Being a tourist in my own town
I have been taking my camera out and about with me a bit more (inspired by Martin who's taken some cracking shots of Madrid).
The other day Dan and I went up the Monument, then strolled along the river bank for a few miles. We ended up at Vauxhall and hopped on a bus home, it was pretty nippy, I could no longer feel my feet and had snot dripping all down my philtrum (that word sounds so rude yet it's so innocent). The Monument is quite a nice little tourist attraction - very reasonably priced at £4 plus very good exercise walking up all 311 stairs, with a nice enough view at the top. I don't recommend if you're of a large and unfit disposition, or if you're afraid of heights - the spiral staircase is quite narrow and seemingly neverending.
I think when you live somewhere and see it every day, it's easy not to spot the beauty of it because you're so used to it, so pretending you're a tourist is a great way to capture some of the things you take for granted. (I may have literally pretended I was a tourist...with my trainers and sensible waterproof coat and camera round my neck and wooly bobble hat...I was even going to go as far as speaking in a foreign language if anyone happened to speak to me...weirdo)
I took all the day-time photos on the walk, and all the night-time ones on my way to my spanish lesson.
The other day Dan and I went up the Monument, then strolled along the river bank for a few miles. We ended up at Vauxhall and hopped on a bus home, it was pretty nippy, I could no longer feel my feet and had snot dripping all down my philtrum (that word sounds so rude yet it's so innocent). The Monument is quite a nice little tourist attraction - very reasonably priced at £4 plus very good exercise walking up all 311 stairs, with a nice enough view at the top. I don't recommend if you're of a large and unfit disposition, or if you're afraid of heights - the spiral staircase is quite narrow and seemingly neverending.
I think when you live somewhere and see it every day, it's easy not to spot the beauty of it because you're so used to it, so pretending you're a tourist is a great way to capture some of the things you take for granted. (I may have literally pretended I was a tourist...with my trainers and sensible waterproof coat and camera round my neck and wooly bobble hat...I was even going to go as far as speaking in a foreign language if anyone happened to speak to me...weirdo)
I took all the day-time photos on the walk, and all the night-time ones on my way to my spanish lesson.
Millennium Bridge at Sunset |
Tower 43, Cheesegrater and Walkie Talkie |
Tower Bridge from the Monument |
The Shard from the Monument |
HMS President, Victoria Embankment |
MI6 and St George's Wharf & Tower |
Blackfriars Bridge |
Sea Containers House, Oxo Tower and London Eye, seen from Blackfriars Bridge |
The Blackfriar Pub |
Seagulls |
I've been doing this a lot in London too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Laura! It's fun isn't it! I have started to cycle a bit more round town too and you see so much more than on a bus or train :-) Harder to take photos whilst on a bike though ;-)
ReplyDeleteNaomi