Raindrops kept falling on my head

My London based travel companion had been keen to firm up an itinerary for my visit to the capital last week. After a few WhatsApp exchanges we decided that North London would be a fertile manor in which to expend some serious shoe leather. I was keen to get some altitude to enable a few skyline shots. Every time I get off the train down there they've thrown up at least one new mile-high glass & chrome skyscraper since my last sortie; it's always good to document the changing vista. However, long story short, that only works when there's a vista to be had: thick cloud cover and sideways rain meant that visibility on Friday was measured not in miles but feet and inches. The photographs above and below captured what you could see from the Archway Bridge looking towards the city. Need I say more? If you want to see the kind of commanding views this particular vantage point would normally afford, take a look at January's Photo Challenge and scroll down to David Willoughby's amazing pics taken from the exact same spot.

Anyway, did a bit of rain stop my travel companion and I from having, in the words of Nick Heyward, a fantastic day? No, it did not. Twenty thousand steps*, some great stories, a couple of quirky coffee houses (and a crazy lady to boot), we laughed off the inclemency and just got on with our adventure. File under 'always take the weather with you'.  

* Not to be confused with leagues under the sea.