Occupy London Continued

So, after a quick train change at Victoria we finally made it to St. Paul's Cathedral - ground zero for the London franchise of the Occupy movement. Note, I'm no Ansel Adams so my photos aren't anything to speak of, but they do give you something to look at as you gloss over the text. Eventually I'll get a proper camera and take quality photos to give you a better idea of what's going on.

Lauren and I approached the church from the backside and initially did not see any activity. We rounded a corner and immediately came across tents hugging the walls of the church.

Hippy shantytown or noble protest site? 

The area was lively. Police officers, tourists, journalists and protests were all mingling about. The camp was freely accessible to the public. We were allowed to walk around the tents without any trouble.

The majority of the tents were for habitation but a number of them had been set aside for specific uses. Among others we saw a University Tent, a food distribution tent, and several journalism and media broadcasting related tents.

The Occupy London Times 

Broadcasting tents of some capacity

The front of the church saw the most activity. A man with a megaphone was yapping about pseudo religious topics to a crowd mostly composed of curious tourists. We saw a handful of people wearing Guy Fawkes masks and wearing Anonymous shirts. For people watchers like me this place was a gold mine.

Mega phone guy

 It was nice to check out the camp in person after reading about it almost daily. Time will tell if anything meaningful will come from the occupation but I wish them the best of luck.