Commercial Road London

  We mainly used the buses to travel in and out of central London from Beckton as our Cambridgeshire bus passes give us free travel. The route included driving along Commercial Road with its mix of different era architecture and cultures. We spent yesterday walking and exploring its many interesting buildings etc. Commercial Road starts at Whitechapel High Street, heads east, crossing the Limehouse Basin, the Regents Canal and the Limehouse Cut and ends in the East India Dock Road continuing to the left and West India Dock Road to the right. It was constructed in 1802–1806 to link the West India and East India Docks to the City of London. It was fully populated with houses at this time (some still stand) but with the arrival of the railway, factories also sprung up and the area became overcrowded and polluted. WWII bombing destroyed a lot of buildings, replaced by community housing in the City of London plan. 

Shadows and Silhouettes Cambridge

The low bright sunlight this morning in Rose Crescent and Magdalene Street in Cambridge this morning was throwing people and bikes etc into bold silhouettes with strong shadows. Very difficult to capture in photographs but here is a flavour of the scenes.

Rainy Cambridge

Cambridge was the answer to a recent query 'in which City centre in England can you see cows grazing?' Add to this hay bales and it is a good description of Cambridge at the moment. Saturday was very wet and I felt the need for a bit of umbrella therapy. Although a lot less busy than a sunny day punting was continuing even if it meant looking like ghosts in their plastic wraps. It was Cambridge's Out of the Ordinary Festival which should have meant the streets etc were full of performers. Many were moved inside but this quartet continued around the City to the obvious amusement of shoppers.

Evening Visit to Cambridge

A group from the Cambridge CC met up for a stroll round the city last night and I took along the Full-spectrum converted camera for a change of view. The resolution of the camera is not great but I do like the muted colours and soft feel to the images . Interesting to see a large number of people sketching along King's Parade - I believe this is an open monthly event. 

M-Shed Bristol

I enjoyed a visit to the M-shed  in Bristol with its innovative internal architecture and great displays illustrating Bristol's people and places. I played around with multiple exposure which worked well with the bright colours and open staircases