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For this post the music element, which usually follows me when I travel around this time came to me way after the event. When I was wandering around the Capital on this little trip my head was full of nothing, literally I was just enjoying the moment, the sunshine, the peace in between the hustle of city life. Some refer to this kind of effect as 'mindfulness' i.e. being in the moment no cares or worries, just letting things wash…

Finally Spring appears to have sprung! The past week has been full of more calm weather here, the sun shining and when in it the rays feel just a bit warmer, it is obviously still not shirt sleeves weather but it is a welcome change from bitter cold winds and rain. We booked up a little walking tour up town late on a Friday night, admittedly we have done quite a few in the past e.g. The Ripper Walk Tour…

A recent trip around the capital took Mrs Akin and I to the Victoria & Albert Museum up in terribly posh and nice South Kensington. The trains were out for engineering work (sigh!) so we 'tubed' it up on The District Line, to be honest it wasn't to bad a journey (plenty of sitting though). By the time we reached our destination my a**e was telling my legs they need a walk. We hopped off and followed the subway to…

Step back through the pages of time to the end of October when I took a little solo trot up to London, it wasn't one of those journeys for much more of a reason other than I just wanted to be out and about. I have been to Camden loads of times so, I guess for me it is not that much of a new experience getting off at Camden Station and trotting through the main drag, dodging through the…

How very January! The weather has been quite appalling here from before Christmas and into the New Year ranging from just plain grey and dull to extremely windy, rainy and more recently a whole snow dump hit us with temperatures fluctuating from some days hitting minus figures to others in the whole double digit range. I guess it is to be expected as we are still in Winter, but still difficult to know whether to flick the heating on or…