A recent trip via Eurostar took us on a city break to Belgium. I really like the fact that you can travel abroad with so much less hassle than flying and also the added factor that it is so quick (approximately 2 hours), bear in mind in the UK it takes the same amount of time on a train from London to Sheffield for example. We headed out on the 7:40 morning train from Kings Cross St. Pancras International with…

We took a hot and humid trot up to Paddington recently, from the station we headed along by the Grand Union Canal and over the bridge into Rembrandt Gardens and further along the towpath to St. Mary Magdalene church, I had been meaning to visit this church and had suggested to Mrs A might be worth a look at just because of its beautiful interior, as I have mentioned before on this site I am not specifically religious, but I…

I recently took a couple of trips up to different parts of London, on all occasions the weather was quite pleasant i.e. sunny and warm. The first started at Stratford where I hopped the 308 bus towards Clapton (it's not an area I had ever been to before so it would be a bit of a mystery). The bus ride wasn't too bad, it was quite nice to see around the other side of Stratford that I haven't been to…

Ok, so this post touches on a couple of things, partly about a trip we recently took up town and the other about the late great Ian Dury and his first band aptly matching the post name. Recently one Saturday we decided, as it was so nice to head up to London and have a look at an Antiques shop in Lisson Grove (not far from Marylebone). It's not a place we have visited much in the past so my…

Well, a couple of weeks ago we went to Berlin for a short City Break. I have to say in places we were left a bit wanting on some of the planning but, as they say, every day is a school day. You have to also bear in mind that the last time we went on abroad trip was pre-Covid to Venice. So, matched with the apprehensiveness of flying again, the rigmarole of airports, getting to the airport in the…