Walking in London

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

The 'Walking in London' Olympic Experience

So, you might have noticed that London has had a bit of a thing on over the last couple of weeks.

I've really enjoyed the whole experience, from the fantastic opening ceremony - through the cycling road-race in near-to-home Dorking - we were lucky enough to get Hockey tickets in the Olympic park and Womens Modern Pentathalon in Greenwich.

Here are some of my photos.

Tower Bridge with its Olympic Bling necklace.

Which is clever enough to fold away when the bridge rises...

An odd view of masts among the towe blocks in Canary Wharf

Cyclist on Dorking high street...

...including some Team GB lads

And off they go towards Box Hill in the distance

We got into the Olympic Park for some hockey - so we did at least see the outside of the main arena

The Riverside arena - the hockey venue

Oddly, this is maybe my favorite sports photo of the whole set

Greenwich for the Modern Pentathalon

This is what it looks like to be inside a Mexican wave

Not the best way to get around the showjumping course

Although some of the ladies made it all look so effortless

Others just seemed to hang on

Running and shooting combined came next

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Bridges on the Thames

Ok, so here is the start of a post that is going to turn out to be massive. For now though, its just a list of the bridges across the Thames - I'll be adding photos to each name as I take/find/post them.
This is initially just the bridges, so I've not included ferrys, tunnels, cables cars or the Thames Barrier. It's correct at Spring 2012 and does not include proposed new bridges.

So starting from the estury and working towards the source:

Queen Elizabeth II Bridge 1991

Not a Bridge, but the Thames Barrier. A crossing of sorts I suppose, if its shut!

Cutty Sark and the entrance to the Thames Foot tunnel.

Tower Bridge 1894

London Bridge 1973

Cannon Street Railway Bridge 1982

Southwark Bridge 1921

Millennium Bridge 2000

Blackfriars Railway Bridge 1886

Blackfriars Bridge 1869

Waterloo Bridge 1945

Hungerford Footbridges (Golden Jubilee Bridges 2002)

Charing Cross (Hungerford) Bridge 1864

Westminster Bridge 1862

Lambeth Bridge 1932

Vauxhall Bridge 1906

Grosvenor Bridge (Victoria Railway Bridge) 1859

Chelsea Bridge 1937

Albert Bridge 1873

Battersea Bridge 1890

Battersea Railway Bridge 1863

Wandsworth Bridge 1938

Fulham Railway Bridge and Footbridge 1889

Putney Bridge 1886

Hammersmith Bridge 1887

Barnes Railway Bridge and Footbridge 1849

Saturday, 14 July 2012

Day out with Dad part 2 - Fleet Air Arm Yeovil

After the Haynes Museum we drove on to Yeovil for the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Unlike the car museum we had actually been here together before, but I guess that would have been in about 1981 so I don't remember it very well.

Both Haynes and Fleet Air Arm are fantastic places to visit that I can thoroughly recommend, but if you are travelling a way to get there you will struggle to fit them both in fully.