How deeply undignified. It seems to be a temporary state for some Camden style festival, so I hope that next time I see them they will have reverted to their shiny black as befits cats […]
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not part of the exhibition
… or at least, not as far as I know. Everything is upside down, including the For Sale sign.
seaside treats 2
In contrast with East Beach, the West beach cafe is lovely. Designed by Asif Khan, it’s modest and entirely appropriate to its location, looking a bit like a container at the top of the beach. […]
seaside treats 1
This was the much-postponed trip for Marion’s birthday, and we finally made it to Littlehampton, and the Thomas Heatherwick-designed cafe. The food was really terrific, but the architecture? The most interesting side of the building […]
borders 2
After we’d walked along the Long Mynd in the morning, a complete contrast to the valleys of the previous day, all moorland and huge horizons, we were off to Stokesay Castle. It’s is a wonderfully […]
loose ends
Exploits in Istanbul 10.1 Last day mopping up – up the Galata tower, partly because it’s there, and it’s old and it has a great view, and also because it’s our local tower, and we […]
bicycles and aqueducts
Exploits in Istanbul 9.1 Istanbul is probably the least bike-friendly city I’ve been to – evil hills, scary taxi drivers, unusable pavements for pedestrians and cobbles and potholes for all. So it’s surprising how many […]
grand stations
Exploits in Istanbul 8.2 Project 2: to visit the two grand railway stations in Istanbul, the one European, the other Asian. The trains used to be put on a ferry and shipped across the Bosphorus, […]
totally different
Exploits in Istanbul 8.1 Went walking around a totally different kind of area today, up the west side of the Golden Horn. The streets are tiny and the houses have bay fronts. Parts are almost […]
a nice day out
Exploits in Istanbul 7.1 The Alternative Bosphorus Cruise as devised by Robin from a multitude of sources started by riding the Metro the end of the line. It’s new, and unbelievably deep – we must […]