The 38 to Clapton Pond

A week of shots celebrating autumnal London… This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

The River Thames. Brown by day, blue by night.

"Rome was once gay in a decadent way/But I'm sure that it never was quite like London at night." Noel Coward (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

A pavement artist hard at work beneath Hungerford Bridge.

Fusty and dusty, Gordon's Wine Bar was once described as "the venue where Miss Haversham had her hen night." Established in 1890, it remains an oasis of originality in an ever-more humdrum West End.

“See a ring around the moon, a storm is sure to follow soon.”  Wise saw by Mr A. Homespun-Wisdom “A ring around the moon is caused by high altitude clouds, which precede low-pressure systems bearing moisture. So yes, it does indicate rain. The clouds contain ice crystals which refract the Moon's light, giving a halo effect.” Cold, hard fact from Mrs A. Boffin “There’s a Ring Around the Moon” Old time romantic song by J. Mercer “See a ring and a moon and you’re standing on the Victoria Embankment.” C. Pond Esq.

Happy St Andrew's Day. Happy St Andrew's day? A contradiction in terms? (Above: Robert Burns, like me, in exile in London. Delighted to be so, too. I mean me. Don't know about Burns. You'd have to ask him. Although when he wrote "My heart is in the Highlands" I don't think he meant Totteridge & Whetstone. Though I might be wrong. There's a first time for everything.)