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Tag Archives: Canary Wharf
The night raid to Billingsgate.
Shopping for food in the UK is often not, for yours truly, a joyous experience, and this is due to the utter lack of variety. Honest, there’s more individuality in a pool of cloned cells than in UK’s supermarkets. Even … Continue reading
Posted in All things food, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Billingsgate, Billingsgate Market, Blitz, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, Chip shop, City of London constabulary, Cockney, Del Boy, Docklands, East End, Eels, England, Fish, Fish Market, Green Park, India, Kent, Lent, Lobster, London, Luftwaffe, Market, Night, Night Tube, Salmon, Sea Bass, Snapper, Thames, Tilapia, Trout, Tube, Tuna, UK
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Wine, London and fireworks.
A few years ago I tried, together with some friends, to head downtown to see the fireworks. In a word, it was awful. Pissing with rain, the centre was a mess of angry people, mounted police who’d clearly lost their … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, UK
Tagged 2017, 2017 Fireworks, 2017 London Fireworks Photos, Acton, Big Ben, Canary Wharf, City of London, Fireworks, Fireworks Pictures, Houses of parliament, London, London Eye, London Fireworks, London Mayor, London night views, London skyline, New Year's Eve Fireworks, NYE, NYE Fireworks, Olympus, Sadiq Khan, Shard, UK, United Kingdom
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Slow dawn
I’m normally up at 5.30, 6.30 on weekends. Yes, that’s sad. A few months ago I could get up, dressed, fed and caffeinated in the dazzling light of the sun, already high over the city. Then July gave way to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged Canary Wharf, Dawn, Europe, London, Morning, Parliament, Shard, Slow Dawn, UK
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The view from my window.
I’m not one for bragging, but after years living in a basement, or a ground floor flat, it’s nice to be afforded some views, especially when it’s Friday evening, work is 48 hours away, you have a personal treasure of … Continue reading
The world from above: London, UK
I live in London, which means that I happen to fly in or out of London between 30 and 50 times a year. Sometimes I’m sat in an aisle seat, sometimes I’m one of those unlucky sods that happen to … Continue reading
Posted in London, Random memories, The world from above, UK
Tagged airlines, Canary Wharf, Chelsea, East End, Heathrow, London, Rotherhithe peninsula, SAS, Scandinavian Air System, UK, World from above
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