Big river

Yesterday I went down to the BIG river, to see what was going on there. It is years since I went that way. I used to cycle along the river to work once a week, but since that particular job finished I don't think I've been back. It's not a direction I usually go.

One thing that has changed is that homeless people have set up tents all along the riverbanks. There used to be a handful of homeless people down there, but now there are hundreds.



They were on both sides of the river. It was a gray sort of day yesterday, and the blue of their tarpaulin tents was the only colour.



I cycled quite a long way, and these tents were scattered all along the river.

There were a lot of people walking their dogs. One man had a gorgeous long-legged dog. I don't know the name of the breed but it's a very distinctive one, so no doubt someone will be able to tell me. I took several pictures but unfortunately only two came out any good, and one is from behind.

I wanted to show you what a beautiful, dignified dog it was. I didn't realize that while I was fumbling with the camera things had been happening, resulting in a slight loss of dignity. This is not the picture I intended to take.



I thought the dog looked rather pleased with itself, though. I suppose I would be too, if I'd trained someone to follow me around cleaning up after me.



More river pictures will come after I've sorted them all out.