Month: August 2009

I walked past the Blacksmiths Arms in Rotherhithe on Saturday not knowing that it was being featured that day in The Independent as one of ‘50 Best Gastro Pubs‘. I did not know that it was a gastro pub. Along with my companion I had just had a wonderful lunch for £5 at Surrey Docks […]

A section of the Thames Path between the Founders Arms near Tate Modern and Blackfriars Bridge is being closed for at least two years from  next month. The closure will take place in the week beginning 14 September which is just after the Thames Festival. The path diversion will be signposted behind the Bankisde Gallery […]

Expect to see flowers on the Marchioness memorial at the back of Southwark Cathedral over the weekend. Today is the 20th anniversary of the disaster when 51 people drowned after the Marchioness was hit by the Bowbelle. The pleasure boat was between Southwark Bridge and Cannon Street Railway Bridge. The names of the dead were […]