tarboat's photos with the keyword: thames

This historic houseboat was built in 1904 and named HMS Harpy. It was used as a floating Customs & Excise office and VIP/royal landing stage. The vessel was first moored on the north bank of the Thames, 400 yards west of Tower Bridge. Decommissioned in 1980, the present owners moved it to a new mooring on the South Bank, 400 yards east of Tower Bridge, and undertook a restoration and interior re-fit to create a 4-bedroom floating house for short term holiday rentals.

Stopping over in London on the way to Germany we took a stroll down to the Tate Modern with a detour to the Millennium Footbridge which was clearly very popular. It no longer wobbles! :-)

On my way back across London I was tempted to grab a few shots of the scenery. I believe that the agglomeration of buildings seen here form part of the square mile that is the City of London. No doubt important money type things were being done there at that very moment. :-o I only took a few shots as my little camera decided to develop an annoying fault that involved it not working more than intermittently. Time to switch to backup no.2 I think.