… from the Urban Fete on Greenwich Peninsula …
… to the Thames Barrier …
… with stunning views up the river …
and passing
… an Antony Gormley sculpture …
… the ecology park …
… a sculpture from recycled materials
that reminded me of the beach at Drumeldrie …
… shadows on the Thames …
… industry …
… and such a beautiful day for a walk …
… interesting exhibition on the excavations of the tunnel across London and slow-mo film of the work in the tunnel …
… worth a look to see the different layers of history and development of London …
… at the Museum of Docklands …
… great place …
… especially from the top of the new viewing area …
… I enjoyed the Tillmans exhibition …
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/wolfgang-tillmans-2017
… and loved the sound room …
… one of my favourite images by Tillmans …
… inspired me to take my own images …
… gorgeous views and beautiful flowers …
what more could you want
… such a lovely park …
… the stunning Stamp Stair at Somerset House
lead to the Stamp Office from 1789 …
… all documents were stamped here
to show the correct tax had been paid
so much so the noise was unbearable … allegedly …
… the Stamp Office has been part of Inland Revenue
since 1849 …
… a trip to the Brunel Museum …
to discover more about the Rotherhithe Shaft
and the Thames Tunnel
described when it opened in 1843
as the
“the 8th wonder of the world”
and
now part of the Overground line
it runs under the Thames
joining the north to the south
… an amazing feat of 19th century engineering
that took 18 years to build
and is still in use today …
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