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Sculpture trails and street art in London

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It has been a while since my last street art tour of the capital so I was keen to revisit both Leake Street and Brick Lane. I had a spare afternoon so decided to try and tie these in with the Mayfair Sculpture Trail and a couple of other sculpture pieces I had become aware of. Another hot summer's day in June. Another long run. Another marathon.   My route was planned and I left Lewisham and headed west towards Waterloo along the Old Kent Road. This is a bit of a boring route, straight and busy with heavy traffic, but it was brightened up by bumping into Bluey (see above photo). If you don't know Bluey check her out on CBeebies. Once there I made my way down into the Leake Street tunnel below the railway station and took in some of the new street art. The tunnel is always evolving with new pieces being painted on top of older ones. Here are some of the newest including new Perspicere. Perspicere I emerged from the tunnel and headed across the Thames on Westminster Bridge which