Regents Canal

Tuesday April 6th 2010 was a plum day... this pic was taken last year in March when spring came early and I had 2 weeks to explore. I do like a good tow path!

Monumental Heights!

Some top shots from the top of the newly refurbished Monument.. from a rather pleasant walk on Sunday 28th March.. clocks forward and some welcome sunshine...

Sun. Shadows. Stairs.

Tuesday 30th December - 12.30-13.55. A sharpish lunch time walk from the office up Holborn Viaduct to Chancery Lane - down the lane and towards Fleet Street, passing the Royal Courts of Justice and cross the road. Down Arundel Street towards Temple tube. I start on top of the Temple Walkabout..

Spot the bus..

Spot the bus stop!

An eerie & quiet Embankment: Somerset House and Waterloo Bridge

Ah the Thames!

The light in the trees is so extreme depending on which angle you look.

Sun behind and the trees have a feathered deep warm brown feel.

Middle Temple.

This water loving bird was sun bathing! Along with his 2 mates. That's how peaceful it was.

The river, wheels and fish.

The sun is so low you can't avoid it dazzling the water and the sky. Oxo Tower.

The sun light spills across the bridges - its magical. Blackfriars Bridge.

Blackfriars.

Tate Modern. Millenium Bridge.

St Pauls.

Spot the bus.

Sunday Morning Walk

So it's Sunday and unlike the previous two the sun is rising and the air is crisp.. I for once decide to treat my walk as a chance to catch up with myself.. and take my camera (yes the new one!!)

Me in the park

A friendly fox -- it saw me before I saw it..


For some reasons the colour of the trees and the contrasts between light and dark made the cemetry on Gap Road really photographic this morning...






Here is the New Wimbledon Theatre - erm in the distance. That's another I love about living round here - the high spots and the low spots. The views and the hues.




Ah the colours of winter

Up close and personal!


Red! Berries! What these photos fail to show is that this is the only one of several trees still laden with berries - probably as it sits plum in the sunlight - the others shadowed by buildings.

Homage to Lord Nelson - Merton and Hamilton Hall all being a major part of his life.

This tree just got to me - with the sun behind and the shiny frosted grass

Leaves.

Jewels

Bench.

No time for sitting - the River Wandle beckons...

Smoke on the water..

Still green leaves on the trees - the hardy devils!

That building - before it goes (its being boarded up so maybe its gonna be deleted...)

London Bridge to Kings Cross

The Thames

To start get off of tube at London Bridge and fight through tourist trap central to Bankside to miss the Twelfth Night plays. Proceed across wobbly bridge...

St Pauls and surround

.. to St Pauls which at the moment is exposed on its east side due to the demolition of the old Allen & Overy building. One New Change - is doing just that - changing.. where once stood a large red brick buiiding - now there is a large hole. But it does mean that St Paul's can be seen in all its glory for a short while until the view is once more blocked.

But for now I was far more taken by the leaves on one particular tree. This photo was taken whilst skateboards were filming themselves behind me round the square pond and fountain.

The Three Sisters?

That Tree!

That hole!

The Two Ronnies?

The Stock Exchange complete with new sun dial clock!

Gotham City?

Smithfield Market and surround












Farringdon Road northwards to ...




Kings Cross Road and the Stations...

The international terminal - St Pancras - it was never like this when I got the Midland Mainline to Leicester each new term!


In awe of the new terminal I took a moment to contemplate. Then I headed for the underground - which was far less spacious and nowhere near as plush..