Wednesday 18 July 2012

Evening stroll


When we were first married (31 years ago) and lived in Leytonstone/Wanstead - Nigel and I would quite often, late in the evening, go for a drive and then walk around different parts of London.  We even drove to Heathrow airport at 2am had a drink of orange juice and then came home again!! in the days, I might add, when it was quite easy to get to Heathrow and park..

Well, late Tuesday evening when Nigel arrived home - he suggested that we went out for a drive and for walk, as we used too :)) so we did.  We ended up at Waterside Gardens, which over looks the Thames and we went for a walk around the surrounding streets then a bit further down the road to near Tower Bridge..


This is the memorial gardens for the Civilians who died during WW2 and from the gardens you can see Tower Bridge and The Shard.  The memorial, I am pleased to see, is now fenced off and has also been refurbished - the last time Nigel and I were here - the memorial had grafitti all over it..

It was a lovely evening, even though it was drizzling, and it was good to 'get out' and wander around London; however, we were exhausted when we arrived home at about 11.30pm - sometimes we forget that we are not as young as we once were!!!!

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  1. A lovely way to be reminded that you are not so young Judy.
    Evenings are quite a special time of day I think, or at least I used to think so way back when.
    Love the pictures.

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    1. Yes Ray - evenings are my favourite part of the day; however, I enjoy them because I have someone to share them with and I don't take that for granted :)) I appreciate that, for many, that is not the case..

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  2. I would have loved to be there on that walk with you! - but I suppose it wouldn't be quite the same for the two of you to have an extra. lol
    Beautiful walk and photos!

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    1. hahaha, no we didn't need someone to play gooseberry!! :))

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  3. Can't believe it looks so quiet. I thought everywhere you went in London was heaving with people. Seems there are some nice quite spots after all. Gorgeous photos, you should have been a professional.

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    1. yes there are some wonderful quiet areas which are not on the tourist route :)) this area was part of all the old wharfs and most of them have been converted into flats..

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  4. Looks like a lovely evening walk.

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    1. it was Barbara - even in the drizzle :))

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