Low, low tide at Crossness, and the view over Halfway Reach to Dagenham dock. A Sunday morning trip to the Crossness Engines open day (more of that to come later).
Down by the river: Crossness
11 Monday Apr 2016
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Down by the river: Anchor & Hope to Greenwich Peninsula and back; March 2016
21 Monday Mar 2016
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Coot, Isle of Dogs; January 2016
31 Sunday Jan 2016
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The morning was crisp, bright, and very cold. The DLR to work broke down at Mudchute so I decided to walk, up the Isle of Dogs along past Millwall Docks, where I spotted a coot. A quick glimpse of life in the strange, almost-denatured world of Docklands.
Newcastle Quayside; December 2015
07 Thursday Jan 2016
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After 36 hours of incessant rain, we woke to clear blue skies on the 27th of December. After a walk round a mostly-deserted Ouseburn, we headed down to the Quayside, enjoying the sunshine. By mid-morning people were streaming down to the riverside, released from two days indoors, and drawn by the gravitational pull of Tyne, bridges, and the Baltic gallery. We’d already visited the Baltic on Christmas Eve – enjoying the B. Wurz exhibition, feeling a little nonplussed by the other displays, being grateful for some excellent activities and books to read for our 5 year old – but it was still nice to poke our noses in briefly. Every walk needs a token purpose, at least.
Greenwich Peninsula; June 2015
01 Wednesday Jul 2015
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There was a time, presumably, when the planners thought that the newly-cleaned up Greenwich peninsula was a blank canvas, there to be planned into the perfect modern development. It hasn’t worked out that way: recessions, landbanking, viability assessment-gaming developers, and the passage of time have all seen that idea off. What will it look like when it’s finished? I suspect no one has any real idea.
Up above the river; June 2015
22 Monday Jun 2015
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cable car, emirates airline, excel centre, Fuji X100T, Greenwich Peninsula, River, Royal Victoria Docks, Silvertown, Thames
A trip across the Thames by cable car, on an overcast June afternoon.
Down by the river: Anchor & Hope to Greenwich Yacht Club; May 2015
13 Wednesday May 2015
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aggregates, Anchor and Hope, Angerstein, Charlton, Durham Wharf, Fuji X100T, Greenwich Yacht Club, london, monochrome, Murphys wharf, Silvertown, Thames
A walk west from the Anchor & Hope pub in Charlton, looking over to Silvertown, past Durham Wharf, along past the aggregates wharves, peering through to the new Greenwich peninsula developments, then on to Greenwich Yacht Club.
All shot on my Fuji X100t and processed in Lightroom/Silver Efex Pro2
Down by the river: Greenwich pier; April 2015
03 Friday Apr 2015
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A grey Good Friday in Greenwich.
Down by the river: Greenhithe; March 2015
28 Saturday Mar 2015
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Estuary, Fuji X100T, Greenhithe, Kent, QE bridge, River, shopping trolley, Thames, Thames Foreshore
Shots from the riverside at Greenhithe. The QE bridge looks delicate and quite serene from here; a contrast to the experience of driving over it. The river is wide here, the riverside a mixture of industry and the sort of new developments that allow grudging access to the riverbanks. Asda trolleys abound.
Down by the river: Gravesend; March 2015
27 Friday Mar 2015
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