Posts tagged under London
Pushchairs, trolleys and a London bus
Posted: 3 May, 2015The London bus is crowded, its passengers are the normal blend of working class, multicultural Eastenders. Most of the passengers on the lower deck are ...
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.A Motorway Blowout
Posted: 18 February, 2015We are halfway through one of our regular drives from London to Wiltshire, we have just passed by the grey built-up suburbs of Reading, and now, in contrast, we are being treated to vast fields of flourishing yellow rapeseed.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.Jobsworth
Posted: 11 September, 2011I leave the supermarket with two loaded bags of groceries; I’ve just spent 15 minutes in a checkout queue and am glad to leave the noisy, chaotic, brightly lit environment.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.A Tiding of Magpies
Posted: 11 October, 2010In the mornings, I travel to work via the Marshes. If I’m very early, I often spot wide-eyed rabbits and occasionally disturb a tiding of magpies.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.London: Terror Threat Level Reduced
Posted: 11 February, 2006As the train leaves the station I take a moment to look at my fellow passengers; I see that they are also uneasy, their eyes dart around the carriage like birds alert for predators.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.A Helicopter in the sky
Posted: 26 May, 2006I woke up early on another workday morning, and after breakfast I stood in the garden to drink my first cup of coffee.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.Like old friends?
Posted: 22 February, 2006I have been cycling to work along the same route for about five years, I take the short cut over the Marshes and up into Hackney, East London.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.Amsterdam: a tale of high winds and fear of flying
Posted: 7 October, 2010The storm has been raging for two days; the autumn leaves that had been lying on the ground like damp confetti are now in flight. They blow around, violent swirling micro-tornadoes.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.For a fleeting moment…
Posted: 20 August, 2009I see myself standing in a narrow street of an Italian mountain town, the air is cool and fresh, the sky blue and the sun is warm on my face.
Post by: Leeroy Lugg.The urban traveller
Posted: 22 May, 2007I have come to the conclusion that urban rail travel produces a different set of behaviours to non-urban travel.
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