Days out and other waffle
Oct. 1st, 2009 10:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susie_floHello fiends! How is life?
I have jollity! It's nice. (I think it's what happens when you have exactly the right amount of wine and then stop). G is watching a very poor skiffy film that gets about 5 points on IMDB, so I am here to annoy you lot instead.
My jollity is aided by the fact that I am not at work tomorrow. I've somehow failed to go on holiday this year, so am using up some overdue leave by taking sporadic days off work.
Here is where I would like opinions.... I'm thinking of using occasional days off to go on random trips to the sort of places that can be seen in a day by train (or moderate car journey). Any suggestions for good places to visit? So far my sis has recommended Lewes, because I like pretty cities. Maybe one of these days I will go to Hampton Court... but am entirely open to suggestion. (G likes rivery places).
On a totally unrelated note, this evening I popped into Angel to view an art show that my friend Madeline is exhibiting in, and then went for a lil drinkie and lots of gabbing with my old friend Alice. We found a little gem of a venue just behind Angel tube station... it's a cafe in the Candid Arts Trust. (You go up three flights of a godawful paint-peely staircase that remind you of skanky student days past, but then when you get to the top you find a fabby red-painted room full of candelabras, velvet chairs, shabby tables and bespectacled, bohemian Islingtonites). Thought it was worth a mention for next time you're in Angel.
So... time for a bit more splish I think. Meanwhile, what is your news?
I have jollity! It's nice. (I think it's what happens when you have exactly the right amount of wine and then stop). G is watching a very poor skiffy film that gets about 5 points on IMDB, so I am here to annoy you lot instead.
My jollity is aided by the fact that I am not at work tomorrow. I've somehow failed to go on holiday this year, so am using up some overdue leave by taking sporadic days off work.
Here is where I would like opinions.... I'm thinking of using occasional days off to go on random trips to the sort of places that can be seen in a day by train (or moderate car journey). Any suggestions for good places to visit? So far my sis has recommended Lewes, because I like pretty cities. Maybe one of these days I will go to Hampton Court... but am entirely open to suggestion. (G likes rivery places).
On a totally unrelated note, this evening I popped into Angel to view an art show that my friend Madeline is exhibiting in, and then went for a lil drinkie and lots of gabbing with my old friend Alice. We found a little gem of a venue just behind Angel tube station... it's a cafe in the Candid Arts Trust. (You go up three flights of a godawful paint-peely staircase that remind you of skanky student days past, but then when you get to the top you find a fabby red-painted room full of candelabras, velvet chairs, shabby tables and bespectacled, bohemian Islingtonites). Thought it was worth a mention for next time you're in Angel.
So... time for a bit more splish I think. Meanwhile, what is your news?
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Date: 2009-10-01 10:35 pm (UTC)I hesitate to recommend any pretty towns in case you say "oh honestly, EVERYONE's been there..."!
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Date: 2009-10-02 12:36 am (UTC)Towns: offhand, Rye is nice, Dymchurch is a dive, Hastings has some very pretty bits but is in dire need of TLC. Hythe is worth popping in to if in the area, even if it's only to go to the crypt of the church which has a massive ossuary. Avoid Bognor at all costs. Canterbury is very nice, lots of history, and of course has a FAB cathedral which has Zombie Jesus(tm) over the front gate.
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