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Once again we decided to hit Hampstead and again (maybe it has its own micro climate) but the weather was beautiful, the sun shining and wonderfully warm for Spring. Heading uphill along Heath Street where the road forks at the roundabout, to the right is Spaniards Road and to the left is North End Way, we took the latter and not far lies a track into the woods right near Inverforth Close, we followed it along and down to our…

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…

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…

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…

So, time goes by just too quickly for my liking. We did a trip to Chester all the way back in 2021, wow! Google Photos just threw it up as a memory and I had no idea quite how long ago it was! I guess I am posting this as it was around about the same time of year and also a very enjoyable short break from the humdrum of life. I seem to remember we had an absolute hellish…