We were going to start our 'real life' search for a new home in North London by going to an open house viewing of a flat nearby. But when we are about to leave we realise there's no house number on the ad. Husband phones the estate agent. Our first mistake: the guy at the other end is so obnoxious … [Read more...]
A town I’m not going to miss
A few years ago when a book called Crap Towns: the 50 Worst Places to Live in the UK was published I'm not sure if the closest city to us ever featured in it. Probably not since the book was very much tongue in cheek whereas the town we live outside of is truly crap. During the … [Read more...]
Shall I count the ways?
As the weeks march on, I try hard not to think negatively about how our lives are going to change. I keep telling myself that this is what I want, to live in a city, to be close to everything, not to have to get into my car every time I need as much as a pint of milk. I crave the presence … [Read more...]
Life can be hard…
Sometimes it attacks us all: desperation. You cannot but ask yourself, 'why me?'. The answer could lie in the words of some great woman or man,'You deserve the life you've got.' Or,'If it's not working out, do something about it.'But change is difficult, and even if … [Read more...]
I must have been dreaming…
During our flat-hunting weekend up in Hampstead we had the good fortune to see another play at the Donmar Warehouse on Saturday. This time it was the turn of Simon Gray's The Late Middle Classes with Helen McCrory, Peter Sullivan, Eleanor Bron and Robert Glenister. I have to admit to an … [Read more...]
In a spin over plates
When I sit down at a table in a restaurant and the first course is served on a oblong, square, or half-moon shaped plate, or even worse on a piece of slate or wood, my heart sinks. I may be dull and old-fashioned but I like my coffee in a cup and my food on a round plate. When it's anything else, I … [Read more...]
Round and round in circles
I am beginning to annoy myself. I bet I'm also annoying you my lovely readers, for which I apologise.But, as the Big Move date draws still closer we haven't decided where we're moving to. One day I think I've made up my mind and then the next I'm totally undecided. Naturally the location … [Read more...]
Scary is not the word for it…and what I wore.
Over the weekend, half of which I spent in sunny NW London, we got the news that our move from the 'country paradise' (called that by the local rag in their 'The House of the Week' -feature) is more imminent than we anticipated. This, I keep telling myself, is wholly good news and not at all … [Read more...]
Changes
I've just read a post by one of my blogging friends North West London Girl in the Country about moving from the city, a life she knew, to a new lifestyle in the country. As she herself admitted her blog portrays an idyllic life, with beautiful children and a handsome husband. She's making great … [Read more...]
Oh I do like to be by the seaside, Oh I do like to be beside the sea…
The Southsea factor has once again raised its lovely, sunny head.Yesterday we drove down to the South Coast after a thrilling afternoon at White Hart Lane when we (Tottenham Hotspur) beat Chelsea 2-1. For those who don't follow English football, Chelsea are another London team like us. But they … [Read more...]