Protective Parents

Watch out anyone or anything that comes near these cygnets as their over protective parents will swing into full attack mode. Ironically, when the cygnets are six months old their parents aggression turns on them, and they are turfed out of home to make their own way in the bird world. No wonder swans always seem a bit crabby!

Grace at the Helm

The other end of London and I'm still looking at canal boats. Well a little difficult to go past this one you must agree. A gold Grace Jones at Kew Bridge! Now you all need to tell me what this is all about. Your interpretation I'm am interested in.

Canal Boats

This mode of transport has been around here since Roman times. Traffic jams on the waterways common. Not until trains were invented did this change. What will relieve the traffic jams on our roads do you suppose?

Skywatch Friday - Steaming up the Thames

The 100 year old President is a lovingly restored steam engine canal boat. During its heyday a unique and fast way to transport goods by canal. Canal boats during that time were drawn by horse alongside the canal. Hence the tow-paths that we walk and cycle along now.
Here President is steaming up the Thames to part take in the Henley Regatta this weekend.

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Old Ford Lock

The old ford lock controls the water between the Hackney Cut and the tidal Lea River. In the east looking back toward central London. In the background you can see the 'Gherkin' (a sky scraper in the financial district).