Snapshot of the River Thames...

Here are a couple of the things we saw on a recent boat trip downriver from Kew Gardens to Westminster.  This is the London Eye...

Above is a beach which has been made on the Southbank, it is complete with artists' beach huts and a half sunken boat!   You can see more photos of the trip today at the Harlequin Historical Authors' Blog   I was particularly pleased to find a carousel complete with a potted history of carousels...