Two! We found a scooter for Sharne this morning and have been tearing all over London for most of the afternoon. It’s a sensational way to get around the mad house that is London; will see how we go in the winter. However in the meantime, summer seems to be starting it’s day light until 9pm, soon it’ll be light until 11pm. At £6 a tank to fill up for two weeks running, there’s no doubt that many great scooter adventures lie ahead.
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That’s it, after 6 weeks on the Northern line I’d had it with the tube, when it works it’s brilliant, when it doesn’t, with two line changes during peak; it can take you an hour to travel 6 miles. First day out riding to work here (as you may know I am experienced on the roads with motorbikes) London is not actually that bad on a bike; of course I rode through the busiest intersection on the planet next to Times Square (Kings Cross); but it still only took me about 25 minutes from Limehouse (Eastend) to Camden. We need to two sccota’s, going to get Sharne one tomorrow.
It was a few long weeks ago that we had a short break; we were so glad for another long weekend, so why not visit England! I realise that may sound hilarious for those that know we live in the middle of London; but London is not England (in fact far from it). So braving London’s traffic (took half an hour to get 8 miles across town) in Streetcar we set off for another country. Continue reading ‘Let’s Visit England!’
For the bank holiday weekend we also took the Friday off and booked a weekend away in Dublin, Ireland. We are only a few stops on the Docklands Light Rail to the London City airport; for a small premium (London City is a business airport servicing key European cities) flight getaways cannot get any easier. Continue reading ‘Dublin for a long weekend’
I have got a new job! Now working for an online gaming and social networking site called Doof, based in Camden. It’s a very interesting application and the games are a lot of fun; sadly I don’t actually sit around and play them all day, but hey if it’s part of the application then it’s got to be tested 
Been meaning to blog this one for awhile. I just couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t go snowboarding at least once this winter, so Simon and I got a package deal through an online broker called Ski Solutions (all good, recommend them). Continue reading ‘Snowboarding Chamonix’
Considering it is spring, it was quite unexpected that we would get our first snow on Easter weekend. Other than visiting the Tower of London (which we walk past nearly every day) we spent our time indoors. I have also just learnt that park and old church cemetery you can see across the road in the photo used to be a plague pit; where 154 people got buried in one day!
Now that we’ve moved a little bit further away from the largest supermarket in the East End (E1 Sainsbury’s), the household question has been raised of how are we going to do the weekly shopping without tubing, busing, waiting for a delivery or walking for some distance? I certainly do not want to own a car in the middle of London. There is an answer! Street Car. Located roughly 200m from our front door I am yet to even drive one; but if the experience so fair is anything to go by (emails are promptly answered, they called me within 5 minutes of signing up and a glowing testimonial from a work colleague) are we in for casual transportation nirvana?
All moved into a new place. We are still in the East End and keeping it kind-a-real, but this hood (Limehouse) is more upmarket than the chapel. Limehouse & its close by neighborhood, Wapping is between Canary Wharf, where many of the banks headquarter and the square mile of London City (Stock exchange, publishing, finance and more banking). You can see the top part of The Gherkin from our lounge. There’s an historical graveyard on the opposite corner (dating from around 1650) complete with wood pigeons and squirrels. The area is SO quiet compared to the last place.
