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Posted on October 17 2005 by Jag @ 10:49 pm
It’s that time of year again: Autumn transitioning towards Winter brings with it the fog. Which reminds me that it always mystified me as to why North Americans in particular always associate London with fog – “London Fog” in fact. Perhaps it’s to do with too many people growing up with a false impression that London is always a really “foggy” place. Perhaps fuelled by too many TV documentaries about Jack the Ripper set in the dark foggy streets of Victorian London? Who knows? The reality is that the mornings can tend to be really foggy at this time of year – but only for a few days in my experience. And today was one of them:
London fog: Autumn has arrived – and visibility is low.
(This is the view as I walk down the street towards my nearest Route 79 bus stop this morning)
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Route 79 Reflections on a bus journey home |
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| From London: By a British, European, 2nd-Generation Indian. Probably confused - but proud to be them all! Half of my journey to and from work is a 20-30 minute bus ride: London Bus Route 79 - between Alperton in West London and Kingsbury in North West London. I very frequently get pissed-off and frustrated waiting around in the DARK, WET and COLD - waiting for the 79 to turn up. But I have to be eternally grateful for the quality thinking time I get to myself. | ||
Great picture Jag – love the way the letter box really stands out.
Comment kindly left by Annie - London Underground Blog — October 18, 2005 @ 7:52 am
OHMIGOD speaking of Jack the Ripper the Cemetery that I blogged about today contains the body of Mary Kelly who was Jack the Ripper’s last victim
Spooky eh?
Comment kindly left by Annie - London Underground Blog — October 18, 2005 @ 7:55 am
I like the Englishness of this shot. I am also going through your food recipes one by one. All turning out just fab. Thanks for that.
Comment kindly left by Happybutterfly — October 18, 2005 @ 11:00 am
For the entire duration of my stay there in London – it was only Foggy
Comment kindly left by CVRAMAN — October 18, 2005 @ 3:49 pm
That would have been a great picture without the red postbox (but thats my opinion).
And fog so early – its just the middle of October.
Comment kindly left by sat — October 18, 2005 @ 5:27 pm
Great Picture. Combine that fog with the early days of the industrial revolution , ie .. the air thick with coal smoke and London must have been a dreary place. No wonder they wanted to hop aboard ships and sail to foreign lands.
Comment kindly left by Fritz — October 18, 2005 @ 6:15 pm
I think its more the London Smog that people remember….. well think they remember but were not even born (probably)
Autumn is such a beautiful time. I love autumn. U gotta take a picture of the same street when all the leaves start changing colour .
Comment kindly left by rubi — October 18, 2005 @ 8:53 pm
Thanks Annie. Yes – spooky!
HappyButterfly: Cheers – and glad you like the food recipes too!
Venkat: That’s just too bad – but trust me it’s not always like that. Perhaps it was just bad timing.
Sat: I was in two minds about the postbox – but it adds a shock bit of colour to the picture of gloomy weather.
Fritz: Yes – I can picture the scene. I think you were right though – about the wanting to discover new places to live as far away as possible.
Rubi: I know what you mean by Autumn – by the way: the leaves have already gone from most of the trees round my way.
Comment kindly left by Jag — October 22, 2005 @ 5:22 pm
Here’s something to further your confusion: I’m moving to London from NY state in January, and while trying to think up a possible title for my new blog I typed “London” into the reference.com thesaurus.
Only result: FOG !!
Comment kindly left by Tiffany — November 30, 2005 @ 9:41 pm
Hi Tiffany: that’s quite incredible isn’t it? Thanks for letting me know. Hope your move to London is a pleasant one!
Comment kindly left by Jag — December 3, 2005 @ 10:42 am