Saturday - I returned on Thursday and this paragraph is written on Saturday 20th April. I find the first day back after a holiday, long or short, it's horrible because I don't know where I am. I feel I'm between two universes and that's on a good day. However today Saturday dawned bright and sunny so we are doing our usual boring household tasks such as cleaning, washing, tidying, doing the...
Yes I find the trauma of clearing anything away let alone throwing anything away still significant as you may need them at some point. The fact that they have been around for years is not relevant. Oh my goodness how much stuff we accumulate and how little of it do we really need. Francoise wanted to go out and buy some more conditioner liquid for use in the washing machine cycle and I...
And so after and all too brief sojourn in London we return. I always leave home base much earlier than I need to so we left our place in Selsdon which is somewhat south of East Croydon over two hours before the train's scheduled departure. I take the view that if you leave earlier then you need to, if anything goes wrong along the way it normally rights itself after a period of time so there's...
This was one of our quickest journeys going directly from Brighton via our stop East Croydon to Saint Albans , fast from St. Pancras. It was 49 minutes in total; the train whizzed by the countryside. So, (roll of drums) here is the man(above) who gave his name to the city. St.Albans is an incredibly sophisticated town that combines the ancient with the modern. The market according to Saint...
Liberties Regent Street has a long tradition of supplying materials for dressmaking and clothes in general. Francoise had not visited it for over 25 years so we decided that now was the time. I saw a very nice gentleman's jacket for 850 pounds and a delightful tape measure for 15 pounds. They are used to dealing with the rich and famous. The decor and layout could be that of an Elizabethan...
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...
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