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| This is the Tower Bridge. I found this by following an open-roofed tourist bus. The city hall is near the south side entrance to it. I crossed over to see the Tower of London, which is more like a castle than a tower, which was rather disappointing. I would never have guessed what it was if it hadn't been sign posted so well. I didn't actually go in, but I did see something else interesting behind it (turned out to be Trinity House). Once I'd had a look at Trinity house I decided to carry on my journey along the banks of the Thames. It took me nearly an hour to find the Thames walkway. I was somewhat frustrated. At this point I still couldn't actually see the Eye, so I took a bit of a leap of faith in my sense of direction when deciding which way to walk along the path. | This is London Bridge. I thought Tower Bridge
would be London Bridge, and only realized what this was when I read the
sign on it as I walked past. For all the fuss and nursery rhymes, it is a
bit of a disappointment.
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| I was walking along the north bank, hoping to see the Eye sticking out between the buildings, but I saw the dome of St Paul's instead. I followed the signs, and got to this point. What you can't see in the photo is that pretty much the rest of the building was covered in cloth, while they execute a major project to clean the city grime off the building. I decided I'd come back later, when it had all been cleaned up, and the other tourists had gone home. | At some point, the Eye started to stick out between buildings, so I crossed over to the south bank of the river and headed deep into Blackfriars (I knew this only because I passed the underground station). Along the way, I passed this derelict building. It captured my imagination, with the trees growing out of the window. As you can see, the surrounding buildings are all in perfectly good shape, so this building must be one with a story - one they can't pull down because its protected. Its that or no one wants the land its on. |
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| Daddies Bighead - Paul Mccarthy This is one of the two Paul Mccarthy sculptures on display outside the Tate Modern. His modus operandi is to make everyday objects into something grotesque. In this case, the body of the sculpture is a tomato sauce bottle, the nose a carrot, etc. |
Blockhead - Paul Mccarthy This is the other Paul Mccarthy sculpture. They stand on either side of the main entrance to the Tate Modern at the moment. You can walk inside this one, where you find a vending machine. If you put £3 into the vending machine, you get a miniature of the sculpture's nose. You couldn't actually see what was in the vending machine, so I waited for someone else to part with their £3. |
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| I did eventually find the Eye. Only after I'd
given up finding it, of course. This sculpture is one of about 4 outside
the Dali museum, which is just underneath the Eye. After all the effort I went to to find it, I decided there was too much cloud cover to make the £11 worth it, so I didn't actually end up going on the Eye. |
This is one of two sculptures in the courtyard of the Shell building, just opposite the Waterloo underground station. It had no explanation of its origin or for its presence, just a name - The Motorcyclist |
5 September 2003