Thames River Trip

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!!

 

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The stunning Battle of Britain Memorial by Westminster Bridge. So clever and effective to model it on a ‘Scramble’

 

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Canary Wharf

 

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The Cutty Sark at Greenwich

 

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The London Eye

 

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The wonderful replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

 

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The Shard – I adore this building

 

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The Tower of London

 

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The Trinity Hospital Almshouses – beautiful building

 

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Quantum Cloud Sculpture by Anthony Gormley. Can you see the shape of a man inside it?

 

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The Emirates Air Line Cable Cars over the Thames

 

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The O2 Centre

 

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Half a boat – don’t ask, I have no idea why anybody would want to slice a boat in half!

 

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The Thames Barrier

 

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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

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