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StACC walk led by Michael on 28th July 2018

Logger above and gps below, the gps did not kick in immediately

After weeks of unrelenting heat, the weather broke and it was very pleasant for our walk along the course of the River Fleet. It was good to see Henry and Sue again.

Setting off from St Pancras	The Lighthous		Plaque in Coad Stone
Chimneys and lights	Clink 78		Traffic warden centre
		The lady on the left had a whitened face and her partner was made up like a skeleton.	Astroturf is the best...
	Bagnigge Wells ( pronounced ‘bag-nidge’). Once, it was the reputed home of Nell Gwyn, who is said to have entertained Charles II at her summer home beside the banks of the fragrant River Fleet, all gardens and Elysian delights. It fell out of fashion altogether. Maybe because the public found that the Fleet River was no more than a public cess-pit.
Pity about the bar - Sue spotted this shot
Pity about the bar - Sue spotted this shot		http://www.catfan.co.uk/1.Catfan_gpo.htm for the Transport Museum
Peter spotted this	The Apple Tree	Steve and Chris	Used to be the Coach and Horses
River Fleet runs under this grating	Textures	Peabody Estate	Used to be the Coach and Horses
Shard and St. Paul's	Fairisle Patterned houses	Pink cab	A restaurant where customers dine in the dark
Gas lamp	Farringdon Station	Parcel's Office	The Castle PH
Pawnbroker		Alley	Sitting outside the Rookery
Napkins on the lights	We had coffee and diet coke both at £3.00 and tea at £2.50 plus 15% - nice enough, but...	St Bartholomew the Great
		We went into the Barbican. View on the right from the bridge over the road
	Part of a Beech Tree over 500 years old which fell in the forest of Burnham Beeches during a storm in January 1990. Burnham Beeches was purchased by the Corporation of London on behalf of the nation in 1880. The forest was the favourite haunt of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1808 - 1847) during his frequent visits to the area he used to sit under this tree gaining inspiration to write several works including some of the incidental music to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Presented by the Barbican Horticultural Society to preserve these historic links. Unveiled by Carl Davies Composer / Conductor 10th April 1993
Solarisation suits the Barbican	Gardens	Fountains
It was windy	Architectural mix	Fountains
	Fountain		Changeable targets
Museum of London	Is there any glass?	Police Box & Pillar box	Changeable targets
Tubes - art work		Police Box & Pillar box
	Bedding	Strange netting - invisible building	St Paul's garden
	Pigeons
Paternoster Vents, also known as Angel's Wings, a stainless steel sculpture by Thomas Hetherwick. It provides ventilation for an underground electrical substation

		The Tipperary	Protestant truth
Clifford's Inn	Olde Cock Tavern & Gin Palace	Penthouse	The Knight's Templar PH
We had supper in Wetherspoons; we had to order in ten minutes and finish eating in half an hour, but we managed. We came home on the slow train.