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Rootmaster Cafe
Cafe in Trumans brewery grounds, Shoreditch, London England. Click on the image for a larger view -
An atmospheric London Bridge photo
The famous London Bridge on a dark day. It wasn’t really as dark as this, I just tweaked it a bit in Lightroom to give it a brooding look.
The famous tower bridge in East London, England Share this:
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The London Eye On London’s Southbank, England © 2010 Nick Katin Part of the relativity new London overground travels from North London to Surrey Quays in East London. Actually some of the overground is underground – in fact under water through the oldest tunnel under a navigable river, the Thames Tunnel.
From Surrey Quays station it’s a short walk to Greenfields pier. One of the frequent Thames clippers ferries to the London eye, a very pleasant half an hour, 10 kilometre ride despite the gloomy dark sky and the choppy water. For £6.00 (cheaper with an Oyster card) these clippers will take you from Woolwich to the London Eye passing under several bridges including London and Tower bridges and the infamous Millennium footbridge (pictured here) stopping at several points in between. A really inexpensive way to travel and see the some of the sights of London.
Millennium Pedestrian bridge On the river thames, London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Share this:
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Tower bridge The famous tower bridge in East London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Near the famous tower bridge is Katherine dock, supposedly one of London’s best kept secrets. The Thames path, a 294 km walk that follows the Thames (obviously) from its source in the Cotswolds to Greenwich and almost the North Sea, tracks its way through the docks with even a stop to see the boats pass through the lock.
Shadwell Basin Near Katharine dock, East London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Share this:
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Brick lane street art Poplar London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Once upon a time, brick lane was the home of, first, London’s Huguenot community then its Jewish community and now street signs in Bangladeshi make it obvious which community call this home. However wondering along brick lane and surrounds we spied a lot of street art. Brick lane is now also home to artists and fashion designers. What an interesting mix!
Nearby at Shoreditch station sits another new innovation to London – bicycles. Called the Barclays bicycle hire is London’s equivalent of the bicycle sharing system used at first in Copenhagen, where its free. Paris, Barcelona, Dublin and other cities around the world have since introduced similar systems. But London appears to be the most expensive although a lot cheaper than public transport.
Cycles for hire Barclays cycle hire stations are dotted all around Central London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Share this:
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Sub Station Restaurant Near Katharine dock, East London, England © 2010 Nick Katin One of the more interesting developments in east central London is the resurgence of English food which, it has to be said, has, in the past, been notoriously bad! But here we discovered a couple of places doing quality traditional English food, the Albion and
St John ’s. Kedgeree (look it up) shepherd’s pie and old spot bacon sandwich are the just a few yummy examples from their menus. Being anal about coffee we even managed to find the Brick Lane café on, surprise, surprise, Brick Lane. It not only does good coffee but has the sort of vibe that wouldn’t be out of place in Melbourne or Seattle which as every coffee addict knows are two major coffee holy grails.
Brick lane cafe Poplar London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Share this:
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Old Spitalfields market East London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Strolling up and around commercial road in Shoreditch past pubs of old and Christ church Spitalfields, there are markets everywhere! Old and new Spitalfields, Petticoat lane, upmarket and further on Brick lane market. A hangover from the rag trade that used to be the main industry here many years ago. As you can there are still see plenty of “rags” even if the industry itself has died the slow death of ‘offshoring’.
Old Spitalfields Market East London, England © 2010 Nick Katin Share this:
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The Gherkin City of London, England
© 2012 Nick KatinThis is the infamous gherkin in London. With its shape, the fact that it has the grave of a roman girl at its base and was built to replace the Baltic exchange building that was badly damaged by an IRA bomb; it is an unusual building on the outskirts of an unusual area of London. Whilst south east of here is the familiar city of London and its famous landmarks, its north east of here that becomes interesting. I’d been to London so many times (hell I was born there) so I wanted to find something different this time. This is the London that everyone knows but can’t find. Brick lane, Shoreditch and the surrounds make you feel that you are in a different city in different country. More next post.
The Gherkin City of London, England
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