Off to London to celebrate a friend's birthday. I need a regular 'fix' of London and London life styles and culture though I no longer wish to live there. With regard to writing in general, a diary is meant to be a recollection of what I have done but it's a little bit more than a Dear Diary.... I've tried to make it interesting and relevant by imagining the sort of advice I would give people...
I've just come back from staying with my sister in Croydon and in contrast to my last visits which you can read about we stayed at home and only went out for one day. This was partly because Francoise was not able to walk very far due to her twisted knee so we made the best of things and actually it was completely right for me because I could rest from all my labours including writing this...
Megabus have recently decided to pull out of most route and for a couple of weeks there was a big blank where journeys should have been. Yesterday I got announcement that we have created a brand new website. Whoopee. To me part of it looks rather rushed but I think it will settle. The developers probably had a gun to their head to get things done quickly. Hey there!!!!! It's official. Our brand...
I came downstairs for breakfast amongst considerable activity. I noticed that there were many young ladies of a slim build and they looked very athletic types. Little did I know that there was going to be a preparation and final selection for the Paris Olympics with respect to the 10,000 meter runs. This was to take place at Parliament Hill with the best athletes from the country competing. The...
A free day. I decided to take the bus number one which goes from Hampstead Heath to Canada Water. I have never been there before but I know it has something to do with the docks. I took advantage of my Freedom Pass to get my free ride. The London readers in the bus cab do not recognize the Freedom Pass, you just wave it and get on the bus. The driver scarcely looks up. The No 1 bus passing the...
.. At large in North London. I visited Whittington Hospital and saw a rather strange sculpture in the forecourt. Not sure what the plastic domes are about. Is it for people who smoke or is it a residue from the covid times when everyone thought they had to keep distant from others Decided not to enter Highgate Cemetery which has been privatised and which will cost you 10 quid to get in. I don't...
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