On 4/20/2010 2:38 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
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
Chris
There is no logic in the rules. But the rules must be followed.
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