hkskyline's LONDON photo thread - Page 13

mousquet · #**241** Posted **Feb 11, 2026, 7:31 PM**

You'd better not mess up the cooking of your Kobe beef.
At €890 per kilogram, failure would hurt.

hkskyline · #**242** Posted **Feb 13, 2026, 10:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by mousquet

You'd better not mess up the cooking of your Kobe beef.
At €890 per kilogram, failure would hurt.

Yea, this fatty beef is fairly hard to cook because it melts, so I can't afford to overdo it, but it's not good as a sashimi eaten completely raw either. So I will let the expert chefs do it and serve me instead.

hkskyline · #**243** Posted **Feb 15, 2026, 2:45 PM**

The UK has had a wet winter. This might sound a bit odd because winters here are usually wet and grey but it has been even more wet than usual. The Met Office estimates that because of global warming, once in 80-year events are now once in 20, so expect more wet winters.

That's why when the sun comes out, it's time to go out and enjoy!

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

Triple_Sim · #**244** Posted **Feb 15, 2026, 7:59 PM**

Even when sunny, it’s still quite cloudy……

hkskyline · #**245** Posted **Feb 17, 2026, 9:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by Triple_Sim

Even when sunny, it’s still quite cloudy……

Given how wet this winter has been, I'll take it!

hkskyline · #**246** Posted **Feb 17, 2026, 9:09 AM**

The Thames Path runs on both sides of the river throughout the capital. The section just east of Tower Bridge is quite scenic with good views of the action as well as renovated warehouses that now host lots of shops and restaurants. There are even outdoor dining sections with a view, although the weather was spotty when I visited and still quite cold.

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

xzmattzx · #**247** Posted **Feb 19, 2026, 2:53 AM**

Great pictures again!

Silenia · #**248** Posted **Feb 19, 2026, 8:03 AM**

You've inspired me to take some photos of my city. Expect new photos in the next few days!

Triple_Sim · #**249** Posted **Feb 19, 2026, 9:10 PM**

Great thread and I'm looking forward to more pics of London, if you (Silenia) actually do make your own thread!

downtownpdx · #**250** Posted **Feb 20, 2026, 10:03 PM**

I’ll be there for a whopping 15 hours in May! I wish we could stay longer but we’re headed to Edinburgh to start a UK NatGeo cruise the next day. I can’t wait to be in London though, even for a short while. It’s been 30 years since I’ve visited. We’ll be in the Kings Cross area.

hkskyline · #**251** Posted **Feb 20, 2026, 10:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by downtownpdx

I’ll be there for a whopping 15 hours in May! I wish we could stay longer but we’re headed to Edinburgh to start a UK NatGeo cruise the next day. I can’t wait to be in London though, even for a short while. It’s been 30 years since I’ve visited. We’ll be in the Kings Cross area.

Plenty of new things to see around Kings X. Coal Drops Yard is a revitalized historic area with lots of shops and restaurants. It's not a long walk up to Camden as well, where there are a few bustling markets along the canal.

downtownpdx · #**252** Posted **Feb 21, 2026, 8:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by hkskyline

Plenty of new things to see around Kings X. Coal Drops Yard is a revitalized historic area with lots of shops and restaurants. It's not a long walk up to Camden as well, where there are a few bustling markets along the canal.

Awesome thank you, good to know! We’ll be arriving from about 15 hrs of travel (British Airways flies nonstop from Portland but we couldn’t book it).. so we’ll just want to check in to our tiny room, walk the neighborhood, get dinner and do as little running around as possible, haha. Going to be a fun afternoon though.

hkskyline · #**253** Posted **Feb 23, 2026, 8:42 AM**

For a winter weekday, it was surprisingly busy around the London Eye and Westminster Bridge. Perhaps it was because of the half term break, or airfares are cheap so international tourists are making a small peak season out of low season?

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

hkskyline · #**254** Posted **Feb 25, 2026, 12:02 AM**

The western stretch of the Thames around Wandsworth has a nice river promenade but no tourist crowds. Residential buildings line the coastline and you will see locals exercising and going for a walk in this part of town.

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

hkskyline · #**255** Posted **Feb 26, 2026, 4:46 PM**

The Curiosity Cabinet comprises a few windows of displays on the ground floor of 171 Strand in King's College. It is the work of the research by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

On display in the first half of 2026 is an exhibition on the area's printing history. King's College stands at the heart of the print and book trade since the 16th century. Printers, publishers, and booksellers settled along Fleet Street and the Strand during Victorian times. Wood engraving technology improvements in the 1840s resulted in weekly illustrated newspapers that had images of unfamiliar scenes at the time.

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

Triple_Sim · #**256** Posted **Feb 26, 2026, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by hkskyline

The western stretch of the Thames around Wandsworth has a nice river promenade but no tourist crowds. Residential buildings line the coastline and you will see locals exercising and going for a walk in this part of town.

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

Yeah, clearly an area that's out of the way for tourists. Not too many locals on the pathways, either...

Thanks for keeping the pics coming, I love seeing London off the beaten path.

muppet · #**257** Posted **Mar 3, 2026, 7:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by downtownpdx

Awesome thank you, good to know! We’ll be arriving from about 15 hrs of travel (British Airways flies nonstop from Portland but we couldn’t book it).. so we’ll just want to check in to our tiny room, walk the neighborhood, get dinner and do as little running around as possible, haha. Going to be a fun afternoon though.

I would recommend popping into the St Pancras Hotel (you can just freely wander in) and look for the famous staircase. There are also bars and restaurants in there.

Ignore the Guests Only signs - you are one, and not enforced

And the train station behind is quite spectacular - formerly the world's biggest building when built

Also the Coal Drops Yard behind that is nice to wander

The whole area is a vibe

and the canal is a hangout

British Library is also next door, and another place to mallrat. Its one of the most expensive 1970s buildings, and a landmark of the era (you can see it bridging brutalism as well as pomo) - took nearly 30 years to build.

Lunch at Dishoom - Mumbaiker cuisine, the black daal is considered one of the best veggie dishes ever (for carnivores alike). However they don't take bookings so there's usually a long line to enter at dinnertimes.

And if you're so inclined, you could have hours of fun in the queue at the Harry Potter shrine, a trolley disappearing into a wall at Platform 9 3/4

hkskyline · #**258** Posted **Mar 3, 2026, 10:47 AM**

Taking a walk west from Paddington station, the streets around Bayswater and Queensway are quaint with grand residences and a decent shopping street.

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

hkskyline · #**259** Posted **Mar 6, 2026, 11:37 AM**

With balmy spring weather finally here, I headed up to 2 viewpoints in Greenwich - the untouristy Point Hill lookout as well as the far busier Observatory just above the Maritime Museum.

More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/london.htm

hkskyline · #**260** Posted **Mar 9, 2026, 9:49 PM**

Greenwich Peninsula's residential plots are coming along, albeit slowly. There is already a fairly well-established neighbourhood of a few blocks and more are being built in all directions. There is still a lot of empty land but just like other large-scale regeneration schemes in London, these take decades to finish.

More photos on my website : London Photo Gallery