The Anonymous Widower

To Greenwich Under The River

I’d never been through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, when I used it to get from Island Gardens station on the DLR to Greenwich Pier, so I could get pictures of HMS Illustrious.

As the pictures show, I shared the lifts and the tunnel with a party of extremely well-behaved Primary School children. I mentioned to the teacher in charge, that I’m surprised Health and Safety let children into the tunnel. She said things were getting better and the children loved using the tunnel.

May 9, 2013 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Two Moroccan Corvettes

We were accompanied up the Tagus, by a pair of Moroccan Corvettes; 613 and 614.

I think they docked further downriver from where the Oriana did.

The corvettes were built by the Dutch and are two of a family of Sigma-class corvettes.

March 31, 2013 Posted by | Transport/Travel, World | , , , | Leave a comment

Liverpool Comes To London

HMS Liverpool is in London this weekend and I went to have a look.

Note the red liver bird, which gives the ship it’s nickname of Crazy Red Chicken.

January 29, 2012 Posted by | News | , , , , | 1 Comment