October 2008
charity shop items
if i walk to my office from ealing broadway station (takes about an hour) then i get to pass a couple of charity shops.
and often on a monday morning there’s stuff outside left by anonymous weekend donators. and often it’s been inspected by passers by and the good bits taken away.
but it ends up being like the shop has spilled out in the street, and i for one am attracted by the rich seam of bric-a-brac and randomness
there was a great selection yesterday morning including training manuals on lubricants, adhesives and sealers, and a box of floppy disks
what more could you want ?
red (hot) october
i recon it’s something to do with iceland. their financial crisis has reduced the amount of cold weather they can export and as a result we’re sweltering in october.
thames path – part 19 mapledurham lock to tescos
it was back to the thames path yesteday for another glorious day of walking. this stretch was a lot more urban than we’ve had previously and we saw a lot more ‘real life’
this is a pub under development, and the returned to the thames at the bottom of some steep steps which go over a train line. this certainly wasn’t the quietest of stretches
much of the first bit was walking between the train line (high above) and the thames below
much of the walk went alongside the fields which are used for the Reading Festival, and it was funny seeing it tentless
liverpool
my train arrived at liverpool slime street at 10.15 and my meeting started at 11am by Albert Dock. i decided that gave me enough time to do some serious speed tourism
this chap saw my camera and said “wanna take a picture of me mate?” in a joking liverpool accent. i shocked him by saying yes, and he went “wwwwhaaaay”.