> On the Thames walk with Bob, we arrived at the Thames barrier > and I took a few standard shots of the barrier like this one: > http://www.zen50061.zen.co.uk/riverwalk/slides/_IGP2079.jpg > > And as we walked on I spotted the admin building which had an > interesting roof reflecting the materials used in the barrier > itself. I thought it would be a different perspective and > hadn't got any further than taking this shot: > http://www.zen50061.zen.co.uk/riverwalk/slides/_IGP2080.jpg > > - when a man came out of the security hut and very nicely > uttered the now famous words "sorry but you're not allowed to > take pictures here". He said that it was OK to take pictures > of the barrier itself, but not behind the scenes (albeit a > publicly owned building taken from a public right of way). > He was very nice about it and we had a friendly chat about > why and, of course, he could only say "it's to stop > terrorists taking pictures of targets" - quickly adding, > because he was embarrassed, "not that you're a terrorist of course!" > > So, let me get this straight. In this crazy world it's OK to > take pictures of one of the top 20 terrorist targets in the > British Isles - but you can't take pictures of the admin > building where they count the money and pay the wages. Mad. I > suppose I'll be sent to the Tower for publishing that one. > > Oh - there was one of Those Birds there too: > http://www.zen50061.zen.co.uk/riverwalk/slides/_IGP2071.jpg >
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