Apsley House from Hyde Park Corner Apsley House at Hyde Park Corner in Central London is the London home of the Dukes of Wellington, although the house is named after the first owner, Lord Apsley. The house was given the popular nickname of Number One, London, since it was the first house passed by visitors … Continue reading Slow Summer | Apsley House | Number One, London
I’ve noted all my numbers this month, more out of habit than anything else. I seem to have run out of enthusiasm for making a Project Life style scrapbook page, so I’m simply going to record them here. Was July joyous? Let’s see what the numbers made of it: 42 walks with Tilly27,203 steps walked by me … Continue reading Month in Numbers | July 2022
In Victorian times, 50 Berkeley Square in Mayfair was known as the most haunted house in London. It developed its fearsome reputation when a Mr. Myers was jilted at the altar and became a recluse, living alone and only leaving his tiny room at night to walk by candlelight. Later, following the death of a … Continue reading Slow Summer | London’s Most Haunted House
It was a week of sticky weather, a Slow Summer outing, hours on a motorway and being with people we love. The Boy and I went in search of London's most haunted house ... more on that soonThe Boy began work on his summer project - General Omar BradleyWe left London for our Northern Road … Continue reading Me on Monday | 8 August
The Phoenix Garden is a community garden located just behind the Phoenix Theatre on Charing Cross Road. Designed to give people working or living in the West End a green retreat, it offers the chance to see some nature, and is a great spot to retreat to when the summer heat starts to make life … Continue reading Slow Summer | Phoenix Garden, Soho
The moat at the Tower of London has been turned into a Summer garden in honour of Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee. To mark that occasion, over 20 million seeds have been sown in the moat, which will grow over the course of the summer, creating a beautiful, new naturalistic landscape. Designed to attract pollinators, the … Continue reading Slow Summer | The Tower of London in Bloom
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy It was another week of hot and sticky weather. The Boy and I embarked on our Summer adventures ... more on those coming soonThe Boy went flying ... more on that soonI went to see the dental hygienistI had a pedicureI started working on the Traveler's Notebook for our upcoming Road … Continue reading Me on Monday | 1 August
Grill in the middle of Charing Cross Road It doesn't matter how long I have lived in London for, I know that there is always something new to discover. And I particularly enjoy it when I learn about something that is supposedly hidden right under my feet. 🙂 The Boy and I had come in … Continue reading Slow Summer | Secret London Beneath Our Feet
Created in memory of London's East End residents killed in World War II, the Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden sits on the former site of Hermitage Wharf, which was destroyed in a firebomb raid in December 1940. When the area came to be redeveloped in the late 1990s, the builders of a new block of flats … Continue reading Slow Summer | Weekday Walk | The Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
The Summer holidays are here and Covid cases are rising again - currently one person in seventeen in England has the virus. Yet again, I am asking the question ... How do I give The Boy a great Summer without potentially putting any of us at risk? Like last year, the answer has actually been … Continue reading Summer Plans 2022 | Where COVID-19 Is Still A Factor
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