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Here is a photograph of the Sun in Splendour pub which is at the Notting Hill Gate end of Portobello Road.

This is a good, traditional, British Public House.

The Sun serves good beer and some good hearty pub grub in a comfortable “pubby” environment. There are some big leather sofas but you have to be lucky to get one, as the pub is always busy. The Sun in Splendour can get VERY busy in the summer.

The times I have been into “The Sun” for a pint there has been a good mix of visitors AND locals, so the pub doesn’t have the feel of a tourist pub, even though it attracts many of the visitors to Portobello Road.

I place this Carbuncle’s Blog photograph of the Sun in Splendour Public House, Portobello Road, London in the public domain, as far as I am able, and allow any use including commercial - check the terms of use here.

The Sun in Splendour pub is definitely worth a visit, if you are passing by on the way to Portobello Road.

Know any other good pubs in London?

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This is a photograph I took today (24th October 2007) of the Portobello Road street sign.

Might be useful for some of you visitors to London who forgot to take your camera on your day out, maybe?

This sign is at the bottom end of Portobello Road, near to Notting Hill Station, and just opposite the Sun in Splendour public house. (A good local British pub - I’ve had a pint in there).

Portobello Road is a world famous market to the west of London full of antique shops and (increasingly) souvenir shops.

Lots of good restaurants and bars too - check out the Mau Mau Bar at the top end of the street (furthest from Notting Hill) - I enjoyed a glass of wine there and some good jazz one night recently.

Another public domain piccy by Carbuncle - check the terms of use here.

I place this Carbuncle’s Blog photograph of the Portobello Road street sign, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London in the public domain, as far as I am able, and allow any use including commercial.

Portobello Road is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - why is it a Royal Borough? Because Queen Victoria was born in Kensington and Queen Victoria bestowed Royal Borough status to honour her birthplace.

So, anyone need a street sign photographed?

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Here’s a photograph that I took of a Harley Davidson motor-cycle outside a shop in Pembridge Road, Notting Hill, London.

The Harley Davidson was sitting up on the pavement outside a curio shop, looking very, very smart - the bike not the shop - the shop just looked businesslike….

The Harley-Davidson Motor Company is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in America in the very early 1900s… either 1901 or 1903, depending on which authority you accept. The Harley-Davidson Motor Company is now quoted on the New York Stock Exchange.

Many years ago I read a cracking science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny called “Damnation Alley” whose main character was a Hell’s Angel. A Harley-Davidson motorbike was his preferred mode of transport. I can recommend this science-fiction book if you find it in a second-hand bookshop book - a good read.

I place this Carbuncle’s Blog photograph of a Harley Davidson Motorbike in Notting Hill, London in the public domain, as far as I am able, and allow any use including commercial.

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Any other good pics of motorbike out there on the web?

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