Nigel's Photo Blog

 On Wednesday, June 4th I undertook a fleeting-but intensive- tour of London, England. Here is the story.   Elizabeth Tower aka 'Big Ben'. Means of transport was rail. This entailed an 800 mile round trip. I travelled down from Glasgow on the overnight sleeper 3rd/4th and returned on the 4.30pm service from London Euston arriving home about 10.00pm. My principal objective was the Santa Maria, a replica dating from 2018 of Columbus' lead ship on his discovery of America in 1492.Full details were reported in my blog of yesterday. Before and after the ship visit I had plenty of time to visit other sites as recorded in the images herein. Houses of Parliament and Big Ben viewed from across the River Thames.   View from Westminster Bridge  Side view of the Tower of London. I seem to recall running around this monument about 40 times for charity during the 1980s.  Santa Maria moored in St. Katherine's Docks.   London Eye . This is the world's largest...

  Shakespeare Mural This evening, I am reprising a trip to London. First, we transferred down to London from Glasgow by rail, arriving at our hotel, close to the south bank of the River Thames, about 5.00pm. Our prime objective was to attend a performance next day at the Globe Theatre which is a reconstruction of the original Globe Theatre associated with William Shakespear e.This was built in 1599, destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and finally demolished in 1644. The locale of the Globe Theatre, close to London Bridge, is very compact and offers excellent photo opportunities of important and historic sites as shown in this post. Replica of Golden Hind , an English galleon best known for her privateering circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. Remains of the 12th century Palace of the Bishops of Winchester River Thames Tour Boat Globe Theatre London architecture Tour Boat on Thames River Thames at night The...

  Tower Bridge, London. This post reprises an intensive, one and half day tour of London using the Bankside district (near London Bridge) as a base. The trip was centred on the key objective of undertaking a tour of, and attending a performance at, the Globe Theatre . Latter is about 25 years old and represents a reconstruction of the original Globe Theatre which was built in 1599 and was the principal venue for the performance of Shakespeare’s many plays. First excursion on morning of 12 th was a regular ferry trip down the River Thames to Greenwich where the Old Royal Naval College forms the architectural centrepiece of the Maritime Greenwich , a World Heritage Site. In addition to the College there are other visitor sites in the locality including the Royal Observatory, the Queen’s House, National Maritime Museum and the tall ship Cutty Sark . Thames Tour Boat Tower of London from River Thames Maritime Greenwich. View of Thames from Greenwich. Canary Wharf (f...