I found myself in Kentish Town this week with a moment to spare. The journey from Dartford had somehow worked out to be half an hour shorter than expected and my friends' taxi was going to arrive half an hour later than anticipated.
I decided to potter about, take some photos and just think for a minute. It was a bitterly cold afternoon and I was pleased I'd brought along my winter parka (known fondly as the 'walking duvet cover').
I thought to myself how much I love the word 'Kentish'. My aunt lived in Kentish Town in the late-80s to late-00s and I spent my gap year here helping out as au pair for my cousins.
Our reason for meeting in Kentish Town on this cold March day was to see Kaizers Orchestra, the band we'd travelled to Norway in December to see. They were so good! We had a delicious meal at Bonga Korean Restaurant before the concert.
I've been wondering if there is something in the stars causing travel disruptions this year. Our trip to Italy in April was cancelled because the airline cancelled our flights, and our road trip from Milan to Annecy to Geneva in September was also cancelled because my friend can no longer make it over from South Africa. I'm in the beginning stages of planning a trip to Slovenia instead in September. Please drop a link below if you've blogged about Slovenia!
The good news is that cancelled trips mean I'll finally be able to tell you about all the things I meant to blog about last year when a special project at work stole five months of my life. I hope. As Allen Saunders said (and John Lennon made famous) "life is what happens to us while we are making other plans".
This is certainly true of the past month. Work commitments and an old whiplash injury have left me slightly out of sorts. I asked in my last post how often I should post here and realised the answer is "when life allows it". I'll aim for 2-3 times a month, which seemed to work with most people - thank you for your feedback!