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

[Don Dory]

The fog makes some great images.  The mist image on the Thames is almost
Turneresq.  With a bit of restore color desaturated a bit it could be a
Turner image.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 12:58 PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> 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
> --
>
> Dr. Peter Dzwig
>
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