More Thames River Crossings

Since the clocks went back it's been very dark walking home so not many opportunities for photos of my most recent river crossings which are now complete. I've decided that the Blackwell Tunnel and the Dartford Tunnel south to north don't qualify as they are not used on my way home from EC2 to SE9.

So what have I done over the last couple of months? Well here's the list although I'm having trouble remembering what happened on route if anything!

Videos of the trips can be found on the links below.

First up the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Greenwich Maritime (Cutty Sark). I had hoped to get in the front carriage but being rush hour, which now seems to stretch from 16:30 to 22:30 if not later, I had no chance.

Quite surprisingly I was able to continue my walk through Greenwich Park just before it was closing. My attempt to photograph Docklands was stopped by the Park Keepers asking me to leave as it was closing time.

That little trip was followed by Canary Wharf to North Greenwich by the Jubilee Line. Canary Wharf was very busy and all the bars were filled to the brim with Bankers! 

Riverside Walk North Greenwich

Up next was Bus 108 from the Blackwell Tunnel to Greenwich Peninsula . This I expected to be a nightmare given I was going through the Blackwell Tunnel during the rush hour and I had just missed a bus, but a couple of minutes later another one turned up. Got through the tunnel pretty quickly I was not sure where the bus stop would be. It ended up being in the middle of nowhere, near that night club you can see on the approach road and the gasometer. As it happened this was a very quick walk back home, the quickest to date as having left at 17:20 I was home by just after 19:45.

Riverside walk North Greenwich

The last trip was Canning Town to North Greenwich on the Jubilee Line, which almost became Canary Wharf to Canning Town which does not go under the river at all! I quite like the walk from North Greenwich along the riverside towards Woolwich, it quite industrial especially around the Angerstein Wharf and Days Aggregates where it's all lit up and when there's a high tide there quite often a boat or two unloading.

Boat loading / unloading at Angerstein Wharf

Well that's that little exercise completed, once the clocks turn back I've got a couple of projects in mind, but meanwhile it will be back to the normal walking home by varied routes and no doubt repeating some of these!