in Vancouver Road, SE23

I find there's something very reassuring about the ways vegetation manages find the most unlikely niches.  Here's another one from last year in Greenwich, Lassell Street, SE10