I have often walked, down this street before.

Bank Holiday Monday! And so, with nothing better to do, I took to the back alleys of Pontcanna, armed only with my camera, my walkman and a selection of ambient CDs.

And, as I'm taking these photos


I began thinking about how each of the little tags of graffiti


were like little magical sigils, protecting against evil

and then, in a weird act of synchronicity, as I'm loading them onto my computer - I stumble across this article, which is kinda riffing on the same themes, but in a much more poncey manner.

But remember kids, graffiti is vandalism, and is not condoned by the HVSD in any way.

Except for this: