April 21, 2016

London Walks: Canary Wharf

A short walk around the business district at the north tip of the Isle of Dogs

I wanted to do a bit of an exercise with my broken knee, and this area is well suitable as its entire infrastructure has step-free access. Anyway.

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Starting under the One Canada Square..

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I made my way towards the west side

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..where I headed to see the Cabot Square. As I got there, I noticed a plane descending towards the London City airport. "It would make a picture more interesting," I thought, so I waited for the next in lane to grab the shot you can see at the top of this post. I've never used a tripod during my whole stay in London, and I love it. It's great to just be out, without lugging some heavy sticks and such. However, every once in a while, there's a moment where it would be helpful - such as here, as I took this shot. Still, it turned all right, I think.

This district has two train connections, the tube and the Docklands Light Railway. They both have interesting stations. The tube is where an old ship dock used to be..

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And the DLR has an impressive single spanned roof.

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It used to be a common feature on railway stations some hundred years ago, but it's quite rare to see it on modern developments. Here's a pic I took earlier, how it looks inside.

Canary Wharf DLR

Then I just passed a couple more streets..

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..and went home.

This post is a part of the London Walks series.

Published by: Jakub Stepanovic in Stories

 

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