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A Gang of Four short walk round the Royal Victoria Dock on 23rd May 2022. A gray day that turned to rain.
 Map of our walk (enlarges) |
 Arrived after some confusion as DLR is so badly signed |
 Surface water treatment plant, part of the Drain London plan |
 City Hall, the ex "The Crystal" |
 Laura Ford "Bird Boy" |
 The front of City Hall |
 Cable car station for London Cable Car |
 Cable cars |
 Reflections |
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 Committee Rooms |
 Welcome! |
 Coffee Break in City Hall Cafe |
 Lots of Space |
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 Where is everyone? |
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 Not many passengers! |
 Perky Blenders Coffee |
 Wake up Docklands! |
 Long view of the Royal Victoria Dock and its Millennium Bridge. No one was using the water ski jumps |
 Outside a Thai restaurant |
 Floating "Yacht Hotel" |
 Crane Legs, well maintained |
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 All balls |
 Bollard |
 Hurrying past |
 Bridge Counterweight |
 Access Tower with lifts not working |
 Deck of Royal Victoria Dock Millennium Bridge |
 Derelict Spillers Millennium Mills |
 Foreign Scribble |
 Lightship 93 Studio and SS Robin, a 350 ton steam coaster, a steamship designed for carrying bulk and general cargoes in coastal waters, and the oldest complete example in the world. |
 London City Airport. A plane lands.... |
 ..and taxies to the Terminal |
 Long view of Canary Wharf |
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 Yacht Hotel |
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 Under the bridge |
 "Landed" by Les Johnson NB The Warfinger or Tally Clerk |
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 Looking for the best angle |
 Excel Centre, one of many Gulf Investments in London |
 "The Fox" for lunch. It is a listed ex tobacco warehouse |
 Elizabeth Line opens tomorrow. We saw a trial train running |
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