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Rail System 1965   One of the things I love about London is the ease of communication north south. Historically this was not always the case where trains traveled to and from London terminal stations such as Victoria, Waterloo, Kings Cross etc.  These days there is a train that goes from Bedford via St. Alban's through Central London to East Croydon and thence to Brighton. It does it far...

So we decided to basically do nothing and just be with my sister Philippa for most of the day. On Sunday morning she gets picked up and taken to church so meanwhile we decided to go to Croydon to do shopping at Primark. On the way to Primark there was a street market which was getting into gear and we bought two Portuguese specialty pastries for two pounds each which are small but delicious....

For this journey I'm going to focus on the images that I took on the grounds that one picture is worth a thousand words but I will also do a summary of the day. As if the normal busy sunny day traffic was not enough we had to suffer from a Palestinian protest outside the Houses of Parliament. Françoise decided to take the number 24 bus to the Mall Gallery to save her legs but I decided to walk....

I chose the bus leaving from Bristol at 13.00 to give us plenty of time to rise at a leisurely rate to catch the 172 to Bristol and have a decent breakfast. You will find a community cafe just outside Bristol bus station. What is not obvious is that it is part of a building that was a priory and has a rich history going back a few centuries. Some people working at the cafe have learning...

I might as well start the week as I intend to go on,  so off to my local cafe or caff.  Porkies Cafe serves drivers and workers on an Industrial Estate in Westfield BA3 4BH. You cannot say that the front door is imposing. I go there because they do excellent fried bread and because I like the unpretentious surroundings. Today when I arrived at 8.15 am there were many cars parked outside and I...