City guardians
A set of glinting, silver bulwarks protect riverside capital London from being overwhelmed by flooding. If you walk along the Thames Path from Woolwich, this is the sight you get, with the lofty might of Docklands beyond the barrier. A stretch of the walkway is etched with the high water marks of communities down the Thames – including Hammersmith, a familiar neighbourhood.
The barriers look like hoods swathed in bumpy tin foil, but this is a stirring sight and an absorbing place to photograph.
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Wow, Mike! Foil and Sky – Gorgeous!!!!!
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Thanks Richard :) It makes me think of those hood-style hairdryers only old ladies sit under!
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Definitely. I love the richness of the colours, too… Very Hairspray! :)
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I like the iconic feel of the buildings.
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They save our bacon! There must be many funky flood defences in the Netherlands :)
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Uhm…, I don’t know actually. There’s the Oosterscheldekering in the provence of Zeeland and the Afsluitdijk in the North of the Netherlands. But those are older then those new icons in London.
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Are those actual words?! I’m only joking! You started it with the boy sticking his finger in the dyke…
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A finger and a dyke…
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What?…..
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It’s a story by an American writer about a boy called Hans Brinker. The boy is just a wild fantasy.
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Aren’t they all *sigh*
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There are some very handsome boys living in the real world. Even in England :-)
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There might even be a rouge handsome in the Netherlands, I hear.
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Yes, there is one. But he is taken ;)
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Could be taken by a stranger….we’re so veering off topic here!
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It’s a pattern, we’re doing it every Sunday ;)
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We’re like an old married couple.
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