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Last Orders On This Stretch Of The Thames Path

Looks like Sunday might have been the last chance to get round this part of the Thames Path before it closes for three months for the demolition of the refinery silos. To be ‘nibbled’ from the top down. Huh? Why don’t they just blow them up? Somebody changed their mind because they had actually warned…

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If You Go Down To The Woods – Oxleas

Oxleas Wood is one of the few remaining areas of ancient deciduous forest in London dating back over 8,000 years. So never mind the Styrofoam, feel the age. Bagpuss To me this log looks like a cat, specifically Bagpuss (RIP). Log cat lol cat. Whiskers, one eye and ears. What more does a fevered imagination…

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Country Lamp Post

Narnia springs to mind but I loathe the allegorical, classist, sexist, quasi-religiosity so much I’ll have to wash my mouth out. Possibly related posts – automagicaly generated: Watching You Watching Him (0) Sevendrug – err Severndroog (1) Sevendroog Castle. Trompe L’Oeil (0) Postcard from Les (0) Pirates, ghosts and graffiti (0)

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Sevendroog Castle. Trompe L’Oeil

A friend recently discovered Sevendroog Castle when wandering round Jack Wood after a few spliffs. He couldn’t believe his eyes. It is such an extraordinary and unexpected folly because it is not really visible until you stumble upon it. At least not from the directions that we have approached it. It is at the top…

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Watching You Watching Him

The Dog Gizmo thinks anybody with a hoodie is The Lobster. Despite the Mohican. Nanoseconds later he went racing up the steps to say hello. Possibly related posts – automagicaly generated: Sevendrug – err Severndroog (1) Paint Trees (0) If You Go Down To The Woods – Oxleas (1) Country Lamp Post (2) Writing On…

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