Us E11 folk have been spoiled recently with the Leytonstone Arts Trail and the Leytonstone Festival. During the festival tickets were offered for the St John Tower Tour and I snapped up the chance to see inside this local landmark and view the London skyline from 75 feet up.
On a scorching hot day we climbed the narrow stairway in hard hats and were rewarded with wonderful views of the city 8 miles away and the hills of Essex, Kent and Surrey. It was a green view, full of trees and we were treated to a flock of geese flying in V formation to the Walthamstow Marshes a few miles beyond.
Frustrated by my cameras zoom function, (which I keep forgetting has shuddered to a halt) I had the idea of using a pair of binoculars that were passed to me to magnify the view. With wobbly hands I held the binoculars to the camera lens and snapped away. The binoculars were a little out of focus so the images are blurred, but I like the effect and circular framing and will develop this technique in the future.
St John the Baptist
