[Leica] [IMG] [PESO]:A few from The Tideway

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

I have been in Fulham for the last month. One morning last week it was 
very misty as I walked the dogs in Bishop's Park down by The Tideway. 
So... Apologies that these are from my phone (-:

Bishops Park is a park next to the former Palace of The Bishop of London 
(now a museum). The Tideway is the stretch of the Thames which begins 
next to Bishop's Park on which the Boat Race is run every spring . This 
is the beginning of the course by the boat houses where the local rowing 
clubs are based.

A pair of fours approaches through the mist with their trainers/safety 
boats following:

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/BoatsonTideway-1-20221114_074621-02.jpeg.html>

The mist gave some beautiful shadows of the trees on the opposite bank

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Mist-2-20221114_075326.html>

By the Palace tare several number sets of stairs to allow passengers 
from boats using the river to land. These are for the ferry which 
crossed from one bank to the other. The ferry apparently cost one (old) 
penny and was in use from the 1900s to about the mid-sixties and was 
very popular with supporters going to the football at nearby Fulham FC 
(Craven Cottage)

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/FerryCrossing_20221114_074214.jpg.html>

The embankment was built up in the late 19th Century and is in fact 
mostly builders' rubble behind a granite wall. On top runs a beautiful 
footpath which is part of the Thames Pathway which runs all along the 
River and out into the country.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Foothpath_B_amp_W_20221114_074137-01.jpeg.html>

The bank used to have wharves and mooring points along it. They have now 
been reclaimed but all along this stretch of the path there are odd bits 
of industrial archaeology:

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Bollard_20221114_075621-02.jpeg.html>


Thanks for looking and as ever your C&Cs are much appreciated.

Peter
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Dr. Peter Dzwig