The best kitchen window!

Its been fun this week, watching and wondering why they were digging such a large hole, watching which men were working hardest, and watching the traffic going the wrong way round the roundabout!
Eventually I spoke to the engineer in charge . . . who immediately told me that I wasn't local and that his firm did lots of work in Scotland! They are working in Edinburgh at present.
He did tell me though, that the problem was a leak in a 36 inch mains pipe, the top of which is 2 metres down.
We remembered that in 1613 Sir Hugh Myddelton had organised the bringing of water into Islington from near Ware in Hertfordshire, and that it comes along past our house. Its underground at this point so - in a large pipe.
To the south of us the water is open again and we have the very pleasant New River Walk - a long narrow park which leads to the Angel where there is a statue of Sir Hugh Mydellton. The water comes to an end near Sadlers Wells theatre where the water supply was used for Aqua Drama.
To the north the water is under the grass in the centre of Petherton Road dual carriageway. This   photo is actually only a fraction of the view from one of our two kitchen windows - this one a very wide bay window.
It is possible to walk the entire length of the New River - almost 40 miles. We have done this - but not all at once!
One friend suggested that during the war, Petherton Road may have been targeted for bombing because of this water supply. There is a website which shows you the location of every bomb in London. However there were so many that I don't think it is possible to say Petherton Road was specifically targeted. It is easy to see where the bombs landed - the places where the old houses give way to much newer flats.

Three views of  the New River Walk

Another view from the kitchen window - looking up Petherton Road.

When we moved into this house 35 years ago there was no roundabout and no grass in the middle of Petherton Road.
History is all around!