On a cold and damp Monday night, I headed west along the deserted pathways by the River Thames and captured these scenes:
Passing the closed Anchor pub on Bankside.
Bus over Southwark Bridge.
Cannon Street railway bridge.
A lone person looks out at the Thames.
The Swan, next to Shakespeare’s Globe theatre.
Steps down to the Thames.
Looking east along the deserted path.
Under the Millennium Bridge.
Opening in June 2002, the structure soon earned the nickname of the Wobbly Bridge, as we reported:
Although the Millennium Bridge, like all bridges, was designed to cope with a degree of movement it soon became clear that things were going seriously awry as the deck swayed about like a drunken sailor.
Elderly walkers clung on to the side of the bridge. People reported feeling seasick. The swaying bridge was looking like an expensive fairground ride.
So the bridge was instantly renamed as ‘The Wobbly Bridge’, and after two days of random swaying, swinging and oscillating wildly, the bridge was closed down by embarrassed engineers.
Read more here.
St Paul’s across the river.
A view of the Thames beach.
National Theatre.
