Going to London

[CraigK]

HI All, and a special Hello to all the Englishfolk on the site.

My wife and I travel to Europe almost every year to photograph dogs (long story involving a mildly excentric hobby and a book project).

Anywho, this year we are flying in to London and staying in Jolly Old for a few days before heading to France and Spain.

Since it has been well over 20 years since I last set foot in the U.K. I thought it best that I seek the advice of the fine members on this board. Specifically, we will be spending a day in London just wandering around enjoying the sites and sounds and sampling some of the finer bitters, ales, lagers and ports. Any suggestions for a nice relaxing route that will take us through some of the more interesting areas?

Now, keep in mind that I will be armed with a Mamiya 7 with 80mm lens and a pocket full of FP4 and HP5 (when in England after all.....) And I would also like to do a bit of photo gear window shopping as well. So, if you had a day in London to burn a few rolls while strolling around, museum hopping and sampling pub fare, where would you go? what would you do?


Cheerio!

 

[nksyoon]

Hi Craig,

I'm not from London but have visited recently. Here are some pics (digital, non-RF):

Go to: London Pics

Millenium Bridge

Covent Garden

Tate Modern

There are a couple of good 2nd hand camera stores near the British Museum - pick up a copy of Amateur Photographer when you arrive. It'll have classified ads for 2nd stores in London.

Cheers,
Nick.

ps. sorry for inserting the images inline, but I'm in the office and don't have access to smaller files.