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  • This was the point at which…

    Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 14:27 in Personal, London

    … I seriously began to doubt that I’d get home tonight.  (Or why snow turns me into Mrs Scroogey MacGrinch). This was taken at 4:30pm this afternoon.  I guess I shouldn’t complain, I got home at 6pm.  It usually takes me 15 m...

  • A Saturday in London

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 15:23 in London, out and about

    One of the aspects of being an expat is that your circle shrinks dramatically.  In South Africa my life was drastically different to life in London and I was a very social person.  There were the frequent dinner parties at my house, nights ...

  • London: The City, the Monument & the Bridge

    Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 12:52 in London, out and about

    Last year I took a rather hectic course in Health and Safety and I promised myself that I would reward myself with a photography course when it was all over.  Of course, that was followed by a rather hectic nine months (some of which you can rea...

  • Concert: Mika at Roundhouse

    Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 17:01 in London, concerts

    Last Friday night I did something I never would have thought I’d do - I went to a Mika concert.  See, I like a lot of music but I am very particular about what I do and don’t like.  The biggest representation on my iPod is in the genres...

  • Day Out: Further up the Thames

    Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 00:13 in London

    This is the second part of my post on our ride up the Thames in a TFL Thames Clipper. [Part 1] London Bridge In the distance, you can see London Bridge.  It is a pretty boring, nondescript bridge and many people mistake the magnificent T...

  • Day out: Taking the Thames Clipper

    Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 16:38 in London

    I’ve wanted to go on a boat cruise up the Thames for the longest time and we finally got a chance on the Bank Holiday Sunday. The weather was glorious, the sky was blue and it was a lovely warm day. So we left the Thames Barrier and we drove up t...

  • Day Out: Thames Barrier, London

    Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 17:09 in London, out and about

    The Thames Barrier with a closed section visible on the left For some reason I cannot quite pinpoint, I have long been fascinated with the Thames Barrier in London.  Yet despite living in that area for a year, I only saw it for the first t...