Photo wanderings around London in July/ August.

I like to take unusual and quirky photographs when I wander around London, and there are plenty of opportunities, as I explore the streets. Here's a few recent ones.

This art installation was noticed in South East London on the side of a council tower block, whilst walking along the Deptford Wharf riverside path.

Hand tags, using a pot of paint for a change! By a bus stop in Southwark Park Road.

Three wooden carved bears wait patiently for something to happen! near Waterloo Station and the Waterloo Road.

                                        A distinctive wall mural over the Cubana Bar, nearby the Waterloo Road.

 

Interesting geometric bridge design and form, for the bridges over Sandell Street SE1.

On one Saturday, found some time to go on the Woolwich Ferry, which runs every few minutes between Silvertown (North Woolwich) and South Woolwich. It's quite an experience, and is free! At least something is still free to use these days in London!

It was meant to be closed down around 2005, but the service was saved due to popular public support. The experience is a bit like a mini car ferry crossing the Channel, but takes only about five minutes to complete the trip across the Thames!

A view from the Ferry, across the typically 'murky' tidal Thames, just downstream from the Thames Barrier. The Barrier, the Dome and the dominating Canary Wharf skyline on the Isle of Dogs , can be seen in the distance.