Life's about experiences. These are mine.
I was back up to London today where I was headed to the Design Museum, somewhere I had not been previously. My first thoughts on arrival were that I didn’t think much of the design of the place itself, which seemed pretty ordinary, but there clearly had been quite a bit of design thought gone …
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As I’ve said before I love London. It’s packed with interesting places, people, art and architecture and a great place to visit for a day but couldn’t live there. I’m happy to explore the usual haunts that the city is famous for but equally like to find places a little more unusual hence today’s visit …
At some point during my travels, I seem to have become fascinated by pedestrian crossing lights and have started to “collect” them, well photograph them, at any rate. These are things that most people probably walk by without giving too much of a second glance to, but now I actively seek them out. I think …
As I was navigating the public transport required to get to today’s destination, I marvelled at all the posters and electronic signs advertising what’s on in London. It was a dazzling array of events, and I thought once more how lucky we are to live so close to such a beautiful city with so much …
I have many and varied interests but when it comes to sport I have only one: motorsport. More specifically F1 and I really only have eyes for the Williams Racing team. So when I saw that there was an F1 Exhibition coming to London and organised by F1 itself I booked up. The exhibition was …
The Proms or more accurately as it is now known “BBC Proms” is an institution and something that I’ve had on my bucket list for quite a while. As it says in Wikipedia most people if asked would cite The Last Night as their view of the Proms. This appears to me to be a …
Off to the smoke this morning to see The Moonwalkers: A Journey With Tom Hanks which was an exploration of the Apollo moon landings with videos and pictures projected on to huge walls at a place called Lightroom. I thought that it was going to be several connected rooms that you walked through but it …
Over the years I have been to many a church or catherderal and can appreciate their beauty even if I don’t agree with their usage being a devout athiest. So, when I saw online pictures of a grand Hindu temple in London I added it to my list of places I wanted to visit. When …
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Below the pavements of Central London is a network of tunnels and ducting so large that I’m amazed that the city doesn’t sink into them. In 2017 it was estimated that there were 4 million km of networks and telecommunications lines underneath London. Slightly worrying is that at that point there was no central record …
When we completed the first section of the Thames Path we ended up at Greenwich and decided that one day it would be good to return and explore the place at a more leisurely pace. That opportunity came around more quickly than we had anticipated. There are many things to do in Greenwich but what …