Snow!

The first downfall of snow in the London area didn't hit my area that hard. A few miles away people were getting six/seven inches of the stuff. Didn't get enough here to cover the lawn. So not much to photograph. However, on Monday an unforecast snow storm arrived in the early afternoon. I managed to get out to the forest today. OK not deep and crisp and even but a few interesting views.

There were a few people out with dogs so I waited for a dog to run into view before taking this.

Leadenhall Market

Leadenhall Market is on the eastern side of The City. A market existed on the same site during Roman times. When the Romans left London was largely left in ruins so it doesn't have an unbroken record of being a market place though. A market was operating on the site in the 15thC. The current building was constructed in the 1880s. It was restored in 1991, something I remember. I worked in The City from 1980 to 2005 and Leadenhall was a bit run down and tired when I started in the area. After the restoration it was a lot nicer. Also had a decent book shop in it.

The market was used during the filming of one of the Harry Potter films. I can't say I know which one, nor that it would mean anything to me if I knew. Not exactly my favourite films.

This photograph was taken from Gracechurch Street and shows the current Christmas decorations. The pub in the foreground, The New Moon, is a place I spent a few evenings, though its not that close to any of the places I worked in.

Reflections

At the southern end of London Bridge is am interesting building, well from a photographic perspective. One face is angled across and mirrored, but isn't flat all the way up. Right at the top there is a hole. Looking at the mirrored wall there are reflections to the north. St Pauls and Cannon Street Station an be seen. Its a building I've taken quite a few pictures of, I've also been inside for an interview and walked through it a few times as there was a shortcut through to Tooley Street through the building.

For the picture above I have cropped the image to concentrate on the reflection. There wasn't much I could do about the bus though. It seemed determined to stay there and I was on my way to a job so couldn't really hang around waiting for a bus to go.