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Well, it was Father's Day the other weekend and in our household I guess we don't usually do so much to celebrate (much the same for Mother's Day). Save for a card and a small token gift the whole thing just seems a little over hyped by supermarkets and card retailers. Anyway, before the Sunday of Father's Day Mrs Akin and I had booked some tickets for the Friday afternoon at Camden's 'Live Odyssey Event'. It was a beautiful day…

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…

Recently we took a little trip up town hitting the 78 bus from Shoreditch to Nunhead, I have to admit the name doesn't sound that glamorous but it is believed to be named after a local tavern in the area and is said to refer to the beheading of a Nun during the dissolution of the Monasteries, the Nun's head being placed on a spike in the nearby green, however some of this may just be legend... Anyway we decided…

This memory comes from about 33 years ago, isn't it scary how time passes by so quickly, life felt different, I had very little responsibility and was pretty care free, my life consisted pretty much of working, earning and going out spending it and enjoying myself, I didn't have much thought of house, mortgage, wife and kids scenario at the time (I wouldn't swap having that now though). I was a lot younger and as well as being in love…

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…