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Emily and I have taken up swimming on a (roughly) weekly basis. We're generally preferring Marshall Street fitness centre in Soho for convenience. I've also used Sidcup swimming baths once, which had warmer water but is barely ever open in the evenings for lane swimming, in favour of swimming clubs and other events.
On Saturday 6th I went to the Thames Southbank where there was a bread festival going on. Disappointingly, none of the related stalls were selling edibles for lunch, and there was only one stall to my recollection selling bread at all! Fortunately there were other things going on along the Thames, so I got some tasty food and watched some limboers/plate spinners.
Now that it's cold and dark outside, Emily and I have been taking the opportunity to sample the best hot chocolate, as listed in Time Out's guide to the best hot chocolate. We have had mixed results, and are planning to create a separate blog to document our efforts. One night, we went to Cocomaya, just north of Hyde Park. The hot chocolate, after the frosty owners actually decided to let us in through the door, tasted like it had too little milk and too much cornflour in it, but afterwards we walked along the North edge of Hyde Park, and came across several bales of hay dotted along the pathway. They were difficult to jump up onto but very comfortable to sit on once you were there!
The next weekend we went to Oxleas Woods near Falconwood railway station, since it was mentioned on a National Woodland Trust "best autumn woodlands" list. It didn't disappoint. It was a lovely ancient woodland on a bright sunny day, and to top that there was also a lovely walled garden and even a small castle. It's part of the London Green Chain, which we shall have to explore some more.
The 21st was Emily and my first anniversary and we celebrated it by having pain au chocolate in the morning, taking a walk through Joyden's Wood in Bexley afterwards, then coming back home and cooking oven-roasted ratatouille followed by chocolate fondant, eaten by candlelight.
On Hallowe'en weekend, while rabbit-sitting for my parents, we carved a dragon into a pumpkin. I say 'we', in actuality Emily is much better and I contributed a mere wing on the resulting dragon. On Hallowe'en night itself, Emily, her flatmate Tim, and I did apple-bobbing, and I won the speed competition by virtue of being unafraid of completely dunking my head into the bowl of cold water (and displacing a lot of water onto the floor).
And finally...
( Fourth Doctor nerdery )
I'm still hoping to get through the rest of the classic series before the 50th anniversary in just over a year's time, because I'm sure the new series will be chucking in a bunch of references. I just hope that I can stand it!
On Saturday 6th I went to the Thames Southbank where there was a bread festival going on. Disappointingly, none of the related stalls were selling edibles for lunch, and there was only one stall to my recollection selling bread at all! Fortunately there were other things going on along the Thames, so I got some tasty food and watched some limboers/plate spinners.
Now that it's cold and dark outside, Emily and I have been taking the opportunity to sample the best hot chocolate, as listed in Time Out's guide to the best hot chocolate. We have had mixed results, and are planning to create a separate blog to document our efforts. One night, we went to Cocomaya, just north of Hyde Park. The hot chocolate, after the frosty owners actually decided to let us in through the door, tasted like it had too little milk and too much cornflour in it, but afterwards we walked along the North edge of Hyde Park, and came across several bales of hay dotted along the pathway. They were difficult to jump up onto but very comfortable to sit on once you were there!
The next weekend we went to Oxleas Woods near Falconwood railway station, since it was mentioned on a National Woodland Trust "best autumn woodlands" list. It didn't disappoint. It was a lovely ancient woodland on a bright sunny day, and to top that there was also a lovely walled garden and even a small castle. It's part of the London Green Chain, which we shall have to explore some more.
The 21st was Emily and my first anniversary and we celebrated it by having pain au chocolate in the morning, taking a walk through Joyden's Wood in Bexley afterwards, then coming back home and cooking oven-roasted ratatouille followed by chocolate fondant, eaten by candlelight.
On Hallowe'en weekend, while rabbit-sitting for my parents, we carved a dragon into a pumpkin. I say 'we', in actuality Emily is much better and I contributed a mere wing on the resulting dragon. On Hallowe'en night itself, Emily, her flatmate Tim, and I did apple-bobbing, and I won the speed competition by virtue of being unafraid of completely dunking my head into the bowl of cold water (and displacing a lot of water onto the floor).
And finally...
( Fourth Doctor nerdery )I'm still hoping to get through the rest of the classic series before the 50th anniversary in just over a year's time, because I'm sure the new series will be chucking in a bunch of references. I just hope that I can stand it!
