Visiting Camden Lock, London/ Carlos Pueblo

Visiting Camden Lock, London/ Carlos Pueblo

Camden township is on the north of London, there is a canal connected

with the Royal Regent’s Park. We followed 100 free touring spots to have

a visit. We walked from the Park, passing through London Zoo, entered

downtown Camden. There is a Jewish center among a building. Camden

Looks like a worker’s town. Later in that summer, Amy Winehouse was

overdose and died at age 27, fans gathered at her flat at Camden Square.

She grew up at Camden and before her death, she had a hit song called

Rehab and she said that she was a bad girl. Camden becomes very prosperous,

There is a Camden Lock to monitor the water level. I walked on the canal bank

Toward the Park, found Queen Mary’s roses garden. I was three weeks early to

see the rose bloom. Through the Park, took Tube again back to Camden Lock

for lunch. Late afternoon, I was back to British Library to seek Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s

library legend of 1910 without any success yet ran into a group of soccer fans

from Birmingham, England.

People open the canal for food transportation. Waterway like Camden Lock is very

popular even in early American history such as northeast US . Many of these canals

become an area view point, for instance, our San Antonio Canal in Texas. Horses were

used to pull the boats before the combustion engines were developed. It becomes

very fancy nowadays, the canal has water taxi, house boat, restaurant boat etc. rided

along the canal. You can see the commercial buildings on one side of the bank and

the residential area on the other side. I even see a beautiful Chinese restaurant, Feng

Shang. Feng is a combined together boat, Shang is eating, both are classical Chinese

character. From this restaurant, the canal has two direction and I walked toward the

Park. Many pedestrian, joggers, and bikers were on the canal walk, some stopped to

chat with me. As a matter of fact, a small house boat for a single person would cost

600 British Pounds annually, while bigger one for two person costs 1,000 Pounds.

The house boat can land on a pier anywhere all over English canals; however, I did

see a sign that not over a week on this canal, otherwise a fine of 25 pounds daily.

I was calculating at basic cost of a house boat in compare with to put up a night

in a hostel.

There is a bridge across the dike to the Park. It is very large park indeed, I can not

Walk through in every detail. I did find the roses garden in honor to Queen Mary.

I was very impressed when I first visit to this garden in early March 4 years ago.

Roses buds just began to sprout in purple color, and in May, leaves and branches were

green yet were still three weeks early for the full bloom. I have missed twice for its

beauty. The garden is managed by a citizen horticultural club. It is also a very large

garden indeed.

There is a Regent’s lake attract many birds, large and small. I was sitting on a

chair and watching the busy activity among birds. All was beautiful. I walked

some more in the Park and then exit to another township. I did run into the

British Library, yet it is not the one legend of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s refugee stay

In London Library. The librarian told me if the legend was true that indeed

should be on the basement of the British Museum at Russell Square.

I took the Tube back to Camden, back to Camden Lock. The International

Market was open for business and you could see the crowded place. I

Bought a plate of rice and found a seat under the bridge on the bank of

the canal with many other tourists. The pigeons were coming close for food.

There was a fashion store facing the Lock with three story of Singer machines

Which were all locked up safely in a huge glass window.