Whittington Myth
Narrowboat, Whittington Myth, on the River Lea, Hackney, London
the site behind this boat is earmarked for development, Two ELEVEN storey towers, I don’t bloody well think so !
that’ll be another fight I have to get involved in then !
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
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JamieLA 21 days ago
Ohh dear. Hate developers!! Great pic tho, kind of eerie
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you so much Jamie Xx
I’ll fight them on the banks of the river !
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
basicblack 21 days ago
By all means fight it….cheers…J.
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Lying down naked in front of the bulldozers !
bring your camera :-)
thanks Jen X X
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Ronjohnnj 21 days ago
Fight the good fight, damed devlopers want all the open space, it’s been a major problem over here in NJ, as more and more of our “Garden State” gets sold off and devloped. Taxpayers have had to enact laws to protect a pctg of open space req the state to purchase land that would otherwise be devloped ie farmland. Keep on fighting = )
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thanks Ron
the most annoying thing about this is that it’s part of a twenty seven mile long Park running from outside London right into the Thames, and the whole of one side of it is NON developed, guess which side they wanna build on !!
and it is known to be a place where Boadicea rested her troops on her return from attacking London, so it has historical as well as aesthetic value
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
BAD-HARVEST 21 days ago
this is hauntingly beautiful babe xxx
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you so much Karen X X
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Richard Veal 21 days ago
Nice work Kriss.
That will be bad news if the planning gets the go ahead.
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you Richard
I have spent the last ten years fighting off or changing what developers want to my little paradise, and succeeding mostly
so I’m not going to stop now
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
jenniferlove 21 days ago
this is really nice x
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you Jennifer X
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Anthea Slade 21 days ago
Oh this is so beautiful my friend Kriss. I pray they never develop this beautiful scene. Thank you for sharing.
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you so much Anthea X
I will fight it as hard as I can
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
ForestGirl 21 days ago
Develop, develop, develop … and will it ever bloody stop?! Fight away Kriss … fight away!!
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Fight, fight, fight !
and I will babe thanks X
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
basicblack 21 days ago
In re to your reply let me know if you need company…...
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
is that about the Camera or . . .
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
basicblack 21 days ago
I don’t mind being naked with a camera in front of a bulldozer in fact I think I’ve done that once or twice. : )
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Hmm I like that idea LOL
hopefully it won’t come to that coz knowing my luck it will be in January :-)
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Isa Rodriguez 21 days ago
fab shot man..
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
thank you so much Babe X X
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Ross Spencer 21 days ago
Beautiful shot Kriss, I really love the soft toning. I hope you manage to fight off the development, that site is gorgeous exactly as it is.
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thanks so much Ross
the thing is that the whole of one side of the river is NON developed, and this woulsd be the first development on the East side and we all know it would only be the thin end of the wedge, and with the Olympics only a couple of miles downriver ! you can see where this is going ?
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
awdigitaldreams 21 days ago
go for it hon – great shot! xoxox
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you so much AWDD
you just wanna see me naked in front of a bulldozer don’t you !
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Songmistress 21 days ago
What a stunning shot, Kriss. This is beautiful and I love your treatment of it. Do fight the damn developers – I hate all that so called “progress”.
CLiPiCs replied 21 days ago
Thank you so much Autumn X
Progress me arse !
leave my little paradise alone ! :-)
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Jeff Burns 20 days ago
Gorgoeus shot
CLiPiCs replied 20 days ago
Thank you Jeff
it’s a fab place to live and this is quite a common sight, but the sheer beauty of it being in the middle of london never fails to make me stop and stare
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Laurie Search 20 days ago
Beautiful black and white, Kriss! What a lovely scene!!
CLiPiCs replied 20 days ago
Thank you Laurie
Fancy a trip downstream ?
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
deepbluwater 19 days ago
wonderful b&w Kriss!! just beautiful..
CLiPiCs replied 19 days ago
thank you dBw
and I hope to keep it that way :-)
XX
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
RavenSoul 16 days ago
I missed this it is GORGEOUS!
CLiPiCs replied 16 days ago
Thank you babe
I aim to keep it that way too :-)
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Tracey Mac 16 days ago
Sigh…...
I just wanna go in the boat and think about nothin for a week and take photos all day every day!!
Gorgeous shot Kriss!! xo
CLiPiCs replied 16 days ago
lots of places to take photos during the days
lots of nice pubs for the evenings
Thank you Tracey X X
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
Naveen Sharma 11 days ago
excellant capture
CLiPiCs replied 10 days ago
Thank you Naveen
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥