10.148 Bottled Victory
Despite living in London for many years, I’ve never really taken a lot of notice of the empty “fourth plinth” in Trafalgar Square. Built in 1841 to hold a statue of William IV, it remained unused owing to a lack of funds. And has remained empty pretty much ever since.
10.137 Greenwich Park
Greenwich Park – one of London’s Royal Parks since 1427 and open to the public since the 18th century. I paid just a brief visit early this morning en route to a meeting, but wished I could have stayed a while longer.
10.136 Public hanging
With just a small nod to my previous employment, I thought the juxtaposition of a noose with the offices of Canary Wharf seemed to quite nicely illustrate the ongoing “public debate” about those dastardly City bankers…
10.133 Elephants in London
The registered charity Elephant Family has organised a campaign called Elephant Parade London 2010, whereby hundreds of brightly decorated elephants are being installed in all manner of places around the city for a couple of months, to raise awareness for the endangered Asian elephant.
10.39 Brrr
Although not settling (yet), it was snowing quite heavily so I didn’t hang around – unlike that bird, which didn’t seem in much of a hurry to go anywhere. Each to their own.
10.25 Bench on a tennis ball
Well, not really… but it does rather look like it, if you relax your eyes a bit, doesn’t it..?
10.22 Beneath the Thames
The Greenwich foot tunnel has been open 24 hours a day since 1902, so it was about time that I paid it a visit.
10.13 London landmarks
For those unfamiliar with London, the view is mainly of Hungerford Bridge, the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament, with the water of course being the river Thames. You won’t be able to see it here, sadly, but the detail in this photo when viewed full size (5616×3744 pixels) is quite staggering! Should make a fantastic print.
