Tuesday 16 October 2007

Chelsea Bridge to Hammersmith

Raja, myself and Ray walked down to the river Thames from Victoria tube station where we met up with Alexandra whom I had met during the summer on a three day NLP course in Primrose Hill. Walking along through Battersea Park on the river front we came to the Buddhist peace pagoda. Permission to build the pagoda was granted to a Japanese Nichiren sect in 1985 and was the last legistlative act of the GLC before it was abolished by the Thatcher government. The Chinese characters running from top to bottom above the Buddha figure's head read Namu miao fa lien hua ching the title of the Lotus Sutra. Lots Power station in Fulham. It was built as a coal-fired station in 1905 to power the District line and at 44MW it was claimed at the time to be the world's most powerful generating station. It was later converted to running on oil and then again to gas before closing in 2002. The very polluted river Wandle flows into the Thames at Wandsworth. It is said to be the fatest flowing tributary of the Thames but its mouth is dirty covered in tyres and shopping trolleys.
Drinks at the Cats Back in Putney
Toby on the approach to Putney Bridge
Riverside trees at Hammersmith
Hammersmith Bridge

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