The Boathouse Steps

[Rob MacKillop]

Right across from our house, about 6.30am, Sunday morning.

 

[Pete Askew]

Those parallel bars look a bit low to me!

What a great view. What are the roundels?

 

[Chris Bennett]

That's fantastic, Rob. It makes me feel cold, though!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The parallel bars are a fast-food outlet for those on a staple diet

The roundels are mosaics of the famous bridge.

The shop on the left sells American sweets - all sugar and palm oil. Thankfully they have not survived Covid, and the place is up for sale. The shop on the right is a physio surgery. The space we are looking through in between used to be a pub, until it one day exploded! I don't know why, but I'm grateful it did. And, no, it wasn't me! LONG before we moved here.

Chris, it was surprisingly warm for 6.30 am. I just had a tee-shirt on, jeans and my slippers!

 

[Pete Askew]

That's what I like to see, forward-planning!

 

[Aaron Quinn]

The Boathouse Steps that lead to...? Really nice shot.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

No sign of a boathouse...probably got caught up in the explosion.

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a wonderfully moody shot.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Had to get up early for it, though. Not to be repeated!

 

[Wes Hall]

Great shot Rob, the mist enhances that old time street light.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Wes. It took me ages to get enough mist from an old dilapidated theatre machine!

 

[Pete Askew]

A lazy mist then. Typical of a Scotsman of your age!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

 

[Wes Hall]

Bwahaha excellent Rob, I've now got a mental image of an eccentric Scotsman powering some ancient fog maker from behind the house on the right. Akin to something from a Discworld novel.

 

[Pete Askew]

Oh, I didn't realise you were such close friends!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Whatever it takes for the shot