

by Mike
A walk along the river from Hampton Court to Kingston and then back through Bushy Park. Trainers hanging from a tree near the skateboard ramps – what’s that all about?
It’s been quite a while since I / we have walked around London. We strolled along the south and north banks of the Thames around the Tower Bridge area and on a lovely, crisp mid-week morning. Gosh, it was quiet! As well as the usual sunny-day pictures, I’ve thrown in a few black and white, arty-farty images.
It was a lovely, late-summer day for a boat ride on the Thames from Hampton Court to Kingston, followed by a bowl of pasta in the ever-reliable Carluccio’s.
It’s been a a couple of months since I last walked in London and for the first time I took two cameras, the heavy Pentax DSLR with a telephoto lens, and my wonderful little Sony RX100. I only used one of the Pentax pictures so I don’t think I’ll be in a hurry to take it out again.The water in the Thames was really low – see the first b & w image, and alongside HMS Belfast there was a liner, Ocean Majesty. As often happens, I was asked by a tourist to take their photo.