If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Yesterday, Sunday, which felt like a Saturday on account of today being a proxy Sunday-cum-bank holiday, we finished up the night in Helen and Mike’s garden, drinking wine in little enough light for us not to be able to […]

Bank holidays always make for strange weekends, but I need to start writing this from Friday.
I took the tube out to Maida Vale at lunchtime, so I could walk around Little Venice. I’d not been there in years and had completely forgotten what it was like. Needless to day, it’s nothing like Venice.
It’s actually the […]

9/11.
What’s the first image you see when you think of that day?
Now ask yourself why anyone would think www.911fly.com was a good address for cut-price airline tickets.

I’ve just finished reading Why I Write by George Orwell. I’ve always admired his writing - like many people - so it was interesting to see what he had to say about it himself.
George Orwell could perhaps be described as one of the foremost modern writers in the English-speaking world, although whether that’s because of […]

I was awake at half five this morning. With no prospect of getting back to sleep, I instead decided to train it into London to take some photos…

The London Eye

The Millennium Bridge

Big Ben (or, more accurately, St Stephen’s Tower)

So many new things today, but the most exciting was walking a tightrope. Literally. OK, so maybe it was only two feet off the ground, but it wasn’t easy. In fact, I somehow hurt my shoulders while trying to retain my balance. I think it was because I was being too rigid - taking the […]

We were set for a trip to Coventry this weekend, for Paul’s cousin’s 21st. In light of a bad back, though (his), we found ourselves stranded at home. Not a bad thing since it meant we didn’t have to tackle the roads. Not a good thing since it’s V weekend, when most of the Chelmsford […]

The view from Primrose Hill
I walked to Chalk Farm at lunchtime. It’s quite a way; up to Regent’s Park, right across the park, across the Regent’s Canal, over Primrose Hill, down the other side and through the streets to the station. Tomorrow they’re promising rain, though, so I wanted to make the most of what […]

I was lucky enough to be on a delayed tube last night. Normally this wouldn’t be a good thing, but as it forced me off the train at Farringdon, it gave me a chance to walk through the upper walkways of the Barbican.
It’s ages since I’ve done that. Usually, I walk through the grim tunnel […]