Limehouse Basin....these moorings were built for the now defunkt boat services to the Olympic Park (Water Chariots).
Diamond Geezer's blog entry on the Water Chariots
The Environmental Impact was assessed, and was decided by The Secretary of State. However, these moorings are not in use, one year on....all part of the Legacy of the 2012 Games?
Bees navigate by trial and error, getting closer and closer to the best routes. Somebody should point out that such methods are hard, NP hard, since this is probably the same problem as the travelling salesman.
Do they make a beeline for nectar?
Ley lines were forged by men, but it is my guess that they did not just work out a route by some mysterious method. They simply walked, and noticed, the next time they walked that route if a small deviation made the route shorter. This was obvious, since it took less time to get from the starting point to the final destination.
Lars Chittka at Queen Mary, University of London.
An article in the Psychogeographic Review reviewed the work of Rose Rouse
"Rose set up her website to record her explorations of Harlesden and, through the words of the people she walks and speaks with, uses the site to allow Harlesden to speak to the world.
Rose is a gonzogeogrpaher. She interacts.
Guy Debord wrote Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography in 1955, the year I was born.
I am beginning to grow up. I feel that Debord may have been going in the wrong direction. He seems to be lost and wondering, without a purpose.
He was walking alone, a flaneur... maybe he would have better off with group to guide him.
Debord says "The word psychogeography, suggested by an illiterate Kabyle as a general term for the phenomena a few of us were investigating around the summer of 1953, is not too inappropriate."
Helicopter? Gilder?
The Phatwalk
The Fatwalk was a project to link the River Thames via the Bow Creek to the rest of the Lower Lea and the Lea Valley. There is already a walking route, which only crosses a road at Enfield Lock. The rest is towpath and footpath from Limehouse Basin, along the Limehouse Cut, under the A12 and also under the Bow Interchange (this is the last link in the chain). North of Enfield Lock? Not sure! Will check, but it is towpath for miles!
Cody Dock is a part of the development of the Bow Creek. But the path remains a dream. An impossible dream?
Progress. A local sign for local people. Nothing for you here.
There is a drought in East London, according to Thames Water
Who would have known (in July 2005) that in 2012 London would be suffering a drought! That could mean stand pipes in the street.... in August?!?!?! Welcome to London 2012 - The Green Games! Also rather ironic that the River Lea (the Bow Back Rivers) flows through the Olympic Park in East London. Water is extracted from the River Lea for London's water supply along with the River Thames. Water is also taken from underground supplies.
Perhaps there will be a demand for water in the fast lane for all the Olympic VIPs? It might be important for athletes to have a good supply of water too. And the swimming and diving pools...
You know, I like this edifice less and less. It may not be finished, but it all the charm of piece of wire that I used to wire a bonsai for a few years, and then discarded. It lacks meaning, it lacks grounding. It just spirals up. With no way down!
