Stuff Around the River

Greenwich is pretty cool, it's a quaint little seaside place. It was gloomy and dreary on the day we went but I happen to like that kind of weather.

They have the big clipper ship Cutty Sark docked here.

You can also walk UNDER the river in this tunnel that they built. Here's the entrance/exit, and the other side pretty much looks exactly the same.

You go down this spiral set of staircases and then enter this thing like straight out of the movies. Don't know why, but it reminds me of Russian submarines. And yes, you can hear the sound of water dripping and it's all damp and clammy!


By the way, it is supremely uncomfortable what with the raucous reverb when you get school groups of children racing up and down the entire tunnel, screaming, and then scurrying all around the precarious spiral staircase. Brats.

We came out on the other side and here's the view:

You can see the Cutty Sark and the entrance on the other side to the right of that. It was a nice little park from where this picture was taken, with a handful of ... Billies! No, I mean Bobbies! You know, policemen ... standing around hanging out with a cruiser and its door open. I guess the crime isn't too bad there, docks or no docks.

Here's a link in case anybody is interested:

Greenwich Foot Tunnel .