The London Team is with us this week, so all my shots are family ones, and in Glorious Techicolor. So here are a few shots from my last visit to London itself, taken along the Thames Path near Woolwich.
For Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Monochrome Madness along the Thames Path
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Great shots
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Fantastic photos. I haven’t been to London for ages…
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I love my trips to London, generally avoiding Tourist Central and getting into the backwaters and ginnels.
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I worked for the Press Association many years ago and I used to fly from Leeds Bradford to Heathrow several times a month. Didn’t see as much as I would have liked, but occasionally I got let out for a few hours to ‘look around’.
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It’s not easy with central London being really rather far from Heathrow. And I guess you have no opprtunities – or wish – to go now.
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Only good thing was a 40 minute flight back 🙂
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I have had several cameras in the last 70 years and never did know the difference between chrome, ectachrome, monochrome film…hell my camera now don’t even use film 🙂{I guess ectichrome was good for slides but after 1980 who used slides ?}
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Indeed! And all that jargon is well above my paygrade too.
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I had a secret clearance in the US Navy in the 70”s and have never heard of any of this 👀❓
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Some secrets remain secret …
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Hadn’t thought of how industrial the Thames looks. Still, you did get a cormorant
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Less industrial now than it was in my childhood. But much of the older industrial sites have been – often successfully – repurposed.
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The Thames looks a lot cleaner in black and white!
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Fair point. Sadly.
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Great monochrome images, I really like the one you chose as a header.
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Thanks Ritva. I rather liked that one too.
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Such striking cityscapes. Monochrome suits them
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Great monochromes of your Thames meanderings! I do miss my London wandering…. Ah well, perhaps I should dig out some images from a few years prior to lockdown and convert them to B&W
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Do, Sue. Your images are always worth sharing.
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Thanks, Margaret!
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Great photos!
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Thanks Aletta.
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I particularly like the first photo. Such interesting views of the riversides.
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Oh thsnk you! The Thames Path gives so many different insights into London’s past and present.
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Those flood barrier thingies or however they’re called look so utopian. Great shots!
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They’re quite a sight. And I hope still fit for purpose in these unpredictable times.
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Have a good time with the gang. I especially like that last shot xx
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Thanks Jo. We’re hving a great time, poor weather notwithstanding. But I feel my age now. A long lie-down when they go tomorrow! xx
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Just a short time to keep up to speed xx
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Inspiring cityscapes, that first photo is stunning.
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Oh, thanks Jude. I love getting off the well-beaten track in London.
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My parents lived in Woolwich for a short time after the war when there was such an acute housing shortage. The flood barriers weren’t there then, and their house was flooded. The queen (mother) did the obligatory tour and paid a visit, and did not recognise my mother who had been presented to her at one of the garden parties that replaced being presented at court after the war. IMO the only good thing about such tours by dignitaries is that authorities have to get at least some of the devastation cleaned up so that it’s fit for the visitors to see.
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Fair point, Lisa. And I’ve only visited Woolwich a couple of times of sorties to the Thames Path, but it seems to be a community worth exploring further.
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What a beautiful collection, Margaret. I loved your gallery.
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Thanks so much Egidio.
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These are amazing Margaret. I’ve been to London, but never left the airport. It has always seemed like a great city to photograph, and your photos make me wish I had had the chance.
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Oh thanks Leanne. Yes, London would suit your photography down to the ground. Maybe one day??
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FAbulous photos, especially the pointy roofed (cranes?)
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Yes, cranes indeed. Thanks Rebecca. It was a good walk.
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Very evocative river and skyscraper greys!
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Grey seems to suit, doesn’t it?
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Grey suit land perhaps! But yes, definitely makes for good photos and a sense of structures too.
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🤣 Thanks!
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A part of London that lends itself well to B&W. A striking set of images.
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Thanks. I thought monochrome was The Way to Go.
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I love monochrome pictures. I think that I focus more on the details and the mood with them, than when looking at very colorful photos.
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I agree. The older I get, the more I like them. Thanks Sheryl.
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