Revenge is sweet, and best served cold. With pickled onions...

(For context, see this post.)

In Waitrose:

darth_hamster: Look dear, Barry Norman has his own-brand pickled onions!
major_clanger: And why not...?
*Thwack*

Another slice of old Docklands gone

About eighteen months ago tamaranth and I went for a walk around Greenwich that, at her suggestion, included the riverside path up to the dome. We both got some striking photos, and I was very taken with the decaying industrial landscape - so much so that a few months later I went back with my decent camera and took a load more pictures.

That was December 2009. Today darth_hamster and I took advantage of the nice weather to do the same walk, but although the view across towards Canary Wharf is still amazing the riverside path itself is a lot duller. 2010 saw wholesale demolition of the old factories and wharves, and in particular the Tunnel Refineries complex has disappeared for good. No more looming silos to walk between; no more pier-end cranes to admire.



All gone now, leaving just another section of path lined with hoardings to hide the rubble behind. I find myself quite sad about this, as I love old industrial sites, and it's a pity to see them disappear as part of the slow advance of riverside apartments up towards the Dome.