At low tide, this part of the Thames Embankment, between Waterloo and Millbank, can look like a regular sea-side resort. Strange and unusual sights ca

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At low tide, this part of the Thames Embankment, between Waterloo and Millbank, can look like a regular sea-side resort. Strange and unusual sights can often be seen here. Here we see a man racing the tide to construct a doomed sand castle. An exercise in futility.

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