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17 August 2006

I took my camera for a walk this lunchtime [More:]It was a funny old day, one minute bright sunshine, the next dark cloud. But the walk round the dock is lovely, 2 miles from start to finish.
The pigeon-toed duck quacks me up.

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posted by BoringPostcards 17 August | 13:08
Interesting pics. I worked in the Docklands many years ago. I had to go in on a weekend once (I lived in Barking). It was very surreal...the place was completely deserted. I wandered over to Canary Wharf Tower since I'd never been in it before and to my surprise, there was a Chilis restaurant on the second floor, open, but also completely deserted. I went in and had a Mickey's big mouth beer...a sweet, sweet taste of home.

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posted by Otis 17 August | 13:25
I used to work in Barking. What a craphole.
posted by essexjan 17 August | 14:04
Yeah, it was utterly dismal. I barely made it out with my sanity (I think).
posted by Otis 17 August | 14:13
Oooh...the Docklands. It's both great and sucky at the same time.

It lacks the charm and character of the older parts of London...but I looove passing through it on the DLR. The DLR snakes around the buildings like a theme park ride and if you go really early (6am is my record) you can see into the offices and all the tired workers and their little desk and computers.

It's like your own miniature ant farm.
posted by flopsy 17 August | 15:07
Jan, I loved these pictures. Because I'm naive and have never been to England, they seem very Englishy to me. The aluminum-grey sky, the appearance of the highly Beatrix-Potteresque waterfowl, then the bright red of the fixtures...it's like a worldess children's book. If a five-year-old happened along in a yellow slicker and Wellies, it would fit in just perfectly.
posted by Miko 17 August | 21:11
I love your pictures, Essexjan.
posted by redvixen 19 August | 19:21
So I watched an Australian documentary last night called "Illuminati"... || My boss' boss insulted my work ethic this morning,

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