The Glorious Twelfth: Guided Tours   Guided Tour by Rupert Hartley 2pm Saturday 5 November 2005 Line of sight - an imaginary line from the eye to a perceived object. When viewing a scene, as in optics, photography, or even hunting, the line of sight is the straight line between the observer and the target. This walking tour used photography to explore notions of the hunter’s gaze in an urban context. It adopted viewing strategies and approaches to tour, drift and detour Deptford capturing landmarks and trophies on route. (Camera suggested, but not essential) The tour started outside the front of Lewisham College (adjacent to Deptford Bridge Docklands Light Railway station).   Field Notes: an account of the guided tour by Rupert Hartley Firstly no one showed up for the tour. I decided to carry out the tour to assess its effectiveness and curtail my disappointment. Initially I recorded speech acts at the appropriate places and documented sited animal sculptures. No sign of labels or direction photos. Sidetracked into APT Gallery, and added a tour sticker to installation. Continued on tour thinking about stickers, fixed a bird sticker on Creekside sign, seemed inappropriate action for this project. Continued to lifting bridge, made recording of someone practising trumpet. Continued back along railway line. A large family was approaching, and I asked if their kids would like some stickers, showing them images of inhabitants of Deptford Creek; they declined. Continued to Churchyard, found bench and cracked open a miniature bottle of Famous Grouse, noticed a line of pigeons on the roof. Continued onto and up Deptford High Street, went into Gallop, was offered cider and vegetable soup - what a welcome, I thought. Said yes, sat down and was introduced to tour guide Maralin; I explained why I was there, the tour, and the part of it I was on. I showed her sticker images which she liked and was told at length about different histories of London, specifically the Square Mile, Greenwich and Deptford. Deptford market is apparently still untouched by tourists. Was informed that I had mixed up St Alfeges with St Pauls church. Explained I was on a detour which led to The Dog and Bell pub. She questioned why that pub and told me it was probably the nicest pub in Deptford. Jools Holland drinks there, she said. She gave me her card and I set off, initially getting lost, asking three people if they knew Watergate street (including two shop owners who said they didn’t know it) but then finding it twenty metres away. Found the Dog and Bell; nice pub people watching the races, having some banter. I had a Guiness and ham, egg and chips. Tried reading the papers but found nothing of interest, apart from an image of Richard Wilson's Earthquake architecture. Set back off to complete the tour. Light fading, a bit of rain; documented more animal sculptures, walked into Lewisham housing area and under railway through estate to Astra House. Met Hannah in gallery, discussed lack of people, private view, etc. (I remembered her from a conference at LCC). Talked, re-capped, photographed animals in gallery, said good-bye and left. It was fully dark now so I headed back to New Cross station.