look at ‘er eye lights.
by the way, i work for these people and we’ve got a staff friends and family offer, so if i know you and you’re interested in the product offered here at a bargainous price then drop me an email and i’ll tell you what the deal is.
i’ve had no chocolate bars for nearly a year, and it looks like wispa’s are back for good. typical.
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 ?
yesterday afternoon was spent geocaching with friends, and the weather was goooorgeous.
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.
this was a strange thing. it was a giant field full of lovely lawn. turns out it was a turf farm
all the kids carried sticks (it’s a violent world out there, so the kids need to tool up to protect themselves). they had much fun splashing them in this bit of river
and we found a nice xmas fairy geoaching travelbug
as well as lovely pieceful woods.
is this a snake eating a stick ?
andy invited me along to a prayer breakfast yesterday where the bishop of oxford spoke about men and spirituality. all jolly good. and a great breakfast.
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
and we were quickly introduced to the fact we were heading to reading
we were attacked by ladybirds round about here
much of the walk went alongside the fields which are used for the Reading Festival, and it was funny seeing it tentless
there sign said it’s 58 miles to london which is encouraging
i can’t quite remember the order of these photos, but we passed some fantastic houses on the other side of the river
and walked along the delightfully named ‘thames side promenade’
it was good to know the thames path is a public footpath
more signage
we’ve got this glamorous gasometer to see next time
but for now we stopped at Tesco Extra with it’s convenient toilets
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”.
i’d just passed this shop called scallywags so that was quite appropriate.
and near scallywags was an advert for paddywacks who appear at this irish bar
also part of this irish bar was Jung’s head
this was just some of what i saw on the way to my meeting (which i got to in time by the way)
who is it that makes wigs for bulls and cows ? they’re not very good. but then i suppose a bull is unlikely to have much money. perhaps they do it for free. if you’re dealing with a bull it’s sensible to stipulate they’ll be no charge.
if i was being political i’d say this photo sums up the credit crunch. but i’m not so i won’t. but you can if you like.
the arrow’s actually pointing up to saint paul’s dome (although you can’t see the dome as it’s too slightly round the corner). and that’s not actually where the cafe is.
adds more gravitas to the heavenly cakes
