The Thames Barrier & Docklands

I have been trying to find an opportunity to visit the Barrier for some time now, well this last Sunday I finally drove out to the south side of the barrier.

 

You get a fabulous view of London Docklands buildings. The London skyline looks pretty good.

 © Lionel Callow 2019

Cutty Sark

The ship is located on a special site alongside the Thames at Greenwich. The first of my shots are from a visit I made on the 20^thAugust 2015 I then have a small selection I took back in July 2005, before the fire.  The fire occurred on the 21^st May 2007 the ship was refurbished and then reopened to the public in 2012.

The next few shots are from my visit in 2005, before the fire.

The rebuild has made a considerable improvement to the visitor experience of this very popular London attraction. Back in 2005 the ship was looking very run down and was in the process of being refurbished when the fire took place. The figurehead collection had been removed at the time of the fire and was put into storage thus saving the collection. Now it has also been refurbished it is looking perfect in the new display gallery under the ship.

This was the old entrance

© Lionel Callow 2015

Sky Garden 20 Fenchurch St

This is the last of the three blogs from yesterday's day out with my daughter Nina.

Our last place was the Sky Garden 20 Fenchurch Street also known as the Walkie Talkie. By the time we had traveled by taxi we had missed our timed slot to go up but we were very fortunate that they let us enter anyway. This is a spectacular new part of London’s growing and beautiful skyline. 37 floors up it has a commanding 360 degree view of London and the Thames. Unfortunately due to the weather the view was limited by an excessive amount of UV in the atmosphere. The other problem is the reflections in the glass, unfortunately my polariser did not help this time. Next time I go I will be better prepared & I am sure I will be able to improve on today’s images.  However this was a spectacular end of the day out with my daughter. Thank you Nina.

© Lionel Callow 2015

Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel

Part 2 of today's blog. 

Our next place was the set of tunnels under the main line station at Waterloo. Here with some encouragement graffiti artists get to work. This is a super place and I intend to return. 

© Lionel Callow 2015