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It has to be said that Hampstead is a quite lovely (and expensive to live) place. The houses grand and often huge and gothic looking, the high street offers plenty of independent shops selling all sorts of 'artisan' fare and it seems to be a bit of a blue plaque haven with over 75 being located around the area including: George Orwell (author), Sir Edward Elgar (composer) and Marie Stopes (pioneer of family planning) to name just a few. Hampstead…

So, on a recent week off I took a little trip back from whence I was born, it was not so much a choice thing really as the car needed a visit to the garage for some fixing to the front suspension (not a cheap job!). Thing is I have always taken my cars to the same garage mostly because I trust the guys there and they always seem to do a good job…and I guess I am just a…

Seems like everywhere I go to in London there are works of some description either roads are being dug up or buildings being pulled down or being built, Even when I went for a stroll at lunchtime when I went into the office in London recently that was also marred by pathways closed due to some sort of digging going on. Sigh! It's like London is being overtaken by moles! For this post it's not so much to do with…

Well we recently headed up town to a very 'posh' venue as it was a birthday celebration we'd booked dinner at one of London's well known hotels/restaurants. To be honest we got it as a Groupon gig so it was quite a bit cheaper (more affordable) than if we'd just booked without. I had a little nosey around the area to see if there were some things we could do before the dinner at 5:30, although both of us have…

Such A Digital Lifetime Ago. For this this post, not so much a physical journey, but more a mental one in remembering old sounds and school memories. This record reaching the heady heights of #13 in the UK charts in January 1980. Living By Numbers at youtube by the band New Musik with it's wonderfully diverse cross section of southern accents ranging from South and East London and some slightly more 'clipped British accents'. The track was pretty ahead of…