A flâneuse with a sketchbook…
I am never without a sketchbook. Most walks turn into sketchwalks as I spot interesting stories or places on my way. So signing up for the St Joseph’s Hospice Great East End Walk, I hand-bound a sketchbook, filled it with the walk’s landmarks and a few other diversions besides (with bonus history sleuthing courtesy of fellow walker, PR Rossana Tich) and offered it on social media for an extra donation to the hospice. It’s gone off to a new home in Yorkshire. Pictured: the view across the river just before St Katherine's Dock, building materials hauled by barges giving a hint of what the Thames must have been like when it was hectic with the to and fro of goods.
