Meandering Along The Lea
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Taking advantage of the spring sunshine as an excuse to escape the city and seek some fresh air, I wandered along the river bank from Bow as far as Tottenham Hale
At Cody Dock
Sir Corbet Woodall, Gas Engineer and Governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company, with two of his historic gasometers at Bow
At Bow Lock
Looking towards the tidal mill at Three Mills Island
At Three Mills Island
Who can identify this water fowl?
Old Ford Lock
Beneath the Eastway
Sculling on the Hackney Cut
At Lea Bridge
Barge cat
The Anchor & Hope
Looking towards Clapton
The Lea Rowing Club
At Tottenham Lock
Two Thames Barges at Tottenham Hale
Coal & diesel delivery barge
At Stonebridge Lock
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Just delightful.
Thank you
I suspect the water fowl might be an Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)? Thank you for your daily posts, living in Belgium it’s always a pleasure reading them at the breakfast table and getting to know new people, places and histories through your excellent writing.
It might be an immature Ruddy Sheld Duck. Also known as a Brahminy Duck. There used to be a pair in St James’s Park. But that was a very long time ago.
I think the waterfowl is an Egyptian goose.
Thank you for sharing these photos of the Lea looking at it’s best in the sunshine.
Is that an Egyptian goose?
Egyptian Goose?
You’ve missed the wonderful sculptures of The Line public art walk, which follows the Lea from Cody Dock to Stratford.
Looks like an Egyptian goose to me.
Agree. An Egyptian Goose.
Wonderful posts – much enjoyed!
I did this walk in two halves. The day I walked to Tottenham Hale, it was bitterly cold but bright. Last year, I walked to Lea Bridge, it was beautifully warm. One of my maternal great grandmothers lived in Pleasant Place, on the banks of the River Lea, opposite a rowing club. My grandmother was a member of a ladies rowing club but, became petrified of water. There had been a capsize and she was lucky to escape which set her fear for the rest of her life.
Other great grandparents lived in School Nook, Lea Bridge, which still exists, although most of the old cottages have gone.The school still stands and is a temple – which I believe you have featured previously. Thanks GA for another walk down memory lane. I hope that you are keeping well.
Was the waterfowl a hybrid of an Egyptian goose?
Lovely photos GA – did you pop in for a swift one at The Anchor & Hope?
Wonderful pics, especially as I don’t know this area of the Lea. Goose is definitely an Egyptian one!
I believe the bird is an Egyptian Goose, I have done this walk with my son and his family (who live nearby in Clapton). It’s a nice walk.
Thank you for Spitalfields life, I always enjoy reading it, even though I live in West London.
Magical except for the rubbish in the first photo! Yes, magical and legendary in so many ways, layers to unwrap. I am thinking also Shelduck (native or otherwise) or Egyptian Goose. The River Lea also inspired a song by Adele who was born nearby:
https://www.google.com/search?q=adele+river+lea+lyrics&sca_esv=edec2e4b4572a4c0&sxsrf=AHTn8zoYdhJ_KgdTuhnNvGnrGUy2VToIWA%3A1744146050941&ei=go71Z8aWObP
I’m pretty certain the water fowl is an Egyptian goose nice photos of places I’d never seen before