Three Mills

A big change in the weather today compared with Wednesday, it was the hottest day in August since 2003.

My legs were a bit weary after my trip to Bournemouth yesterday, but definitely not a day for staying in darning, putting clothes through the mangle or cleaning out the coal bunker. Instead, I got on the DLR to Limehouse Basin and sat for a while by the marina in the sun, wishing I had a boat and stuffing myself with melon and pineapple (no cake? I must be ill). I could have sat there for the rest of the afternoon, but decided to move my old body and walk along the canal, then ended up by the River Lea, passing Three Mills in Bow then on to Stratford.

I rather like these old mills...here is a small snippet of cut/paste info...

The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lea in the East End of London, one of London's oldest extant industrial centres. The largest and most powerful of the four remaining tidal mills is possibly the largest tidal mill in the world. It is mainly accessed by a bridge over the Limehouse Cut and River Lea.
The River Lea Tidal Mill Trust Ltd owns the House Mill and the Miller's House buildings, which are used for educational projects and as conference spaces. The Lower Lea Project is also based at Three Mills in The Miller's House. The Prescott Channel, a former flood relief channel, to the east, creates Three Mills Island, and the mills share this with the Three Mills Studios, a 10 acre film and TV studio, which makes a large number of major films and television programmes.