Moving of a shed

R&I asked us to come around on Sunday to help them move their shed. Here is how to move a shed:






Start with a bit of snack






Bow to the might shed






Place a man at each corner. Preferably on blocks of wood to make them taller






Think for a bit





Rope in some more people






Have a supporter






Hide in the shed for some more thinking after having moved the roof a bit






Move the roof back in place






Call it a day (more men needed) and have a nice dinner instead!

Travel in style

All I can say is that if you are going by train, this is the way to travel: with champagne and crips (but don't go for the naked version, they just taste like bad fat) and in first class...



And when you have been to Wales and back, you can always treat yourself to a nice dinner at Jamie Oliver's Italian

Snowy days

Believe it or not, we have now had snow for four days. And it looks to stay...


We got about 13 cm on Wednesday.


It snowed most of the day but strangely enough it didn't stick. In fact by the end of the day there was 2 cm less snow!



Thursday morning the trains were running again so I had to get up and travel to work. It was a very pretty sunrise which cheered me up.


Friday was my day off. Ventured into town to stock up the fridge. And gloriuos sights to behold all the way to Waitrose.



Saturday morning, the sun is out and everything looks pretty.



Time to get up!

Not the usual commute

It is cold. -5 according to my iPhone. A thin layer of snow is covering the ground as is a thin sheet of ice. It is rather pretty.

After thoroughly checking that the trains are running we walk down to the train station.

As we are coming down the hill we spot a lorry across the road. He seems to be trying to reverse into a side road. As we get closer we realise it isn't moving at all. In fact, it is jacked-knifed across the road. Not able to move in any direction.

We walk up to the lorry in hope to be able to sneak past it. We start with the back only to realise that it is about a 2 cm gap between the lorry and the fence. I am not that thin! We find a similar situation at the front of the lorry. Not a chance to sneak past.

As we are trying to get past, the lorry driver climbs out. With an apologetic smile he offers us to climb through the cab of the lorry. Considering that our train is shortly due we take him up on his offer.

So today I climbed through a lorry to get to work...



Train arriving...

SE3

Isn't this a familiar morning view for us ex-SE3s?



I must say it felt rather familiar to get to work in the morning. I almost remembered which train coach to get for optimal transfer to the DLR :-)))




Staying in Blackheath was part of my birthday present which due to cash in. So on 15 December hubby brought me and Mos to see Depeche Mode in the O2 arena.


It was a brilliant gig. Lots of good old classics all revamped with a modern beat. Even hubby liked it!


Not only did we get to see Depeche, Soulsavers was the warm up band. Managed to get this impressionistic photo of them.


In darkness we wait...

Christmas trees in a glass box

I had some extra time this morning so I spent it photographing my favourite models.

The anchoring wires of the London eye is boxed in by a glass box. Every now and then they change the decorations in the box. At this time of year it is obviously a Christmas theme. A bit more modern I would dare to say.

Xmas shopping

I took Friday morning off work to get some Christmas shopping done. Managed to hit the shops shortly before 10 o'clock.

It was brilliant! Very few people about and all the shops were fully stocked and orderly. You could actually find things. Have to go shopping early in day more often.

Anyway, I did stop by Carnaby street and as always they had very funky Christmas decorations.