The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: Dulwich
My Neighbourhood, Part Two #dulwich
I left us near Camberwell Old Cemetery failing to enjoy a spectacular view over London’s centre due to the fog. I went back. It got a heap better.. Since then I’ve visited the British Museum, had a day’s facilitated strategy … Continue reading
Posted in Dulwich, miscellany, walking
Tagged brenchley gardens, dulwic, honor oak, horniman museum, one tree hill, Walk
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My Neighbourhood: Part one #dulwich #southlondon #circularwalk
I needed to get out and about and Dog wanted a walk. These days he’s good for four miles but more than that and his arthritis can leave him limping for a few days. So when I came across this … Continue reading
Week Four: 2022
I worry about law breaking. I do it, more often than I’d like to admit. Speeding – staying at 20 mph, which is universal around here, is darned tricky – the odd parking infraction, the occasional littering and I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Dulwich, walking
Tagged Crystal Palace, Dulwich, Dulwich College, Flanders and Swann, strava art, walking
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Two More Weeks, 15th August 2021 #garden #wedding
Yep, 14 days to go as of yesterday. So we can’t do much more in the garden than pull up the occasional persistent weed, send the resilient snails and slugs ‘on holiday’ viz tossed over the fence and hope a … Continue reading
Dog Gone (To Pot)
Blogger Barb Taub had a dog/drug experience recently which triggered a buried memory. Now it’s bubbled to the surface, I think it is time I confessed My name is Geoff and I drugged my dog We need to go back … Continue reading
Snow Doubt About It
There are days when getting outside for a walk is a struggle. Too many jobs to do, that awkward call to make, the badly scheduled appointment. And then there’s snow. We don’t get a lot of snow in South London. … Continue reading
Snow Going Back #walking
I’m fixated with cake. Coffee too, but mostly cake. A day like we had this last week, what with the snow and cold means Dog and I need an incentive to be outside and cake does it. That and the … Continue reading
Posted in cake, dogs, Dulwich, miscellany, walking
Tagged cake, chocolate ganache, Dulwich Woods, walking
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A reprise and Dog
It’s cold I’m drinking coffee on the hoof and Dog is cold. So why not a little tale with attitude from a year ago via Post Pied Piper #microfiction
The Book of Trees #dulwich #trees #villagelife #poetry
I live in a part of South London that is full of trees. The other day I got hold of this. It is hand drawn and shows the position of many unique and rare species of tree in my neighbourhood. … Continue reading
It’s A Sign
When I was a child a new set of street signs came out, following one of those Commissions that are beloved of governments who give sinecures to old white males who might otherwise have opinions and voice them. My favourite … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, Dulwich, humour, London, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, Monty Python, signage
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