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Tag Archives: London
Six good things (not) on Saturday (October 2019)
Well it would have been 5 on Friday, then moved to 6 on Saturday; 6 on Sunday. And still I hadn’t finished writing. I have now. It may not alliterate but at least it’s finished. Because heaven knows in … Continue reading
Five (good) things on Friday
I seem to have entered a new (and most welcome) phase of having more energy. Maybe co-inciding with longer daylight hours. Roll on the clocks changing later this month…. Here are this week’s Five: Not applying to do a course. … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Do what you can with what you have, Five (good) things on Friday, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Walking
Tagged Bristol, Community, Frugal, hens, London, Reflections, Retirement, Rye, Travel, Two Tunnels Greenway, Walking, Wall art
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Where we’ve been
I thought I’d do a quick round-up of where we’ve been while I’ve been absent from my blog. Our habit of monthly trips away lapsed for a while as other things took priority. But we both found through our ‘gap … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Local food, Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Family, Friends, London, Museum of Childhood, Reflections, Retirement, Shipton Mill, V&A, Walking
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Catch-up time
Oops, there goes another month with barely a post. But now it’s September, a new year beckons, and I’m ready to go with renewed energy and time. I have some catching up to do, and some things maybe that just … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Allotment, Bath City Farm, Celebrations, Community, Crochet, Living, London, New Year, Simplicity, Walking
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“Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner…..
…that I love London town.” This song from my childhood played on a loop in my head, as I walked towards and through the London Bridge and Borough area of London on Tuesday evening, just 3 days after the horrible … Continue reading
The Gap Year: December adventure
(oops- a bit late. Trying to catch up with myself. Gradually….) Another ‘adventure’ that isn’t so very adventurous. But we enjoyed it a lot, confirming my view that ‘adventurous’ isn’t a pre-requisite for an adventure. Oldest son and daughter-out-law were … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Family, Gap year, Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Family, Frugal, Gap year, London, Retirement, Simplicity, Thames river walk, Travel
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The Gap Year: November Part 1
There were two min-adventures in November, both courtesy of Great Western Railway, which had a little-publicised (almost secret) special offer on during October and November, just for those of us who are 60+. Go anywhere on their network for a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gap year, Inspirations, Local, Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Blue plaques, Family, Living, Local, London, Simplicity, Travel, Walking
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The Gap Year: October ‘adventure’
Another month where you might not consider what we did to be an adventure, but I do. Because we didn’t go away anywhere or do anything exotic, and yet it was both familiar and unfamiliar, and quietly entrancing. We stayed … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft, Cycling, Family, Farming, Food, Frugal, Gap year, Growing, Inspirations, Local, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Active travel, Allotment, City Farms, Coping, Gap year, Gardening, growing, Home, Living, London, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Spitalfields, Travel, Volunteering
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Seeing differently: the quiet side of the city
I spent the last weekend in September in London with a close friend. We live on opposite sides of the country, and have got into the habit of meeting up somewhere in the autumn. This year I proposed London, and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Canal and rivers, Cities, Community, Living, Local, London, Reflections, Simplicity, Swimming, Travel, Walking
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April adventure: Walking the Capital Ring
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”. I don’t know much about Samuel Johnson, but he certainly had that right. We both thought we knew London pretty well. It turns out that we (still) only … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Family, Gap year, Inspirations, Local, Nature, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Travels, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Capital Ring walk, Living, Local, London, Reflections, Simplicity, Walking
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the magic jug 