Eye in the sky
(Treetop walk in Kew Gardens: London, UK)
On that stunning October day in Kew, I managed to make it as far as the new treetop walk. This was one of the major reasons I visited as I anticipated the changing colours of the leaves would make for interesting photography. As it transpired, the trees has managed to retain both leaves and their golden green shades. The weather was so perfect that it hardly mattered – to be honest, I could hardly see for the intense halogen sun that afternoon. Also, I was slightly more interested in the structure and it’s relationship with the foliage, rather than the actual trees themselves.
The walkways have rusted beautifully, in tune with the earthy, natural tones of the existing garden. They were so well aged already that I felt as if they were a spindly flashback from a bygone industrial era. From the very top of the spiraling steps I could see all the way to the city of London – through the haze of sunshine, I could just pick out the massive London Eye (like a ferris wheel) on the horizon. It’s amazing how London felt so much smaller to me than ever before that day, even though it had taken so long to get to Kew from Stokey. There was a certain comfort in being able to stand at London’s farthest reaches and still see the inner core of it with such clarity.
– Today Rosie is working and at choir practice in Glasgow, UK –
