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Photo Friday: Winter has arrived

The last of the daylight

Every night, after work, I take this road home from the station.  The 9-5 routine means I find myself in this spot at roughly the same time every evening and have done for the past year.  In that time I’ve been very aware of the changing seasons and particularly the [...]

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Photo Friday: Camden Street Food

London’s centre of all things ‘alternative’, Camden is a prime spot for people watching.  Platform wearing, mohawk sporting goths stroll past neon and pvc clad ravers.  Stoners sit and watch the world go by as the fashion conscious scout out something ‘unique’.  In and amongst this melting pot you can find some of the best [...]

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Photo Friday: London Transport

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Photo Friday: Hong Kong Waffles

We have resolved to make the most of the time we’re going to be spending in London over the next seven months.  So, to that end, we went to china town on Tuesday night to enjoy some Dim Sum.  After dinner, however, was when we found the real treat: Hong Kong Waffles.  Once again reinforcing [...]

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Photo Friday: Loft Clearout

Last weekend my entire family set our minds on getting our loft sorted.  My Dad has lived in the same house his entire life so there was literally fifty years of ‘stuff’ threatening to bend the rafters and come crashing through the ceiling at any moment.   As we cleared, not only was there a sense of acheievement [...]

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8/50 Taking the leap

Whilst resisting the temptation to fill this post entirely with “Eeeeeeeeee…” I am very excited to announce that we have booked the flights for the first part of our trip.  After much tortuous decision making we finally agreed that taking two months to go to Asia pre-Nanny’s birthday is what we both really wanted to [...]

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6/50: Combatting Travel Indecision

This is the 6th in the ’50 steps around the world series’.  (There was a little confusion with numbering so 6, rather unusually, comes after 7!)

There are no wrong answers and none of the choices is likely to lead to regret.  And yet, making those travel decisions can be tough going.  Where shall I travel to?  When should I [...]

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Photo Friday: London's Gems -Whitecross Street Market

In North London there is a small unassuming street named Whitecross, which would otherwise be entirely un-noteworthy, if it weren’t for the excellent weekly food market.  At midday the stalls explode in a flourish of colour and tantalising smells as English, Mexican, Spanish, Turkish, Indian, Middle eastern, Jamaican and Italian treats are cooked to order.  The customers fidget in their itchy [...]

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7/50: Being left behind - when friends go travelling

In the last few weeks, several sets of friends have finally put into motion some long-talked-about travel plans. And I couldn’t be happier for them. Although I don’t believe that travel is for everyone, I do believe that if it’s something you want to do then you should make it happen. These [...]

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Photo Friday: Puck the mischievous kitten

Puck

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