River Bikes and Dolphin Lamp

I adore London's South Bank, and like few things more than to walk from Tower Bridge to Westminster with the Thames flowing beside me. There is so much to see, experience, take in and photograph. Here, Waterloo Bridge stretches generously across the river and parked bicycles seem almost to form part of the ornamentation of the fence. Beside them one of magnificent Victorian "dolphin" lamps that line the whole embankment, and for me encapsualte "London" just as much as red double-deckers, Big Ben and the changing of the guard. It is a little dreadful to see their modern counterparts high above on the bridge -bleak and unimaginative; but down here, the lamp stands majestically and solidly comforting.

Location: London, England