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Battersea Power Station and Zombies July 12, 2008

Today we went to Battersea Power Station, as they are allowing the public in for only a few days this month. There are plans to redevelop the area into a mixed-use residential, commercial thing. For now, though, it’s a big shell of a building with giant chimneys sticking in the air. It’s pretty cool to walk around, since its been pretty much abandoned for about 25 years. The building is right on the south side of the Thames, so it’s a fairly recognizable structure in the London skyline. And very dirty. We even saw a fox wondering around the wasteland. Here’s some pictures from our meandering around the building.

Afterward, we went to go grub down on some fish and chips in our neighborhood shop. While sitting we noticed that across the street sat a pub named The Winchester. Now, Jonathan caught on much quicker than I did, but The Winchester is the name of the pub in Shaun of the Dead. And considering Simon Pegg is from Highgate, we are thinking that this pub must be the one and only Winchester referred to in the movie. At which point we promptly shoved our food in our faces and went over to have a beer in the zombie pub. Fantastic.