Totally unplanned trip on the Thames in London yesterday. I was going to do something else but it was such a beautiful day and the prospect of sitting on a boat in the sun on the Thames was too good to miss. So this is almost a wordless post!!
The stunning Battle of Britain Memorial by Westminster Bridge. So clever and effective to model it on a ‘Scramble’
Canary Wharf
The Cutty Sark at Greenwich
The London Eye
The wonderful replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
The Shard – I adore this building
The Tower of London
The Trinity Hospital Almshouses – beautiful building
Quantum Cloud Sculpture by Anthony Gormley. Can you see the shape of a man inside it?
The Emirates Air Line Cable Cars over the Thames
The O2 Centre
Half a boat – don’t ask, I have no idea why anybody would want to slice a boat in half!
The Thames Barrier
Thames Barrier close-up.
Fantastic trip and thanks very much to my dear friends Graham and Jan who made it possible and always spoil me when I come up to London and who also let me hug their cats (lots!).
Slainte
Linda xxx
Lovely to see some of the area where I used to live. I've not been back in years, we lived in Rotherhithe, Surrey Docks before they changed it to the yuppy name Surrey Quays.
ReplyDeleteI loved to go to Greenwich market and around the Cutty Sark....
Good memories thank you :)
I might be biased, but London is a wonderful city. Thank you for this lovely photo-blog. I love the Antony Gormley and I recommend that everyone should at some point in their lives spend a quiet five minutes at the Battle of Britain Memorial near Westminster Bridge.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great trip!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see these in person--but first I must start saving my pennies!
Lovely photos =)
I didn't know there are cable cars over the river. Great photo's.
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