Travel Plans for end of 2014

August 22, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Would you believe it, all of a sudden I have ‘travel plans’. I’ve had the odd holidays and trips before, of course, and with family living abroad there’s always been a sense of adventure in just going home. But now I’m working freelance and have better flexibility with travel. No more holiday allowances, and no […]

What Sundays in London are made for

August 17, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sunny Sundays in London are good for many things. Namely: a walk, a pub lunch with friends, and some beer. This pub had a lovely little guest whilst we were there. But no, he wasn’t getting any of our food. What’s your favourite thing to do in a city on the weekend?

London Leaving Party

August 15, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Despising, For you, the city, thus I turn my back: There is a world elsewhere. – Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, Act 3, Scene 3 At the beginning of summer this year, I left London. Saying that I left ‘despising’ it would be a little over-dramatic, but I’ve just proved a penchant for the dramatic by quoting […]

Stumbling across a gem in Greenwich

August 6, 2013.Reading time 8 minutes.

I went to Greenwich just to meet friends and lie in the park. It was a Sunday, the weather forecast had promised some bursts of sunshine, the people I was meeting up with were hungover: it seemed like a good day to lie back and look at the sky. From the very start I was […]

Photo of the Week

August 4, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My Photo of the Week this Sunday is…. Sunbathers crowd the edge of the Serpentine in Hyde Park. The month of July 2013 was the hottest a lot of us Brits can remember in a long time. And we have not stopped going on about it. Even I – used to these temperatures after four […]

Gabbing Away

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