Visiting London’s Thames Barrier & Farmopolis There is stillness, a silence, around the Thames barrier. If you stop to listen more closely, all around you’ll hear the muffled echoing metallic… Continue Reading →
Exploring London: From Westminster to Chinatown “In people’s eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men shuffling… Continue Reading →
A London Walk: From South Kensington to World’s End True summer has finally arrived in London. Evenings are warmer this week, so I decided to take the long way home and make the… Continue Reading →
Exploring London: Eel Pie Island In deepest Twickenham, along the muddy Thames, you’ll find a narrow, faded-green footbridge that leads to a magical world called Eel Pie Island. A… Continue Reading →
A Rhododendron Walk: The Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park – London “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James… Continue Reading →
Exploring London: Bethnal Green & Columbia Road Flower Market As I walked up Bethnal Green Road, there was no doubt I was back in the trendy, refreshingly diverse, colourful, gritty, old streets of… Continue Reading →
