I’ve come to appreciate the none city environment more through the pandemic and lockdown. The ability to escape the city (that I still adore) was taken away from us for so long over the last year that when during breaks of lockdown we were able to go out exploring I relished the chance to walk … Continue reading For the Love of Parks
Museums and art galleries have been closed since the start of lockdown on at the end of March. They were allowed to open from the 4th July. Some s did open straight away (the National Gallery reopened on the 8th July) but the larger London galleries started to reopen from the 25th July on wards … Continue reading Art in the age of Lockdown
It has been a hot one! The UK has been hit by a heatwave this week and it was definitely felt here in the city. Its been very hot in our little flat. the poor fans have been working double time at trying to keep us cool. The lovely hot weather did mean that we … Continue reading Day 86: Sunday Cycle
I've been a bit lacking on diary posts of late, I’ve been distracted by work related things. My company are unfortunately having to make redundancies to survive so we are going through a consultation period. It’s sad but I guessed it would come to this. Not sure any travel company will be coming out of … Continue reading Day 79: Green fingers and ice cream
As I mentioned a couple of days back, on Saturday we had an afternoon tea from the Ham Yard Hotel delivered to us. What an absolute treat. I first saw it advertised a week ago on the Firmdale Hotels Instagram feed. They were advertising that the Ham Yard hotel, a place I have been for … Continue reading Afternoon Tea Delivery
The sun decided to come back out this weekend which was lovely as it meant I got to wear my new shorts by Aesthetic Laundry, a little independent business I became aware of from Instagram. Its owned by three women who make the clothes themselves and are super lovely ( a batch of material for … Continue reading Day 72: Westminster bound
Sorry for the lack of posts over the last couple of days but it’s all been very dull so not much to report. However today we decided to head off on the bikes to explore Central London again as it may be our last chance as the shops open again soon. This time we were … Continue reading Day 65: cycling London
So today should have been our wedding, but it has been postponed until the autumn, thanks Covid-19! We decided instead of going for yet another walk to dust off the bikes and cycle. Friends have posted photos of quiet city roads so we thought we would take advantage of the fewer cars and hit the … Continue reading Day 37: Dusting off the bike
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