1/14
Here’s quite a long story.
I was mardy yesterday so I got on my bike and rode.
It made me happy.
These are my #ReasonsToBeCheerful, nos. 43-65, starting with my bike (again), no.43.
Here’s quite a long story.
I was mardy yesterday so I got on my bike and rode.
It made me happy.
These are my #ReasonsToBeCheerful, nos. 43-65, starting with my bike (again), no.43.
2/14
I stopped first by the river at Bermondsey Wall, opposite Wapping Pier Head and looked west towards St Paul’s and Tower Bridge.
I stopped first by the river at Bermondsey Wall, opposite Wapping Pier Head and looked west towards St Paul’s and Tower Bridge.
3/14
I rode through the Rotherhithe Tunnel and along Commercial Road to Limehouse.
#ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.45-48
Limehouse Cut
Limehouse Town Hall (once the Museum of Labour History)
Hawksmoor’s St Anne’s Limehouse
Houses in Newell Street from the churchyard
I rode through the Rotherhithe Tunnel and along Commercial Road to Limehouse.
#ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.45-48
Limehouse Cut
Limehouse Town Hall (once the Museum of Labour History)
Hawksmoor’s St Anne’s Limehouse
Houses in Newell Street from the churchyard
4/14
Onto the Isle of Dogs for
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.49
St Paul’s, Westferry Road (Thomas Knightley, 1859).
Wild, polychrome, Pisan Romanesque, built for Scottish shipbuilders working on Brunel’s Great Eastern.
Described by Ian Nairn as, “fighting mad”.
Onto the Isle of Dogs for
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.49
St Paul’s, Westferry Road (Thomas Knightley, 1859).
Wild, polychrome, Pisan Romanesque, built for Scottish shipbuilders working on Brunel’s Great Eastern.
Described by Ian Nairn as, “fighting mad”.
5/14
Just south of fighting mad St Paul’s (now an arts space) was
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.50
The remains of the ramp for the launch of Brunel’s vast steamship, the Great Eastern, built by J Scott Russell at Millwall Iron Works, on 3rd November, 1857.
Just south of fighting mad St Paul’s (now an arts space) was
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.50
The remains of the ramp for the launch of Brunel’s vast steamship, the Great Eastern, built by J Scott Russell at Millwall Iron Works, on 3rd November, 1857.
6/14
And then, further south yet,
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.51
Looking South to Greenwich Hospital and the Queen’s House from Island Gardens. Wren complementing and complimenting Jones.
And then, further south yet,
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.51
Looking South to Greenwich Hospital and the Queen’s House from Island Gardens. Wren complementing and complimenting Jones.
7/14
At Folly House Beach, looking east to the Greenwich Peninsula and the Millennium Dome someone had left
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.52:
Encouraging stones.
At Folly House Beach, looking east to the Greenwich Peninsula and the Millennium Dome someone had left
#ReasonsToBeCheerful no.52:
Encouraging stones.
8/14
I’d never been right down to Leamouth though I’d crossed Bow Creek a thousand times, so
#ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.53, 54 are
Bow Creek and Trinity Buoy Wharf, Leamouth
I’d never been right down to Leamouth though I’d crossed Bow Creek a thousand times, so
#ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.53, 54 are
Bow Creek and Trinity Buoy Wharf, Leamouth
9/14
I decided to keep going east from Bow Creek, to Silvertown and #ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.55, 56; Thames Barrier Park and the Thames Barrier itself.
I decided to keep going east from Bow Creek, to Silvertown and #ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.55, 56; Thames Barrier Park and the Thames Barrier itself.
10/14
And once I’d got that far, it would have been a shame not to keep going to #ReasonsToBeCheerful no.57
The Woolwich Ferry.
Over on the South side is the Dame Vera Lynn.
And once I’d got that far, it would have been a shame not to keep going to #ReasonsToBeCheerful no.57
The Woolwich Ferry.
Over on the South side is the Dame Vera Lynn.
11/14
I rode back west via #ReasonsToBeCheerful nos. 58 & 59, Connaught Bridge over the Royal Docks and (for nostalgia’s sake) Canning Town (to see the old Mayflower Centre where I used to live), then north to Stratford and the Olympic Park.
I rode back west via #ReasonsToBeCheerful nos. 58 & 59, Connaught Bridge over the Royal Docks and (for nostalgia’s sake) Canning Town (to see the old Mayflower Centre where I used to live), then north to Stratford and the Olympic Park.
12/14
The Aquatic Centre and the Velodrome are still the best remnants of 2012, when it felt like we were still modern and hopeful.
#ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.60 & 61
The Aquatic Centre and the Velodrome are still the best remnants of 2012, when it felt like we were still modern and hopeful.
#ReasonsToBeCheerful nos.60 & 61
13/14
After that, I just rode north up the Lea Valley (#ReasonsToBeCheerful, no.62), past Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes to Springfield Marina.
I didn’t really see the city again until South Tottenham.
After that, I just rode north up the Lea Valley (#ReasonsToBeCheerful, no.62), past Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes to Springfield Marina.
I didn’t really see the city again until South Tottenham.
14/14
I came home up and over Muswell Hill (drinks break provided at a careful distance by Max, Linus and Elsa) and then sailed down Archway Road, through King’s Cross and Bloomsbury, over Waterloo Bridge. #ReasonsToBeCheerful nos. 63, 64, 65.
45 miles of London.
Much less mardy.
I came home up and over Muswell Hill (drinks break provided at a careful distance by Max, Linus and Elsa) and then sailed down Archway Road, through King’s Cross and Bloomsbury, over Waterloo Bridge. #ReasonsToBeCheerful nos. 63, 64, 65.
45 miles of London.
Much less mardy.
