Would You Like to Buy Me a Cup of Tea?…
Would You Like to Buy Me a Cup of Tea?…
/ May 31, 2012 0 COMMENTS

We were in Portobello Road, experiencing the market without a million people. The road is really pretty when it can be seen without the heaving crowds and stalls of hawkers.   After buying a couple of things we decided to stave off our hunger and have a cup of coffee in a coffee shop that…

My London Eye
My London Eye
/ May 30, 2012 0 COMMENTS

There are a few landmarks that I see from a distance on the train as I make my way to Victoria.  I was delighted to be able to get up close and even climb one of them during hubs’ and my latest, weekly, non-touristy, visit to the smoke. The first is called The Shard and…

When the Sun Comes Out…
When the Sun Comes Out…
/ May 29, 2012 0 COMMENTS

Everyone is taking advantage of what may be a short summer, it is almost June after all!

Londoners are remarkable in that they go from Uggs, jumpers, coats, scarves, hats and gloves to sleeveless summer dresses, shorts, sandals, bare legs and less, in the blink of an eye!

One Hundred Churches in one Square Mile…
One Hundred Churches in one Square Mile…
/ May 28, 2012 0 COMMENTS

We have a wonderful little guide book to London entitled, I Never Knew That About London, by Christopher Winn. Hubs decided we would visit EC3 and tour some of the remaining 100 Mediaeval Churches that used to exist in one square mile of the East End when Shakespeare was alive and writing.  This translates to…

Old Rockers…
/ May 24, 2012 0 COMMENTS

I was reading about the Stones in a Sunday Times magasine this week.  They were going to go out on their 50th anniversary tour this year but it’s been postponed because of Keith Richards’ health. “Really,” I thought, “would he be able to keep up the pace and the riffs a Rolling Stones’ tour would demand?…

It Takes a Year…
/ May 23, 2012 0 COMMENTS

When I first arrived in England I determined not to sit on the fence when it came to volunteering at our church and around the neighbourhood.  I was experienced and wanted to do what I could for my local community. I spoke to heads of ministries and the priest at our parish church, which was…

Graffiti and Other Eyesores
Graffiti and Other Eyesores
/ May 22, 2012 0 COMMENTS

With only countable weeks left before our departure from England I am feeling down… I don’t want to talk about packing, selling furniture, emptying the flat or last meals. At church they ask, “When are you leaving?” We now have a flight booked so I have to say, “July 18th.” “Not long then,” they say…

Keep off the Grass…
Keep off the Grass…
/ May 21, 2012 0 COMMENTS

My daughter danced in the pre-game show at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea and Liverpool were playing in the FA Cup. A lot of work went into choreographing 150 dancers from two separate colleges. Taking the rehearsed work from a large studio to a massive football field was no easy task in spacing and blocking. Dealing with…

Missing the Queen…
/ May 17, 2012 0 COMMENTS

Hubs has a Freedom Pass and when we need something in the nearby town I send him in, it gets him out of the flat for a few hours! We needed toothpaste and other sundries that could be had at the pound shop, and a First Holy Communion gift for our nephew from the Christian…

Woodland Corners…
Woodland Corners…
/ May 16, 2012 0 COMMENTS

My daughter seems to have this thing about nearly treading in unspeakables. I’m not talking about dog poo although that’s bad enough. I’ve already talked about the cats in her house bringing in gifts and then chasing them around the rooms and squabbling over them. One morning on her early way to work as a…