Category Archives: London

Sportsthoughts (22) – Another visit to the London Olympic Park, for Water Polo and Wheelchair Tennis

Posted on May 5, 2012 by John S

The “London Prepares” series of events continues and this afternoon we took the Central Line to Stratford to see some water polo and wheelchair tennis. When we got there at about 1.30, it was raining and the tennis was off, … Continue reading →

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Blue Bell Dell, Kew Gardens

Posted on May 3, 2012 by John S

It’s now, in the cusp between April and May, that the Bluebells are at their finest.  We have some stragglers in our messy garden (see my my blog, an (Un)English garden), but the place to see them, in West London … Continue reading →

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Sunset, North Ealing

Posted on April 22, 2012 by John S

On my way way home from taking Art Deco shots around the A40 in late February (see photo archive), I cycled along a path that took me alongside Ealing Golf course, before reaching Pitshanger Park.  The sun was going down … Continue reading →

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Art Deco Ealing – and Brentford

Posted on April 15, 2012 by John S

London, like most cities, started small then grew… and grew, and grew. My part of the city, Ealing,  was a rural village until the 19th century, when the arrival of the railway station brought with it surburban development. In the … Continue reading →

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An (un)English Garden

Posted on April 13, 2012 by John S

Our back garden is a mess. The front third is a football pitch and so the lawn has disappeared. The middle third hosts a trampoline, so all the grass underneath has died. And the back third is for the washing … Continue reading →

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Cycling the Thames in the Spring sunshine

Posted on April 1, 2012 by John S

First of April, the weather lovely.  Bright sunshine, hardly any wind, a light chill in the shade, but feeling warmer than the 12 degrees forecast when you were in the sun. A perfect day for a good cycle. I decided … Continue reading →

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Sundown on Putney Bridge, iPhone style

Posted on March 30, 2012 by John S

On Tuesday, as I and my friends walked over Putney Bridge, on our way to see Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo at the Half Moon, the sun was in its last throes for the day. I had to … Continue reading →

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Scritti Politti and Portico Quartet in concert

Posted on March 15, 2012 by John S

Another Word In Your Ear concert at the Lexington on the Pentonville Road, North London. About ten minutes walk from Kings Cross station.  You work your way through the crowds, commuters, Northerners and Scots looking to escape the Smoke, or … Continue reading →

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Boy on a Rocking Horse, Trafalgar Square

Posted on March 4, 2012 by John S

I was walking back to the office on Friday lunch time and passed through Trafalgar Square. Wandered past the new sculpture on the “Fourth Plinth”. It’s a thing called “Powerless Structures, Fig 101”.  Well, of course it is. The sculpture … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (13) – A visit to the Olympic Aquatic Centre

Posted on February 25, 2012 by John S

Yesterday, Friday, a few of us went along to one of the “London Prepares” events at the emerging London Olympics site.  The occasion was the diving World Cup, in the new Aquatic Centre. It was my first trip to the … Continue reading →

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