A walk along the South Bank

[kazzy_cee]

Yesterday Mr Cee and I went to London to meet up with a guided walk along the South Bank of the Thames and look at the various sculptures. It was a warm day (24C/75F), but fairly overcast for most of it, so ideal for the two-hour walk.  The area mostly consists of sculptures from the last century as the whole area has been redeveloped over the

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[heleninwales]

Thank you for the virtual guided tour. I must have walked past those statues on County Hall but never noticed them.

[kazzy_cee]

There are more than I posted about - they are quite high up ;)

[klausnick]

A pleasant walk.

[kazzy_cee]

It was!

[pondhopper]

So many quite modern sculptures! I'd probably not notice the half of them. My eyes are trained to see the ancient mostly
LOL
;)
I do recall seeing the International Brigades memorial. It is quite moving when you know the history and I like it very much.
I also like Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet.
I have many pigeons sitting on the heads of famous people in London. LOL

[klausnick]

Doves show respect towards famous people.

[pondhopper]

Should have said I have many photos of pigeons sitting on statues of famous people's heads. Couldn't type without coffee.🙄

[kazzy_cee]

I knew what you meant LOL!

I tend to notice buildings rather than sculptures in the street (especially the more modern ones which don’t really appeal to me).

[one_raido]

I love lions!

[kazzy_cee]

Me too!

[magic_treehouse]

I love the South Bank and have walked it loads of times. I've still not seen all of these sculptures though! Why is 'Town Planning' so sexy?! It has the least sexy name!

[kazzy_cee]

I would have loved to be in on the town planning discussion. "So - I want to design a figure for Town Planning and I'm thinking I'll have a very fit male body thrusting his groin towards some architectural callipers." What were they thinking????

Some of the sculptures are in the Jubilee Gardens and St Thomas' Hospital, so they aren't immediately obvious.

[magic_treehouse]

Hahahaha! Oh they knew what they were doing!