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This was the point at which…
… 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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
