Category Archives: London

Back to work

It’s Monday and my week of birthday fun is over and I’m back at work. It was a lovely week, full of good things and rest and although I’m not all that happy to be back to the commute and … Continue reading

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Growing up a Londoner

The school holidays have begun, even if I didn’t know that, the number of parents and small children on the train in the morning would have given it away! I’m (at least a fourth) generation Londoner (great grandparents, grandad, mother … Continue reading

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Survival mode

After months of suffering in the cold, dark wet, London has summer weather. So now we’re complaining about the hot, sweaty, sunny weather! We’re English, complaining about the weather is what we do… I did have a conversation last week … Continue reading

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Chiswick House

Last Sunday Ma and I hopped on a bus and went to Chiswick House. We spent quite a portion of the day kicking ourselves for not going sooner..  The walled kitchen garden which is run by volunteers was having an … Continue reading

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Notes for Tourists..

So this week, the tourist influx has really hit, so here are my do’s and don’t for visiting London. First up, welcome to London! It’s lovely to have you, I think that London is a fantastic place and couldn’t be … Continue reading

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City walk – Picture post

A couple of weeks ago we went for a walk. It was the weekend that we had ‘summer’. We walked from The Oxo Tower to Borough Market   From Borough we walked over London Bridge and down Monument, where I … Continue reading

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The Weekend

When anyone asked me what my plans were for this weekend, I said that I was “getting my fringe back”. Yes, folks haircut time had rolled around again and not a moment too soon. I’m well trained and don’t cut … Continue reading

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Rage against the chickens

I’m very close to declaring war on chickens. This is strange because I love chickens, they are providers of eggs and tasty, tasty meat. They are quite stupid and feathered but little baby chicks are adorable, even when I know … Continue reading

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The Weekend

This is a very late post because last night and most of today I had a migraine, not fun! So this is what I did over the Bank Holiday weekend.. On Friday, I did very little. Some sleep, some reading, … Continue reading

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The Weekend

Happy Monday! Are you excited to be back at work today? I’m excited because tonight I shall be seeing OCMS live and that makes me happy! So the weekend. The first weekend of February was the  first of three that … Continue reading

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