The blossom is out down South and I pay a weekend visit to Miss N in the smoke.
The Emirates Air Line is worth a journey on a clear day and it gives a contrasting set of east London views compared to the London Eye. The Greenwich penninsular is a little bleak and dominated by the dome thing, with high grockle factor resulting in long queues for restaurants. We managed to find a bus to take us to Greenwich village and sat open air by the river to eat lunch in a more relaxed and congenial atmosphere. The river bus took us back to Waterloo.
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| Apple blossom at Clapham |
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| A short Northern line tube ride takes us to the South Bank |
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| The seat of coalition power and the Houses of Parliament in the background. |
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| Miss N spotted an addition to Henry Beck's map - a cable car connection between the Royal Docks and the Greenwich penninsular |
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| A DLR ride later... |
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| A short inter-modal walk later (not forgetting to Oyster scan out)... |
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| Gondolas! |
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| Are we dealing with SI units or what? m and ft? |
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| We hit cruisng altitude of 95m and I spot the runway of the docklands airport. |
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| Our gondola is buzzed by a BAe 146 |
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| Fine views to the west, the dome thing and Canary Wharf |
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| The glorious Deptford gasometer |
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| And to the east, the Thames barrier |
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| Looking south, the London that I know and grew up in dominated by the the Crystal Palace and Norwood Hill TV transmitters |
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| These Japanese tourists trying to find onward tarnsport links from the dome thing got somewhat lost by the looks of it. |
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| The edifices of near failed parastic financial services - Canary Wharf from Greenwich penninsular as we look for a 188 bus to take us to Greenwich village. |
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| We drive by bus through Greenwich village towards the Royal Maritime Museum - the London marathon event is being set up for tomorrow |
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| Lunch is a dome thing mega burger eaten al fresco. |
The Emirates Air Line is worth a journey on a clear day and it gives a contrasting set of east London views compared to the London Eye. The Greenwich penninsular is a little bleak and dominated by the dome thing, with high grockle factor resulting in long queues for restaurants. We managed to find a bus to take us to Greenwich village and sat open air by the river to eat lunch in a more relaxed and congenial atmosphere. The river bus took us back to Waterloo.
Interesting views from up in the air.
ReplyDeleteLunch looks tasty too.
Nikos:
ReplyDeleteLooks cold. Great burger but you need a large mouth to bite into it. I wouldn't know how to navigate around using the public transit.
bob
A weekend photographer or Riding the Wet Coast
cherryblossoms ;O)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy looking a pictures of London... I miss the place, but I don't want to go back. Pictures are enough.
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