Regent’s Canal Walk, no.2, the birds!
My camera couldn’t cope with the speed of the attack! And a rather more settled pair. This very handsome chap is, I think, an Egyptian goose – but I really have no idea!
Regent’s Canal Walk
Mr Bradshaw mentioned the Regent’s Canal some months ago. The section from Paddington to Camden opened in 1816, and the remainder in 1820. I am going contrary to history and I am going to follow the Canal from the Thames to … Continued
Phaffing with Photos
Well, I couldn’t use exactly the same word as LJG who, instead of commenting on the colour being drained from everything over the weekend, had the courage to go B&W. I follow! These images see The Limehouse Cut quite differently.
The Limehouse Cut
The Limehouse Cut opened in 1770, about 2.5 miles in length and its purpose was to facilitate trade by shortening the passage between The Lee Navigation and the City of London. The area was named after the lime kilns, used in … Continued
The Cherry Trees in Victoria Park
The cherry trees in Victoria Park are flowering!
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Coldbath Fields, (no.51)
‘..For the sake of visiting localities of greater interest, we..turn aside from Gray’s Inn Road and enter Coldbath Fields … once famous for a cold spring that still exists in Bath Street..’. (I think that the spring is now enclosed in … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Bagnigge Wells & Exmouth Market, (no.52)
This area, now Clerkenwell, was originally fertile meadows rising to small hills and watered by the Fleet River and numerous springs. The land belonged originally to the Augustinian nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell, and the Priory of St John of … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, (no.50), Pentonville
‘Pentonville, a large district on the north side of the New Road, was unbuilt upon till 1773, when the fields of Mr Henry Penton were appropriated to receive the increasing population. Of late years it has extended rapidly..’. The association … Continued
Clematis Armandii in Clerkenwell
The flowers in London this Spring have been wonderful, and often in unexpected places, like the Pentonville Road. These clematis were in Clerkenwell.