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Snowy Thames Path walk

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March 17, 2013

Back in January us Londoners had a bit of proper snow and it was lovely. Also that month, stories appeared on the Interwebs declaring that the Thames Path by the Lovell’s development was to be opened after being shut for years (that is how it felt at least).

These two exciting events coincided with a visit from my aunt and uncle the weekend after the snow, so what better thing to do in freezing January than go for a walk to the O2! :)

It was also another opportunity to crack out the new shiny camera so here are some photos…

My favourite local, The Pelton Arms

An amazing sight! One can walk beside the river!





I spotted these wooly bollard hats two days earlier and found out they were the work of the Guerilla Knitters, Greenwich branch. Part of this walk turned into ‘spot the knitting’ which was quite enjoyable.







After the first knitting spots we came to Enderby’s Wharf which is supposed to be turning into a cruise liner terminal

Yes, I do cruelly force family members to pose for embarrassing photos





The east side of the Isle of Dogs is in the background

Morden Wharf with its awesome lettering



Spotted this great bit of work, I would imagine the Greenwich Industrial History Society were involved





Thwarted!

After walking the long way round we finally reached the O2 and went to Starbucks for a much needed hot drink!

We then went on the cable car but it was raining by that time and my photos are completely awful. It was fun though! Hooray for Boris’s dangleway!

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Tags: Enderby Wharf, Greenwich, Greenwich Guerilla Knitters, Greenwich Industrial History, Greenwich Industrial History Society, Morden Wharf, Thames Path, The Pelton Arms
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London from the 6th floor of One New Change

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February 17, 2013

Whilst in the City last Saturday I came upon One New Change and went in to see what all the fuss was about. Not much to see, bog standard new shopping centre with a mediocre range of shops and restaurants.

However, the architect did some wonderful things to lift this shopping centre out of its mediocrity. For example, if you go to the lift in the centre of the building, the aspect from the lift is of St Paul’s Cathedral and the shopping centre has been split in the middle so you get a stunning view of the cathedral as you rise and fall. Nice!

Also stunning is the free panorama from the 6th floor, take the lift up to this superb view…














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Tags: Jean Nouvel, London, One New Change, St Paul's Cathedral, The Shard
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Crystal Palace Park in 1986

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February 10, 2013

Until 1989 my family and I lived in Catford and the nearest big parks were Greenwich Park and Crystal Palace Park. As we would go to both parks, both have been documented in the home video my Dad shot over two weekends in 1986 (the Greenwich video and blog can be found here).

This slice of video features the park zoo, the cafe and various shots of my brother and his cousin Patrick running about. :-)

What direction are we coming from? Somewhere near the railway viaduct that runs into Crystal Park station?

Running up that hill

It appears the zoo was closed at some point as it reopened in 2008 as Crystal Palace Farm

Rita, Lara, Llama

Sisters and cousins

Toucan! :-)

Penguins!!!

Visiting the cafe with my cousin Jayne

Brother Andrew

Cousin Patrick with the best glasses!

Aping around with Guy the Gorilla

Video time. :-)


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Wild Honey

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January 26, 2013

I had lunch at Wild Honey in Mayfair last June, we went as the other half had a lovely time at Arbutus with his mum on Mother’s Day.

Arbutus is another ‘cheap’ but swanky restaurant set up by restauranteurs Anthony Demetre and Will Smith*. Arbutus was the first (2006), Wild Honey (2007) is the second and Les Deux Salons is the most recent (2010).

All three restaurants aim to provide excellent food and service at a lower price than you would expect for your Michelin star, Arbutus and Wild Honey have had one apiece for the past few years.

Demetre and Smith also want their diners to feel relaxed and have taken away some of the formality you would expect of an expensive restaurant. Fewer hovering staff, less formal presentation. To my mind it worked very well and the dark wood panelled interior of Wild Honey was warm and inviting.

To the food…

Poached egg, foam and asparagus, beautifully presented, perfectly cooked, yum yum yum.

Farinette and English snails with radishes and olives.

Very rich and extremely filling lamb! Plus lovely courgettes and pine nuts.

Cod and boneless crispy chicken wings with peas and radishes. Greatly loved!

Beautiful painting with hundreds of people dancing on an ice rink. Wild Honey had a makeover not long after our visit so I don’t think it is there anymore. :(

Amazing beautiful sweet wonderful fluffy and chewy pavlova with strawberries and vanilla cream. So so so brilliant!!!

Warm chocolate soup with milk sorbet, delicious so I am told.

Grand Marnier and cocktail for dessert. :D

Naughty naked ladies in the loos! There were loads of them, how rude.

A splendid dinner was had, we felt relaxed and welcome, and a wee bit envious of the diners next to us who ate from the excellent looking cheese board right behind our table. If only we had had room…

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Total spend including drinks and service charge was £130.

*Caterer Search article on Demetre and Smith

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Nikon D5100 with 18-105mm VR lens

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January 23, 2013

I did it, I bought a flashy pants digital SLR camera! :D . This one in fact!

I’ve only had it a week but here are some photos from my first 24 hours… more to follow… and I can blog properly now!


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2012 Photography

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December 30, 2012

Below are my Flickr photos from 2012. The slideshow doesn’t represent the whole year as my camera is kinda broken! This is VERY sad.

I’m considering purchasing an expensive one for my birthday so hopefully I will be snapping away again soon!


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