On the road
My good friend Vinay saw a similar sign while studying in Oxford. He joked about signs in advance of planned roadworks when most countries will no have signs when they’re actually doing the road works.
London is not the best city for cyclists, but they’re trying hard with extensive signposted cycle routes.
I’ll write again about sharing information which I consider to be very important.
Happy and sad.
I have lovely memories — of visiting Bath with Manjula eight and nine years ago.
Imagine a two thousand year old Roman Baths
Well there is one here.
Sorry but I didn’t pay to go in this time, it’s expensive.
So I can’t show the actual bath.
Lots of tourists from U.K., USA, Europe, Japan, India, have paid.
A visited with Manjula and now those times together trigger a waterfall of memories, sometimes felt in tears.
Factoid
It’s so expensive here in England in London’s famous Covent garden it costs £1.50 (150 Rupees) to go to toilet (washroom).
Bath is a beautiful city and very middle class.
Grief is always with us. It diminishes (relatively)by other parts of life surrounding it.
Memories remind us and we’re both happy and sad.
That loss sends our life Ourselves and our worlds in different directions.
It’s hard at times.
is on the list to visit this year — maybe I’ll get there but meanwhile ..
I’ve discovered little Portugal in South London
In Vauxhall, a shortish walk from Brixton.
Its — Just around the corner from the very first place I lived in London in the early 80s
It’s changed a bit now
Visiting places from my first years in London
London has so many open spaces. Usually green but it’s been very hot this Summer.
I loved visiting the old places but also realised how forgetful I’ve become.
I’d stopped to chat with Goldsmiths students. They were elected to positions in the Students union.
The Union provides services to help support students and events for entertainment.
Watching people run…
and cycle
play football —- in a cage. 🤭
Climb trees
Pedal their ‘cars’ (semi -incumbents)
Walk their dogs
What a fun day, but there’s one or two problems.
BB— ball bearings help solve a complex worldwide problem — friction but it’s another BB namely Bad Behaviour, that helps create friction between the people.
An example of this is not following the rules.
I’m not talking of these rules
But these…
…. the people who rent electric cycles, often break the rules.
Cyclists are typically considerate of others — pedestrians and cyclists, obey the rules of the road, including stopping at red lights but in the last few years there’s been a big change.
The inexperienced cyclists who rent electric cycles are often reckless and unsafe —- ignoring the traffic lights and the general rules of the road, riding fast, weaving in and out at high speed,
It can be very risky …
But for now
Peacefully
There’s even a zoo and FREE toilets.
Clearly not an Eagle.
I’m staying with my good friends Angus and Gina in Brixton South London
Close to their house are lots of community facilities and a corner shop run by Indians that MAnjula discovered on her first visit here. In fact the whole Brixton area is a great diverse mix of people from all around the world.
I can hear people playing bingo in the community centre next to me.
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The layout.
Tearfully
A few friends got together to say farewell to Farrell.
I’ll be away for a few months so we arranged an early birthday gathering.
Thank you so much to my wonderful friends and yes it’s the young ones I’ll miss the most.
The Directors of Manjula’s Mysore who as part of being a responsible business organised ways to support young people in memory of Manjula
Plus the new addition Kush
And another new friend …
We have a lion at our gate.
Footnote
I plan to be back in January when we’ll share important news. In the meantime I’ll use my exile to explore more countries and myself.
Well not really
I have flown a chipmunk trainer and glider in my teens. I can tell you … Cycling can’t match it.
Nor is it like swimming
But IT IS liberating.
It’s one of our best ways to adventure and get us moving.
And it’s cheap!
Slowly we settle into the new home where new and old memories reveal themselves through the art.
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Finding this was an adventure in itself
Our art grows
Me and MYCycle 