Half light

Queenstown Road

The wonderful world of the half light

Shard in the morning

Approaching Blackfriars

The Shard towers over the graffiti and brickwork of the backstreets

River station

Blackfriars Station

Blackfriars has one of the best views of the river Thames in both directions

Whitechapel market

Whitechapel Road

The city is a narrow band of shiny architecture.  Go a couple of streets and the world comes down to earth

Vauxhall in black & white

Vauxhall

It looks deserted, yet this was taken in the rush hour.  It only takes a couple of minutes for the platforms to clear, passengers cramming into the stairwells, onward to bus tube and office

Sunrise with vapour trails

Raynes Park

Tunnel with tree

Gracechurch Street

I love the way the developer has integrated the treee into the pedestrian tunnel.  There are several tunnels over the pavement at the moment as the shiny new high rise offices are still going up.

Odd one out

Hollybush Gardens

Red door, no bike

Cross the Junction

Great Eastern Street/Curtain Road

Cross against the lights at your peril, traffic comes barrelling down from Old Street or tearing across from Liverpool Street.  These drivers honk, beep and blast their horns at pedestrians and vehicles, when they are not stuck in a traffic jam, that is