Gone to the Canary Islands to explore volcanoes, drink wine and stargaze. It rained all day yesterday. Today was rather better.
Category Archives: London
Fire comes to Dagenham
As part of the Dagenham Town Show parade, the [REDACTED] torch, outriders, runners, police and sponsors came to town. Other boroughs get the torch on midweek mornings, we got to incorporate the visit into the annual carnival parade. Unfortunately, I’ve no idea of the identity of the chap carrying the touch, if you know drop …
Polar bears in East London
There is a polar bear in the middle of the Regent’s canal at Mile End.
Mountain!
I went up Snowdon. It wasn’t as wet as it looks in this photo. The most boring man in the world sat next to me on the train down from the summit.
Bells
Something like thirty years ago, I was on a bus with my grandfather passing The Whitechapel Bell Foundry; he told me a little about the place and promised to take me for a visit when I was older. Three years ago, I bought a ticket for a tour the following year, then forgot to go. …