The London Traveler

Sunrise and sunset on the Thames always make it special. Once or twice I’ve got up early so I can go and stand on Waterloo Bridge as the sun rises, tinting the grey river with pink and orange, softening the brutal lines of the South Bank and making the Shell Building look like a romantic fairy castle.

You can see Tower Bridge in a new light if you take one of Thames River Adventures’ canoe cruises.  Start off at five or six in the morning and canoe underneath the bridge as the sun rises.

At £70 per person, it’s not cheap – but it’s a unique way to see London, in the expectant hush before the city awakens.

Thames River Adventures also organise canoe trips on the Regent’s Canal and upriver at Teddington, but I can’t imagine anything better than paddling my way through the open, deep river of the Pool of London as the sun rises.

Photo credit – Calum Davidson, on Flickr

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