London that is,
so glad rags on,
and through the park we went,
walking to the station,
where in no time at all we arrived at London Bridge, by the Shard,
a walk through the overhead walkway,
and we had crossed the road to Hay's Galleria,
which has a selection of shops,
on the outside of the entrance,
so in we went,
to the main covered area,
in the distance the ship,
under the covered area as well as shops on the sides there are a number of mobile stalls,
selling all manner,
of souvenirs, clothes and jewellery,
as we neared the end of the galleria we had to stop by the
The Navigators, by David Kemp, no relation, (as far as I know), the piece is a rivet-covered bronze sculpture with the face of a man and the body of an industrial-age ship, The Navigators is actually an enormous kinetic machine,
the 60-foot sculpture was installed in 1987 during the renovation of Hay’s
Galleria, which saw the conversion of the old wharf into a shopping center, as
an side when activated, its oars move through the water at its sides, David is
a British artist best known for his large assemblage sculptures,
He lives on
the Atlantic coast of West Cornwall where he scavenges for interesting bits to
make his art from, about his art he says: “I make things out of things, big
things, little things, old things and new things. I like to recycle things, and
find new uses for things that have been thrown away. Some things say something
about their surroundings, and other things become something else.”
so we had to have a pose,
or two,
it was still early in the tourists season, so thankfully no crowds,
we passed the restaurant/pub where we would be eating later, The Horniman at Hays,
on the riverside looking across to the Walkie Talkie building,
and upstream,
at anchor,
with strong chains,
we passed The Horniman,
and the ticket office for H.M.S. Belfast,
lots of white cherry blossoms flowers on the trees,
in the distance,
behind Diana the walkway to the ship,
naturally,
we had to have a few more poses,
as we walked opposite the Tower of London,
and the bridge,
for this seagull,
Easter has come early, as he tucks into a chocolate Easter egg,
we continued our walk,
to the bridge,
snapping away as we went,
and I had to get in on the act as well,
looking back towards the Belfast,
and across to building works on the other side of the river,
I just had to wait for a red double decker to appear on the bridge,
Diana with the tower in the distance,
we approached City Hall,
and a bronze relief map of the area,
it was just about warm enough for Diana to take her jacket off,
for a couple,
of photographs,
but not for myself,
jacket back on by the cherry trees,
we made our way to the staircase,
past this unique post box,
to the roadway,
on Tower Bridge,
well I had to have a pose,
or two,
looking back to the Shard,
and City Hall,
a last look at the bridge,
and a last couple of poses,
by it,
as we made ourway,
back to the Horniman for lunch,
a bottle of wine for myself,
and a coke for Diana as her lunch arrived,
a club sandwich with salad,
for myself,
scampi, fish and chips,
'Cheers!',
a quick look at the bar,
the meal and drinks for the two of us came to just under £50, which we thought was fair, considering we were nearly in the center of London, the meal was cheaper than a similar one in Beckenham!
meal over we started on our way home,
to London Bridge,
by a lucky happistance as we arrived on the platform our train pulled in, so back to Beckenham for us,
after a quick snack later in the evening and a few quiz shows it was feet up for this evenings film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, if you enjoyed the previous film in the series I do not think you will not be disappointed with this one, as an aside a couple of days ago we watched Beetlejuice, there has been so many rumors about a sequel being made, but in this interview Tim Burton seems to quash that idea, and with that we were off to bed.
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