Max's Walk
- Thursday 12th July
2012
Walk from City Hall near Tower Bridge to the Millennium Bridge by way of the Guildhall and the Barbican Please click here for pictures of Max's Walk in other years |
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Tower Bridge with the Olympic rings |
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View of the Tower from our starting point outside City Hall |
decorated with the Olympic circles |
One of the many pianos scattered round the streets for people to play during the Olympics |
Wendy Taylor's magnificent sundial on the riverside |
and in close-up |
Gloriana, the new Royal barge, resting in St. Katherines Dock after her major part in the Diamond Jubilee celbrations |
The alternative start point by the sundial above Tower Hill station |
Our leader anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Lord Mayor |
The Lord Mayor arrives |
and gives a short speech |
reminding us why the occasion is called Max's Walk |
In the party were 23 Masters of London livery companies, with the Emperor Trajan listening at the back |
We pass the Monument to the Great Fire |
and the Royal Exchange |
The Bank of England |
The friese on No 1 Poultry |
Wending our way through the Barbican |
Dick Whittington's cat at the top of the stairs leading down from the Museum of London to the street |
and the man himself at the foot of the staiers |
Shepherd and Sheep by Dame Elisabeth Frink. |
Temple Bar |
The timeline under the Millennium Bridge by Joanna Migdal |
Piers Nicholson explaining the Tylers and Bricklayers sundial by the Millennium Bridge |
to an attentive audience |
Group photograph of those who completed the whole walk |
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