Last Monday was our Summer Bank Holiday here in London, so we did what we usually do on long weekends: avoid the major tourist attractions at all cost and eat lots of yummy food with loved ones.
Last Saturday, Tim and I took a tour of the now defunct Battersea Power Station. Here are some interesting facts about the power station (thanks, Wikipedia!):
- It was the first in a series of large coal-fired electrical generating facilities set up in England as part of the introduction of the National Grid power distribution system.
- The first part of the structure was built in 1939, and the station ceased electricity generation in 1983
- The building is the largest brick building in Europe and is notable for its original, lavish Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
- The station famously appears in The Beatles’ 1965 movie Help! and on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 album Animals (shown right).
Saturday was a beautiful, rare sunny day in London and the power station was crawling with camera nerds and their associated tripods, massive telephoto lenses and multiple camera bodies. I felt like such an amateur!
Bank Holiday Monday was a bbq at Tim’s fam’s place in Aylesbury. BBQ’s have been woefully rare this summer, and I relished this opportunity to get my kebab on (if if I did have to share the grill with a few sausages.
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