London at dawn

I got up kinda early this morning, as in about 5 a.m. early, which was a touch harsh at the time.

But this was deliberate, not an accident fortunately, as I had decided to go up to 'that' London and do some shooting: its been an idea I've had for a little while - catch London waking up, photograph her visitors, inhabitants and shapes, as the first light hits her.

Bold plan then, given ideally I would be needing good light to make this worthwhile and, even with a weather forecast by the renown BBC, no-one actually knows the future, or how nice the sky is going to be when the sun makes her appearance.

After a quick taxi to Woking station, I got on the quarter to 6 train to Waterloo, then changed for the Jubilee line to London Bridge, where I got out and onto the bridge, awaiting the sunrise. Weather being typically fickle, there weren't the stunning colours that I'd witnessed just the other day when we got out of the house just before 7 a.m. to walk the dogs, however there was still plenty of sights and places of interest to wander around, all accompanied by London busily rising from slumber.

By mid-morning I was done, and it had become a pretty nice day, with a few streaky, high clouds. Despite ultimately needing 'a bit of a siesta' straight after lunch, I think it was definitely worthwhile.

And its hardly the kind of thing I'll get around to doing once I'm chained to a permanent job again is it?

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Chase Jarvis

I'm not typically one to bother my limited readership with such things, but I got the link to the above from Ken Rockwell, and have to say I think its a really good idea.

Yes, there's possibly some tie-in from Apple and it won't get me to go out and buy an iPhone, but the whole concept is what I liked and would agree with.