...was looking rather photogenic on Monday night. I was staying near Millbank for a conference - this was taken from Lambeth Bridge. Westminster's not an area I've really been to before (I'm usually a Kensington or King's Cross/Holborn/Covent Garden girl), so it was good to have a wander round somewhere new. I was quite taken with some of the warren of streets behind Millbank and near Westminster Abbey - there were some rather fantastic hidden churches, and lots of lovely (and no doubt very expensive) houses.
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14 April 2010
Ol' Lunnon Town
...was looking rather photogenic on Monday night. I was staying near Millbank for a conference - this was taken from Lambeth Bridge. Westminster's not an area I've really been to before (I'm usually a Kensington or King's Cross/Holborn/Covent Garden girl), so it was good to have a wander round somewhere new. I was quite taken with some of the warren of streets behind Millbank and near Westminster Abbey - there were some rather fantastic hidden churches, and lots of lovely (and no doubt very expensive) houses.
02 February 2009
Another day out in the big smoke
I rather like London in the snow - not quite as romantic as Paris, but pretty good fun.
It was a gorgeous walk through Bloomsbury, Russell Square and King's Cross - not a bus, taxi or car in sight. In fact it was eerily quiet, apart from the squidge of shoes on snow, and the thud of the odd snowball. There was even a snowman waiting at the traffic lights in Russell Square, which made me giggle.
It was a gorgeous walk through Bloomsbury, Russell Square and King's Cross - not a bus, taxi or car in sight. In fact it was eerily quiet, apart from the squidge of shoes on snow, and the thud of the odd snowball. There was even a snowman waiting at the traffic lights in Russell Square, which made me giggle.
08 January 2009
London calling
I headed down to London yesterday for a meeting, and got the chance to do one of my favourite things - walk.
I love looking at London's streets and buildings, as they're nothing like we get up here. Gateshead's city centre is pretty brutalistic 1960s concrete all round, although Newcastle is rather more classical, especially in Grainger Town and Grey Street. It meant I had a fantastic wander down from King's Cross to Covent Garden, marvelling at the sci-fi Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury (I quite fancied one of the apartments, which had a beautiful terraced garden), a detour to the always elegant British Museum, and then a brisk stroll along Southampton Row and Kingsway to the delights of Bush House.
I also had a twirl around Covent Garden, which as ever was overpriced, twee and disappointing - and bizarrely full of 1950s-style cupcake and sweetie sellers. What gives?
It was also quite fun wandering around Drury Lane and the theatres, although the large pictures of David Tennant et al in the RSC productions are rather unnerving at first glance - when you're used to watching people on the telly or iPlayer, suddenly seeing them 8ft high is rather disturbing.
Anyway, the meeting was good. And I found Paddington Bears galore to photograph for the three-year-old, and brought home some of the best croissants in the world from the Eurostar station at St Pancras.
All in all, a good day.
I love looking at London's streets and buildings, as they're nothing like we get up here. Gateshead's city centre is pretty brutalistic 1960s concrete all round, although Newcastle is rather more classical, especially in Grainger Town and Grey Street. It meant I had a fantastic wander down from King's Cross to Covent Garden, marvelling at the sci-fi Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury (I quite fancied one of the apartments, which had a beautiful terraced garden), a detour to the always elegant British Museum, and then a brisk stroll along Southampton Row and Kingsway to the delights of Bush House.
I also had a twirl around Covent Garden, which as ever was overpriced, twee and disappointing - and bizarrely full of 1950s-style cupcake and sweetie sellers. What gives?
It was also quite fun wandering around Drury Lane and the theatres, although the large pictures of David Tennant et al in the RSC productions are rather unnerving at first glance - when you're used to watching people on the telly or iPlayer, suddenly seeing them 8ft high is rather disturbing.
Anyway, the meeting was good. And I found Paddington Bears galore to photograph for the three-year-old, and brought home some of the best croissants in the world from the Eurostar station at St Pancras.
All in all, a good day.
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