{"id":10521,"date":"2013-01-05T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=10521"},"modified":"2013-01-05T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T11:30:46","slug":"a-damp-and-grey-london-walk-along-the-albert-and-victoria-embankments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-damp-and-grey-london-walk-along-the-albert-and-victoria-embankments\/","title":{"rendered":"A damp and grey London walk along the Albert and Victoria Embankments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was hoping to see London covered in clean, crisp white snow, but instead the New Year has started in a more traditional manner, with the capital under a grey, oppressive sky bringing \u00a0dampness and drizzle.<\/p>\n

In at attempt to shake off the post-NYE party comedown, we went for a six mile walk around central London, starting off at Vauxhall tube.<\/p>\n

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Passing the\u00a0SIS Building (aka the MI6 Building<\/a>), the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service.<\/p>\n

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Looking east, with the London Eye visible in the distance.<\/p>\n

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Rainy Vauxhall.<\/p>\n

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Seagulls and a jogger.<\/p>\n

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This guy was entertaining himself feeding the seagulls bread.<\/p>\n

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Upturned wooden boats on the Albert Embankment.<\/p>\n

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Walking under Lambeth Bridge.<\/p>\n

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The Houses of Parliament in the January gloom.<\/p>\n

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Banner left over from the New Year celebrations a few days earlier.<\/p>\n

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Looking west\u00a0along\u00a0the rain-soaked walkway by St Thomas’ Hospital.<\/p>\n

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Westminster bridge. From now on the route becomes packed with tourists.<\/p>\n

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Merry-go-Round in the rain.<\/p>\n

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Bubble making street entertainer.<\/p>\n

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Taking a picture by Gabriel’s Wharf.<\/p>\n

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Under umbrellas on Victoria Embankment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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