Well, tomorrow is the beginning of my
first full week back at work this year. If I'm honest I can't say that
I'm looking forward to it very much as it's been great having time at
home, being able to chill a bit, and getting outdoors for some much
needed post-Christmas exercise.
I've
now managed 2 bike rides in 2013, but despite having a mountain bike I
have kept to the roads, which in places are muddy enough to be mistaken
for off-road cycling. I've also managed to keep to my New Year's Resolution of doing something new every week ... in fact
in this week alone I have been to several new places. The most recent of
which was a brief visit to Wilton, in Wiltshire this afternoon. I only
had time for a quick walk around the town, but it did seem to have a few
antique shops worth returning for, on a day when hopefully they are
open.
Yesterday
we were up in London to see a couple of exhibits at the Tate Britain as
we were fortunate enough to get some free tickets. We went to the
Turner Prize exhibits first which, apart from Noble, did not float my
boat at all ... glad we didn't pay. The pre-Raphaelite exhibition was
all together a lot more impressive, but unfortunately very crowded.
Probably the best part of my day was a short walk between Sloane Square
and Pimlico, which was a first for me and has opened up a whole other
area of London that I need to find time to explore ... and hopefully I'll get some better weather in which to do it. As you can see from the picture below, the weather was pretty dismal, and even the towers of Battersea Power Station, which looked much better in real life, is somewhat lost against the greyness of the sky.
Battersea Power Station across the train lines from Victoria, on a very grey day
the Sloane Ranger Rides Again!
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