Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Thames Path

The Thames, whilst far from being the bluest, cleanest river I've ever seen, is still a delight to wander around. We're lucky enough to live in a building right on the Thames Path, so it's really easy for us to pick a direction to spend an afternoon heading in.

Just Left Home
Ours is the blue one!

For those who haven't walked any of it before, the Thames Path runs from source to sea on both banks. Due to the amount of London which is situated right on the banks of the Thames, walking even a small part of the Path can take you through different sights and sounds of London life. Also, as some things do block the path at points, you do occasionally have to head inwards a bit.

Along The Top

One such section of the Path which can be quite busy, took us from the South Bank, via the Tate Modern (and the wobbly bridge!) to London Bridge.

Up The Chimney

Last weekend, L and I headed west from our home in Battersea, about 6 miles to Barnes. We then crossed over Hammersmith Bridge for a pub dinner, before heading home (by bus though, our legs were mighty tired!) in time for a nice sunset over the Thames.

Back for the Sunset

If you find yourself with a nice afternoon and you want to explore some of London's riverside delights, then I fully recommend picking a chunk of the Thames, and let your legs take you places...

Full Flickr set for "Battersea to Barnes" here.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Starting, Again

Quick announcement: I'm actually going to blog!

I'm actually going to post things on here. They may be brief rambles which are too big for Twitter, they may be photo journals. But there will be *something*.

The latter will definitely be true, as I head off to the US for two weeks - I'm totally planning a photo blog. But, since I've announced it, there will definitely be things appearing here soon. Also, I should probably settle on a design nicer than "meh, just black"...