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
Last week, a blog post by Steve of A London Miscellany took my eye. It’s about a 19th Century French celebrity chef working in London who became struck by the plight of the city’s poor. Do read this post about a remarkable man: a talented cook and inventor with a practical social conscience.
I heartly recommend Steve’s weekly blog posts. He always has interesting and curious tales to tell about London’s past
The image of Alexis Soyer shown as the featured photo is a picture painted by his wife, and currently in the Reform Club, London.
… you’ll spoil the shadow …
Spotted at London’s Borough Market for Becky’s NovemberShadows … and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness.
I love a ghost sign. Advertising from way-back-when that simply took the form of the product’s name painted on the wall of a house or shop. Faded now, they’re a reminder of simpler times, and are merely a shadow of their former selves.
Non-Brits may not know that Courage is a British beer. This sign I spotted yesterday near Borough Market was sited near where the brewery began in 1787, founded by one – John Courage.
For Becky’s November Shadows.
On Thursday I walked the Thames Path from Woolwich via the Thames Barrier and the Millennium Dome to Cutty Sark in Greenwich. A story for another day. Today I’ll just show a view across the Thames, as enjoyed by two picnickers on a bench in the gentle shadow of the buildings near the Dome, especially selected for Jude’s Bench Challenge, and Becky’s NovemberShadows.
Woolwich, which these days comes over as Greenwich’s poor relation, was a critically important military base in the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as the centre for the British government’s armaments manufacturing and the headquarters for the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It housed the Royal Arsenal. It had barracks. It had a military academy. It was a garrison town. No wonder then that it feared being attacked. There were cannons at the ready, as it often felt under the shadow of war. Above, you can see one still poised for a prompt response, on the banks of the Thames.
And below, here is your intrepid reporter, camera at the ready, to record any possible action.
For Becky’s NovemberShadows.
We’re off to London today, to catch some shadows in its grittier streets, to satisfy both Becky’s NovemberShadows, and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness. But first, we could relax for a few moments in a park near Canary Wharf, as shown in the header photograph.
A mooch round a sheltered area of London’s Gasholder development revealed plenty to deceive and intrigue the eye for Becky’s NovemberShadows, and Jude’s Bench Challenge.
Every Saturday, my grandson and his dad walk up the road to Mountsfield Park, arriving by 9.00 o’clock sharp, to participate in Parkrun , one of the 1,342 5km. running events taking place simultaneosly, country-wide, every week.
Here he is, running not with his dad, but with an unknown individual who gets his 5 minutes of fame by sporting a bright red T shirt, especially for Becky’s #SimplyRed.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
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