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Went to London today (amongst other places)

Had a pretty rad time

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The trees of Euston Square Gardens are emblematic of all the trees that will be destroyed in the building of the high speed rail link

The trees of Euston Square Gardens are emblematic of all the trees that will be destroyed in the building of the high speed rail link

1/2/2021 — The daily walk permitted by the government takes me today to Euston Square Gardens. It’s Day 5 of the tunnel which HS2 Rebellion protesters have dug and occupied under this public open space to prevent HS2 from cutting down the trees there in order to create a taxi rank for HS2. A tree wrapped in scarfs and ribbons outside Euston Station. Photo: Fitzrovia News. The plane trees of…

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It’s a slow process...

Into March we go - 20/270 before today’s (or yesterday’s given I’m writing this after midnight) excursion and I’m starting to doubt that I will complete this… Always much harder when you don’t actually live in London to be fair!

I made sure that I got into London early enough to give myself a bit of time to discover more stations. After getting a cup of coffee from Marylebone, I decided to meander down Marylebone Road and eventually after passing Baker Street and Regent’s Park, reached Great Portland Street (21/270).

I do rather like the old station platforms with the bricks.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t really pay attention to which line I got from there, I think it was the Metropolitan. This then took me one stop along to Euston Square (22/270).

I then made the very short walk from there to Warren Street (23/270).

I then took the Victoria line one stop along to Oxford Circus (24/270).

This was a station I was expecting to do much earlier but never got round to. 

I got out and walked east down Oxford Street, where suddenly I realised that caffeine and I aren’t as friendly as we used to be. I had to pull into a well known burger franchise and although I was planning to eat anyway, had to pay for food before I could use their facilities…

A few minutes later, I left and headed right over the road to Tottenham Court Road (25/270).

I thought I had more time than I actually did so at that point made a little detour on the Central line towards Bank, hoping that by switching between there and Monument, I might encounter a ticket barrier, having never used the link before (very much out of hope than being expectant). Alas I was wrong and so, in a bit of a panic, headed back on the District line from Monument to Embankment and lazily (well, more because I have a better idea of where I’m going from there and thought I’d probably encounter fewer street crossings) got the Bakerloo line back up to Charing Cross where I disembarked.

I was back at the London Coliseum for the English National Opera’s performance of The Winter’s Tale - a world premiere of a piece by Ryan Wigglesworth. It was enjoyable but probably not one I’d hurry back to see.

Homeward bound and with my tally now up to 25/270, I’m still yet to hit the 10% mark at 9.26%, but I am close. I think I’ve decided that at a minimum I’d like to complete Zone 1 (so far 19/63 - 30.16%) by the end of the year. Although I also am aware that I have completed 9/15 - 60% of the Victoria line. Until a week or so, ciao!

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Painted tiles - visual language coming to a close!

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Rapping Poltergeists

Acoustic analysis of inexplicable banging noises recorded during alleged poltergeist activity shows a different sound signature from ordinary banging noises, according to a paper by Dr Barrie Colvin in the latest SPR Journal.

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