Last weekend Jane and I had a couple of days in London. From our room near Greenwich it was just a couple of minutes walk to the Thames Path which more or less follows the riverbank. All very ordinary really. But across the water rose the massive tower blocks of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs. It was about as far removed from Wild Wales as you can imagine. For a country bumpkin like myself these monsters reaching for the sky were impossible to ignore. The architecture of Canary Wharf is extraordinary from a distance. However I also spent a couple of hours amongst the tower blocks and I don’t think I have ever experienced a landscape so de-humanising. No soul at all. And no dogs.
I just had my little Olympus OM5 with me and a standard zoom, so photography-wise the trip was somewhat limited. Nevertheless I’m pleased with what I achieved, so enjoy the pictures!
Not what you might think. This is one of a series of artworks on the Greenwich peninsula. The artist Richard Wilson bought the sand-dredger “Arco Trent” and installed a slice of it on a sandbank in the Thames.
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I particularly love the night time view Jerry. I love to visit the river at night and see the colours the lights make in the water. It wasn’t until I went to New York that I understand there could be beauty in skyscrapers – though I still prefer the natural world.
It’s a particular kind of beauty, I find. There’s an element of awe involved, but I feel its probably only skin deep. And there’s some novelty value in it for me.
Went to London a couple of weekends ago to look after grandson for a few days. Sitting, looking out of seventh floor window at the massed rooftops of Islington, was amused to see a flock of green parakeets flying by. Don’t get many of those in Ceredigion, do we?
George
Very exotic! I can’t help worrying that they will become a problem for native species some time in the future.
Very exotic! I can’t help worrying that they will become a problem for our native species some time in the future.
Very exotic! There were plenty in south London too. I can’t help worrying that they will be come a problem for native species some time in the future.