Holidays in the Sun

I know I haven’t written anything in here for a while, but I'm not going to apologize for it. We all have dry spells and prolific spurts. Stuff happens.

It is finally starting to feel a bit summery here. The billboards are splattered with women in bikinis lying in the sand. Friday afternoons the tables on the pavement in front of the pubs fill up quickly with workers starting their weekend early, getting in a pint and a cigarette, squinting into the sun. I no longer need to wear a jacket when I take the dog out in the morning, but I do need to slather on the sunscreen again. A friend of mine went surfing last weekend in Devon. Really wish I could have gone.

I keep meaning untangle my bicycle from the hundreds of others in the bike shed of our building, but never seem to get around to it. But very soon I won't have to, because we are moving. Our landlord informed us about a month ago he was selling the flat, and that we needed to move. It was kind of a bummer, as I really liked this place and felt settled here, but we have actually found somewhere even better. So there!

Our new place has its own back garden, so I will have a place to store my bike that’s easy to access. The new place is on a quiet cul-de-sac compared to the busy street we presently live on, and it’s on ground level instead of on the fourth floor (no more lugging groceries up four flights of steps!) It’s a bit further out of town than where we are now, but its actually closer to a tube stop (Tooting Bec) yet is also still close to overland rail. More importantly it's closer to many of my favourite parts of London like Putney embankment, the leafy south western part of the Thames path and Richmond park). It's also practically on Wandsworth Common, so there is a whole new green space for the dog to explore, as I think we are both kind of tired of Battersea park. And, (and!) for all of my friends and family out there, it has two bedrooms, so we now have space for a guest to stay with us! So what are you waiting for?