Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
As one cycle of the 52 photos project completes new cycle begins. I looking forward to starting this cycle from day one rather than half way through like I did last year. Bella is promising deeper themes for this year, I hope I am up to the challenge
When Little Red Riding Hood [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2013
The streets of London…
The prompt for this theme was:
let’s venture out with our cameras and capture what’s going happening On the Street.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2012
From the St Paul’s Cathedral website:
The present St Paul’s is the fifth cathedral to have stood on the site since 604, and was built between 1675 and 1710, after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. This was the first cathedral to be built after the English Reformation in the sixteenth century, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Yesterday I had a well earned day off work and spent the day in London. The trains managed to behave themselves although the reserve booking of seats was all messed up which seems the case more often than not…
On arrival in London there was a short detour to check out the Bank of England before [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2012
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
A brief history from Wiki:
Background
In the second half of the 19th century, increased commercial development in the East End of London led to a requirement for a new river crossing downstream of London Bridge. A traditional fixed bridge could not be built because it would cut off access by tall-masted ships to the [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2012
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2012
