Reading Liberal Democrat Voice recently about the man arrested for taking photos of drain covers; I though that this is certainly an intrustion to civil liberty, but a very odd one. Who takes photos of drains? What makes them terrorist suspects?

However, visiting German at the weekend, I was struck by the above example of considered street scene. The drain cover is a carefully curved segment to fit into the cobble (technically ‘setts’) pattern. Bath has a long way to go before it reaches Dusseldorf’s level of public-realm perfection. However, I did appreciate the quick and easy floral display on Blumenstasse, photographed below.