After another wet, wintry start to the day, by just before mid-day it had brightened up and I set off to the Civic Centre to take Jackie her lunch which she had left in the fridge. This decided the direction in which I would take my walk today and I headed on through Morden forContinue reading “Susan’s Chicken”
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The Martin Café
The cold, wet and windy weather is back. Children’s recreation grounds on my walk to Raynes Park and back were deserted. Silence rained where yesterday had resounded the cries of happy youngsters. Even the birdsong was subdued. My pit stop on this route was, as usual, the Martin Café. I would like to explain whyContinue reading “The Martin Café”
Jack
On another lovely spring day I walked through to Wimbledon and up the hill to Wimbledon Village and back. In Mostyn Road a Range Rover was decanting a young family. As the children spilled out a small boy admonished his sister with the words: ‘You’re wrecking my part of the car’. This was reminiscent ofContinue reading “Jack”
The Village Shop
Another fine spring day saw Jackie and me driving down to Upper Dicker in East Sussex for a family meal with our son Mathew and his wife Tess. In the sunlight the suburban roadside crop of dandelions rivalled the yellow splendour of the countryside’s fields of rape. Trees were now fully plumed with fresh greenContinue reading “The Village Shop”
The Railway Path
Yesterday I wrote of Kevin Lydon’s observation about the pretentiousness of my choice of cinema. This needs a little clarification. He thought I should be satisfied with the films on offer at the three circuit cinemas and one fleapit in Wimbledon, or the independent one in Raynes Park. He had a point. Today was aContinue reading “The Railway Path”
Contrasts
Coffee this morning with a friend in SW1, followed by lunch with another in NW10. I began with a walk to Colliers Wood, mostly through Morden Hall (National Trust) Park and Merton’s Wandle Trail. The boundary between the two is a modern tramline. The Wandle is one of London’s lost rivers; the trail being aContinue reading “Contrasts”
Helpful Passer-By
Jackie tells me that when she went out this morning she encountered a passer-by helpfully picking up all the foxes’ leavings which had been strewn over our lawn (from a neighbour’s black bag!) and helpfully putting all the bits of rotten food into our not yet emptied, carefully packed, recycle bin! The young woman saidContinue reading “Helpful Passer-By”
Rubbish
Today’s walk was the Mostyn Road, Kingston Road, Cannon Hill Lane, Martin Way quadrangle. Passing Rutlish School in Watery Lane I remembered Mick Copleston, my boyhood friend who attended the school during the 1950s. A contemporary of his was John Major. In the photograph of the school cricket team which adorned all the newspapers afterContinue reading “Rubbish”
Hello World!
Welcome to WordPress.com! This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you plan to do with it. Happy blogging! Postscript: It has taken me all this timeContinue reading “Hello World!”
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