Sunday, July 6, 2008

The Tower Bridge Drama

Skeety's been out and about for a while now, and the time has come to share some or maybe all that was seen. So, Skeety chooses to share today the pictures of one of her favorite Victorian Gothic Style buildings, the Tower Bridge of London, which is also an engineering marvel. Skeety was lucky enough to capture the drama through her lens' eye while the bascules were closing after having allowed the river (Thames) traffic to pass by. Presenting the same:
More Information can be read HERE




23 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh shoot.. you got to see the gates open. Daaaammnn..

Looks like I found myself a London tour guide.. and Scotland too.. so when you back to London again?? :D

Subhadip said...

Nice timing :-) I had only seen this on Discovery / TLC before.

Expecting more interesting pictures of London landmarks.

Anonymous said...

A fine series to illustrate the interesting action of the bridge. I like the general setting of the shot with all the things to see. Fine image.

The Keeper of the Keys said...

oooohhh!!! so this is where you've been!! NICE.

Lakshmi said...

someones been travelling to some great places ..thats nice and quite cool..looking forward to seeing more pics

Anonymous said...

Nice Pics...

crasiezt said...

Pics sahi hain bey! London wich babe masti kar rahi hai..you still there?

I am said...

kewl Skeety u r in the land of Potter's Me all jealous and mealous :).....planning to see the 'half blood prince' there or what?

Reeta Skeeter said...

j: I did! Am not back very soon :P But am there, if at all I cna be of any help...
===================================
b'ohemian: yeah indeed! Sure thing more pics up sooner or later :)
===================================
don: Thank You :) Words like these from you are encouraging...
===================================
the keeper of the keys: :) ji...Potterland
===================================
lakshmi: sure thing :)
===================================
star investor: thanks :)
===================================
crasiezt: thanks...na back now...
===================================
tanu blotter: :D geeeee :D Nah didn't see The half blood prince... but there will b a post dedicated to Potter and may more about Potterland :D grin grin grin
===================================

Gunjan Aylawadi said...

just today a frend was cribbing dat she wanted to see dat bridge open up while she was in london!! u are lucky!!

Raghu Ram Prasad said...

Wonderful photograph and nice writings....enjoyable

dharmabum said...

it is something to be at the right place at the right time - lucky you!

Vaudevillian said...

hello
how was the rainforest experience?
rainy / sunny / chilly all at once.
I'm tired of it already;

and tower bridge has its own twitter
http://twitter.com/towerbridge

Reeta Skeeter said...

gunj: ty...indeed me ees lucky :)
====================================
raghu ram prasad: :) thank you...
====================================
dharamabum: indeed!
====================================
Metrosexual monk: hehe...yeah...all at once...loved and hated eet, both at the same time :)
welcome here...
====================================

I am said...

ya update soon :) am sure u have stories or pix with the potters !!

Indrani said...

Cool place to spend your time. :)

Ramit Singal said...

I love the photo series. Good idea, and lovely photographs too :)

Reeta Skeeter said...

Blotter: I do ;) ;P Will take sometime :( not liking it myself...
===================================
Indarni: indeed!
===================================
Ramit: Thank you :)
===================================

Minerva said...

Hi Reeta,

Am awfully late in replying to your comment. I don't think you remember even leaving that. Actually I don't update this blog anymore thus the delay.....

http://fortress-of-minerva.spaces.live.com/

this is the one I update on a not so regular basis....

Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. And have to say that the experience must have been AWESOME!

Reeta Skeeter said...

Minerva: No problem...yeah was awesome indeed :) and welcome here

di.di said...

arghhhh, i missssss london... i miss eating hot crepes in winter.. obviously, my crepe memory was in London... yummy!!

Apoorv Gawde said...

Tower Bridge is super :)
Especially when it is just about to rain one can the most beautiful pictures.

Anonymous said...

This is great info to know.