It’s possible, if you’re determined enough, to travel to Barcelona by train from London. I did this yesterday. Eurostar to Paris in two hours, a three hour stop over, including lunch, then onto the SNCF train to Barcelona for six and a half hours. It was dark for the last three or so hours of …
Author Archives: David
Walking Dagenham Week 1
One thing I’d forgotten about the back-roads of Dagenham is the almost fractal nature of them, roads branch off side roads that branch off a close that branch off a cul-de-sec (or banjo, in the colloquial). I’ve decide I’ll only walk those that have a road, I don’t want to venture up pedestrian only areas, …
Photography
I’ve been fascinated by photography ever since I saw a neighbour’s Polaroid camera in the early 1980s. I’m not sure I understood what I was seeing then, but the idea that you could get a picture immediately stuck with me. Growing up, we had a family camera, but it was rarely used due to the …
2023 Walking Dagenham
Being back in the lab this year has really put a cap on my walking around the borough and stepping on bits of it I’ve not stepped on before. To make things easier (& more complicated) I’ve decided that in 2023, instead of seeking out small patches I’ve not trodden on before, I’ll visit entire …
Merry Christmas Eve
Cat sitting in South London with good whisky.