A 'dreaded' sunny day and a trip around town hunting down some art galleries and hitting a few other bits along the way. This post also catching some music by an Indie band of the day that I loved and still do. Very recently we had had a bit of a mini heatwave going down (which is pleasant for October), but in some ways a little unexpected after periods of cloud, rain and slightly cooler temperatures, still I guess we…

What's so funny about peace love and understanding? The 'British Pathe' archive video showing one of the 'cheapest' places on a UK Monopoly Board 'The Old Kent Road' (bet it isn't so cheap nowadays!). the song accompanying the video above is performed by Brinsley Schwarz a pub rock band from the late 60's to mid 70's and the track and video always brings a bit of a tear to my eyes, please take a look at a slice of London…

Well, back to some more 'independent' sounds for this post, featuring another area in London and weaving it in with a recent trip 'up smoke', to be honest it has been nice to have a 'divergence' away from the usual style of music for a change and I am sure I will go a bit AWOL again in some future posts, so please 'bear with' and enjoy. So for this post I am hitting South East London and some sounds…

So, with a recent week off work I did quite a bit of popping 'up town' to see some things and places I had never been to before, you know how it is, you just kind of build up a 'bucket list' of stuff and places you feel like you need to go and see in London, just not necessarily the most recognised on the tourist trail as per Eric Morecambe... I guess rather than want to visit some of…

So, we recently took a trip to a City in the UK I have never visited. I still want to go back and explore some more, but what I did see was a quite beautiful thing. We booked the trip up in March and my, the months just fly by! The day of the trip was overcast and generally rainy (typical!). So, in terms of seeing the 'gleaming spires' of Oxford, it just wasn't going to happen. Nonetheless a great…