Sunday, May 23, 2010

Photos: Henley on Thames, an idyllic Spring Sunday sojourn

Few of us from the office decided to go and have a good time in Henley upon Thames, which is a few miles upstream of London, drink beer, take some pics, drink beer, have a nice walk, drink beer, see the scenery, drink beer…

Here are some of the photographs and here’s the slideshow.

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Strange looking gargoyles on the top of the buildings.

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this relief was on a building. Looks like some kind of a monster with man breasts.

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Here’s the famous bridge from both sides.

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A closeup.

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The upstream view of the river.

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With a weeping willow on the left bank

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Lovely flowers on the lamp posts.

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With some plants clinging on the walls

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Now there’s women’s lib for you, the woman rowing :)

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The world and his dog was out in the sun.

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Looking up the main street.

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The Red Lion Building.

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There’s the fam

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You need load of headlights to illuminate loads of directions.

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Tollgate

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Fluffy clouds and flowers.

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Shadow path

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Sunning themselves



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PDQ, lol, pretty damn quick, nice one. And a black terrier having fun.

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White House. Notice the bird on the lawn?

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And then I zoomed into the bird on the lawn.

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Taking a cooling dip on the left and hop hop hopping out of the water to take off.

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Lovely tree. Looks like a cedar plant

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Hmmm, why would you call a hotel barge as Magna Carta?

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Scary looking tree. Reminds me of the whomping willow in Harry Potter.

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Here’s the family walking around.

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And my little princess modelling for me :)

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Reached the lock. The lock keeper on the right.

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A small waterfall. Luca taught me to fix the exposure :)

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The fast flowing water down the sluice gates.

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A swan checking out food underwater.

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Couple of ducks.

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And some more duckies. Better divert around them.

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Clinging to the wall.

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A gyrocopter on the left and a balloon on the right.

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See what I mean by drinking beer?

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Flooded with water or with beer..

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