Walking Across the Docklands...

I decided to take the long walk home, sticking on the Thames Path even as it veered away from the river...

…such as it turned towards the Royal Docks, passing this giant abandoned flour mill... 

…these huge old cranes...

…London’s City Hall...

…and the Cloud Cable Car.

I was glad that I detoured to explore Trinity Buoy Wharf, where I saw London’s only lighthouse. Built in 1864, it was never used to navigate the river but instead to test lights and train lightkeepers.  

As recent as 1998, Trinity Buoy Wharf was an empty derelict site. Now it is home to a variety of creative companies surrounded by artworks by Andrew Baldwin made out of recycled industrial bits. 

Yes, that is a real car on top of a café.