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Desolation Greenwich

Forgive my increasingly dystopian view of the Thames Path and the Greenwich Peninsular. I hate restrictions at the best of times. Roads to nowhere… Signs of the times… Olympic village Triumphal arch These were all taken on a sunny NOT St Georges Day, the one The Mayor of London got so badly wrong (this year it falls…

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What He Said…

My feelings too I haven’t walked The Dog along the Thames Path around the peninsular for a while. Mainly because it hasn’t been possible because of the barriers. I hesitate to say it is ‘open’, but it is walkable. Just fenced. Fenced Lots of what made this area of Greenwich so unique is disappearing fast….

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Here Is No Water But Only Rock

More from inaccessible Greenwich. I know, I know, I live in Deptford, but like millions of visitors I use Greenwich. Not The Thames Path Well it is the Thames Path. Following the horizon. But it hasn’t been accessible for years because of the developers of Lovell’s Wharf. This photo was taken from the diversion. Great…

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