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Do not touch any military debris. It may explode and kill you.
Unexpected, sudden, day off. I went to West Ham and then I went further.
At this point I should apologise for treading all over killsurfcity's parish without prior ( Read more... ) -
Dogs must be carried
Chancery Lane, ascending from the platforms. Observing the conditions of carriage, a woman hefts up her fairly large dog into her arms and steps onto the moving staircase. The hound appears at first surprised - the roll of its eyes seems to indicate alarm - this is evidently not an everyday occurrence. But then it identifies a meaning in the ( Read more... ) -
A man with a faun on his lap
On a weekday midday intercity train to a northwestern city, a youngish couple are seated several rows ahead of us. The woman is next to the window, her legs across those of her adjacent companion. The high seat backs all but obscure the pair from my view, but the woman's feet and ankles are visible across the aisle. In dark tights, at this angle, ( Read more... ) -
It's the season when you'd want a fire, or would be if it was properly cold
A woman standing near me on the platform at Chancery Lane tube the other morning gave off a scorched odour.
More precisely, as if she had been close to a burning car for a while.
Not just the burnt rubber smell, but also the hot metal, melted synthetic materials, the petrol flared off and the leather and the paint all incinerated.
