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Wheeler’s bookshop in Midhurst
This looks like an interesting bookshop to visit in Midhurst, West Sussex.No comments on Wheeler’s bookshop in Midhurst -
Just Kids – Patti Smith
Patti Smith’s Just Kids is an enjoyable portrait of two struggling artists. It left me understanding a little more about what drives an artist. -
Miserable, grey day in London
A grey day in London seemed to carry over to the staff in Notes coffee shop in Trafalgar Square. It’s a nice looking cafe and I liked my coffee and cake, but a smile from any member of staff would have been nice.
After a gentle meander around The Strand and the law buildings, we crossed the river and continued along the South Bank where we passed the paparazzi loitering outside the back of a restaurant.
A grey day, and not many opportunities for using the camera.
Paparazzi on the South Bank
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Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is a wonderful novel. Set in American suburbia in the 1950s, the dialogue rings true, as a marriage crumbles. A fabulous read and I will add the author to a list of authors worth seeking out. -
Mooching around Dorking
On a gorgeous, sunny day, a mooch around Dorking began with dropping off unwanted books at the Oxfam bookshop, followed by coffee and cake in the small but pleasant Two Many Cooks café in South Street. At the new Waterstones I managed to limit my purchases to a mere 3 books (science, memoir and novel), whilst back at the Oxfam shop I picked up a couple of second-hand crime novels. A good day’s shopping!
A decent pub lunch of pork shank (and 5 vegetables!) in the rather plain Queen’s Head, also in South Street, finished off a nice day.
The image below is a panorama looking down over Dorking and is made up of 4 images stitched together with Photoshop Elements.
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WordPress – stop mucking up my images!
Apologies followers. WordPress is putting lines across some of my images.
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Hedgehog burger
There’s an absolutely huge and empty council estate at the Elephant and Castle which is being demolished for re-development. Walking around the fenced area makes you realise just how big an area it is.
Nearby I came across The Roebuck pub, which looked interesting. Bizarrely my Cabernet Sauvignon was white, so that had to go back. From the menu I toyed with having ‘Hedgehog, mushroom and onion burger’ but decided not to. Subsequently I decided it must have been ‘Hedgehog mushroom and onion burger’! In the end I had pigeon pie. It was a bit dry, too salty and I was a bit doubtful as to whether the chunky bits of meat were actually pigeon. But the pub is pleasant and all the Saturday papers were available to read. There are three other pubs in the same chain and they also have nice web sites.
So much walking done that I fell asleep on the train home, waking up to the announcement that my station was the next one; that was close!
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Meet Hal Lasko, Pixel Painter, age 98
“Hal, better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint long after he retired. Now, Grandpa spends ten hours a day moving pixels around his computer paintings.”
Click on the image to visit Hal’s web site. Make sure you watch the video.You can see much more of Hal’s work if you search for Hal Lasko in Google images.
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Fun in London, with Chris
Another fun evening in Covent Garden. Coffee in Café Rouge, followed by a couple of glasses of wine. Beef bourguignon (half a chicken for Chris!) in the neighbouring Boulevard Brasserie (nothing special and not cheap) and finally coffee and cake at a Pret A Manger (unpleasant). Finished off by a walk in the cold and rain, down the Mall to Victoria. Good to see you, mate!
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Books
Mark Watson’s Eleven Is an easy, enjoyable read which links up the lives of eleven people. There’s humour and wisdom, and most of the characters are likeable, as is the book.Alison Moore’s The Lighthouse escapes being unfinished by virtue of being just 180 pages long! A strange read, dull yet interesting. Short enough to hang on to and to attempt a re-read, sometime, perhaps.
Simon Lelic’s Rupture is a fabulous novel which I read in a day. A teacher shoots three pupils and a colleague before shooting himself. An engrossing story about bullying. Highly recommended.
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