Am drafting this post on the Eurostar, speeding towards Paris (2 hours 15 minutes from St Pancras - faster than going into town!), after spending a great few days in London. How best to describe the confusing experience of visiting London, such a familiar place after all the years I lived here, yet so unfamiliar due to all the changes since I’ve been gone!?
Some things that have changed since last I visited North London:
St Pancreas International Station
The huge number of bikes that have suddenly appeared (it’s almost Paris!)
The last remaining Routemaster (the No 73) has been replaced
The new 73 Bendy-bus comes literally every two minutes (a huge improvement on the twice hourly ordeal)
Even more cafés on Stoke Newington Church Street
Recycling
The Vortex
Things that have not changed so much:
The Fox Reformed, The George Orwell, The Lord Clyde, The Daniel Defoe, The Green Man
The summer weather
Couldn't resist documenting these quite contrasting responses to the eminently bankable Banksy’s Islington oeuvre: the local council has decided to protect its investment with perspex on Essex Road, while local residents have expressed slightly different sentiments about this one in Cross Street!
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