Canary wharf

I went out yesterday evening on a scavenger hunt. Walking 3.5 miles around where I work answering various trivia questions about the area.

It was an absolutely perfect evening, and we partook of a couple of bars on the way; sitting in the sun, watching the world go by.

At the end, we all met in a pub on the very outskirts of the wharf and enjoyed a BBQ, drinks, and some socialising. All very enjoyable.

Unfortunately, due to my travel constraints, I couldn't stay late, and left around 9:20. As I walked back to the tube it was early twilight, all the lights were on, and it was reasonably quiet (as quiet as I've seen the wharf get). I passed through a park at the west end of the wharf, and it struck me. This is a really great place. It's tidy, clean, well laid out, well maintained. Clearly someone thought about these things when designing it. As I walked through the park, 1 canada square was framed perfectly in front of me, the other buildings framing that. Everything was carefully lit, and clearly set to look good. I exited onto a tree lined boulevard before making my way past limestone buildings and on down to the tube. The open spaces in front of the tube allowing a great view of all the surrounding towering buildings. All of the buildings are distinctive in some way, colours, frosting, shape and style all come together to create this place I work in.

I believe I'm quite lucky.

The mood was kind of ruined when I got back to Reading and found no train, and a delay of 57 minutes. I gave up, got a bus part way, and walked the rest. Finally got to bed at 12:30. Strangely, I'm a bit tired today.

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