I thought I would start Shad Thames blog on a BANG (and probably finish it on a fizzzzzzzzzz). There was a fire last night in the Wheat Wharf vacinity - possibly the most exciting thing that has happened in Shad Thames since I moved there in July 2005. I think someone tutted as I took photographs of the blaze (OK, not so much a blaze, more a plume of smoke) but I didn't care. As far as I was concerned, this moment would go down in history and therefore my future grandchildren would benefit from my experiences of the blaze (plume of smoke) e.g. ogling the firemen, and stare in wonderment at my superb photographs.

Some smoke...and some fire engines!