A perfect sunny Saturday for our trip up the Thames to visit Greenwich. We moved along at a surprisingly brisk clip and the trip was only 20 minutes or so. A familiar face among the passengers.
Riverside views: the Gherkin and the Tower
The Canary Wharf complex
Major shades
Our "clipper" departing from the Greenwich wharf.
From the wharf, beyond the Cutty Sark which was enduring renovations in preparation for the Olympics and the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, it was dramatic climb up to the Royal Observatory. No smiling tourist photos. 
The view on the way up
The Royal Observatory
The good weather brought out throngs of Londoners, and the local pug lovers.
The Greenwich meridan
Another landmark measure: Greenwich Mean Time 
Lo and behold! General James Wolfe's statue was in front of the observatory. Wikipedia to the rescue, once I got back home. He is honored there because his formative growing up years were spent in Greenwich.
But the inscription below the bronze statue is the kind of talk that could start another war!
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