A remarkable sight: City of Adelaide at Greenwich

I couldn't help myself.  I just had to go and see her for myself.  So I hopped on the Thames Clipper at Greenland Pier, and as we rounded the bend from Masthead, it truly was a remarkable thing to see the stern of Adelaide coming into view.  Even though the Duke of Edinburgh was due for a renaming ceremony, there were very few people in Greenwich and it was easy to get a good view of the ship, which is moored on her barge just downstream from Greenwich Pier, along the Thames Path in front of the Old Naval College.  

As we came into Greenwich, the tourists from town were falling over each other to photograph the Cutty Sark and I must have looked distinctly odd photographing what must have looked like something destined for a breaker's yard.

Here's a small selection of the photos I took today.  Thank goodness for digital - this blog would have bankrupted me by now if I was still paying for films to be processed.

As usual, click on the photograph if you want to see the bigger version.

A poor photo, but Adelaide is right at the
end of this walkway, framed between the
two buildings

Tall Ships to return to the Thames

I picked up an Evening Standard on Wednesday, but have only just got around to reading it.  There's an advert for the Sail Royal Greenwich 2013 event, taking place 28th August to 1st September.

I love the Tall Ships and am really looking forward to seeing them.  Apparently there will be 16 Tall Ships, plus many more smaller ones, and fireworks in the evening.  If you feel like spending a bit of money, you can buy daytime and evening cruises, which could be a lot of fun (although not inexpensive). 

The Sail Royal Greenwich website is a bit disorganized but if you stick with it there's a lot of information in there.

Tall sailing ship and small steamship in front of the hospital
at Greenwich which later became the Royal Naval College.
Book illustration, 1882. Public Domain.