I did my tourist thing yesterday, returning to a few old haunts and trying out a new one. The first port of call was obviously breakfast in Lower Marsh and then popping in to say hello to my ex-boss, but after that I went over the river to see the newly turfed Trafalgar Square. It […]
Entries Tagged as 'Lower Marsh'
Carnival season
July 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life, Work
We are now getting into the season of carnivals, festivals and fetes. With all the coverage of T in the Park, anticipation for the Croydon World Party, and adverts for umpteen different festivals a much more local event crept up on me today. I was on the phone to someone at work and could not […]
Tags: London·Lower Marsh·Photos
Total warfare
June 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Total warfare · Life
That Holland v Portugal game made the USA/Italy game look tame, with something like 16 yellow cards and 4 players sent off. Ugly perhaps, but in the last 5 minutes I was rather hoping Holland would score so we could have another 30 minutes to further whittle down our opponents for next weekend. As it […]
Elephant & Castle
June 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Elephant & Castle · Life
Today’s lunchtime walk took me to the Elephant & Castle. When I lived in SE London I used to drive past it a lot, on my way to visit friends at Waterloo or just to go ‘up West’ but I had only ever been there on foot once before. It was not a happy experience […]
Tags: London·Lower Marsh
Well I found it funny…
April 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Well I found it funny… · Life
…that whoever came to this site after searching Google for “Waterloo greasy spoon cafes” was using a computer at the British Medical Association. For the record, I can recommend the Chunnel Bar, the Coral or Maries Cafe, all in Lower Marsh Street.
Tags: Food·London·Lower Marsh·WTF
French Market
March 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday there is a ‘French market’ in Lower Marsh. There is a normal market there every weekday, so tomorrow should be fun – there are signs up everywhere suspending parking in Lower Marsh for the day. Most of the parking is taken up with the vans belonging to the market stallholders. I’m […]
Tags: London·Lower Marsh·Shopping
