Thread: Springwaters' Wanderings

Originally Posted by raav

Thanks Springy....I feel so small.

Yep, I fell through a hairline crack in the steps on the way out

A lay day was called for today which seemed a good idea as Mon and I have been feeling the effects of what we think is jet lag. Although a means to an end the long plane trips are hidieous and I'm sure not good for ones health. We'll definitely take the long hauls in shorter stints next time, in fact I'd rather take a boat.

Anyway I couldn't sit still all day and took a walk heading for the river Thames about 20 minutes away by foot. I broke through the crooked streets of endless side by side brick houses to find a bend in the Thames which is not unlike the Yarra at home only wider and more greenish in colour. I came across a little old pub called the Dove and had a few ales over looking the river and watched life about it go by.

I noticed the tide was out so I eventually found a ramp down to the stony bank and fossicked along it. Most of the rubble is covered in a brown sediment but broken bits of mostly green glass and broken decorated blue china stands out of which I picked up and bought pack for keep sakes. Mon and I plan to go back and do a more extensive scavenge and hope to bring back more of the broken china.

There are a few groups of river boats moored together, some seem permanently stuck in the mud but others more free and all seemed like they're lived in even having gardens on top with daffodils in flower.

Tomorrow we look forward to going to market, I think it's the Spitalfield one but it could be the Borough one or even the Portebello, I can't remember

Sound like you are having fun here in England. Hope you enjoy the rest of your time and find many more interesting bits and pieces.

Originally Posted by Diggerdelaney

Sound like you are having fun here in England. Hope you enjoy the rest of your time and find many more interesting bits and pieces.

Yes, thank you Digger we're having a good time and plenty more to look forward to.

Another thing that happened today that I enjoyed was while having lunch in the pub up the road called the Andover Arms in came a lady with a fairly large dog, before she sat down she took off her overcoat and layed it on the wooden floor then her dog promptly layed down on it a nestled in. Seems that dogs are quite welcome in the local, around these parts anyway

I would've liked to get more pics but got sprung too many time by the security guards, they do a pretty good job. Please Make of them what you will

This is not art apparently, it's just some of the gallerys' Oak(?) flooring being replaced. I asked if I could have a bit of the old stuff...afraid not.

Food glorious food and other things at the Borough market today

Wish I could've recorded the sounds around the place to, it was nearly as rich as the produce.

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Have to get up early tomorrow for another market and it's going to be snowing

Looks fantastic.
I always love going to local markets when travelling - the sights, smells and sounds of local life can be quite enthralling.
The contents of them are sometimes astonishing and always amazing.

Makes me pine for another trip - but i just started a new job - so will have to bide my time and build up some corporate equity - so to speak.

bugger...

Love the travelogue Craig, keep it going.

Peter.

Originally Posted by Sturdee

Love the travelogue Craig, keep it going.

Peter.

Yep Spring...keep them coming ..great stuff
I'm getting itchy feet...(and I only got back from NZ last week)

Thanks fellas, I wasn't quite sure if should post up the pics, thought it may come across as like a slide night but it's hard not to share the sights of all the wonderful things we're experiencing. So it's off we go again today through a light sprinkling of snow, more pics tonight

Ok here we go down Portobello Road in the snow which you can't see in the pics for some reason and because it melted the instant it got anywhere near the ground. So so many nicky nacky things to see layed out in little stalls within shops and under temporary covers. Boy oh boy it was cold but there were heaps of things to keep ones mind off it.