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

[Peter Dzwig]

That's very kind.

Peter

On 20/11/2022 20:09, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> 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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