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Advent - 1st December 2011

December 01, 2011

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Allotments at Dorchester-on-Thames It's been around eleven months since I last picked up the Thames Path. The weather (flooded paths for most of spring) and time constraints have kept me from walking. Suddenly I had a window in my schedule and the weather looked promising, so I went for it and booked accommodation for my trip. My friend who walks with me can no longer walk long distances, but we worked out that she could join me at Culham and we would walk the final two and quarter miles into Abingdon where we would stay overnight, so she at least got a flavour of the walk. I had booked to stay at The White Hart in Dorchester-on-Thames overnight, a hotel the two of us stayed in last year. I took the train from London to Reading. Being a Sunday the X40 bus which runs between Reading and Oxford only runs once an hour and I was a bit early. I decided to go to Pret for a cuppa and use the facilities. And there was the first stupid thing I did. I accidentally left my Thames Path book ...

Kensington and the Barbie Exhibition at the Design Museum

Why Barbie? I never had a Barbie. I had a Sindy who came wearing a red sloppy Joe sweater and denim skirt. Still, I thought it would be good fun, and the kids had gone back to school. It was, in fact, quite enjoyable. But before the exhibition, I had a wander around the back streets of Kensington. The architecture of the houses is stunning and it was nice to have time to explore. Kensington Library Just love these houses/apartments I ended up in Holland Park. There was a cold wind blowing that day, but I found a nice sheltered and sunny spot in the rose garden to eat my packed lunch. Holland Park This lovely display is in front of a block of apartments. Who lives in a place like that? Then on to the exhibition. The first Barbie was styled on a model, but gosh hasn't she changed over the years? There was a room with all the different ones from the start to the modern ones. Then of course there were the clothes. Soon along came Ken (he also had many transformations), Barbie's ...

Kingston Museum - A personal journey

One of the lovely windows in Kingston Museum. With the weather being so cold, it's mainly indoor events I am going to because everywhere is muddy. Kingston Museum is local to me. I go there for the occasional talk and exhibition, but it has been years since I walked around the museum itself. There are many displays of ancient tools and coins from a bygone age and lots of local history, some of which even I didn't know. I came across Thomas Abbott who had a china repair shop in the High Street. He famously smashed a jug into 289 pieces and then stuck it back together. The jug is on display in the museum. He also repaired pieces of Wedgewood's 'Frog Service' made for Catherine the Great. Of course Kingston-upon-Thames is known as the place where Kings were crowned. It's what makes Kingston a Royal Borough instead of a London Borough. The Coronation Stone can be seen outside the Guildhall opposite the Clattern Bridge, one the oldest intact bridges in England an...

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Advent - 1st December 2011

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