Soweto necklace in Holland Park?

September 26, 2010

tags: Currencies Direct, Dutch Garden, Easybus, Holland Park, Living In France, Moving To France, Soweto Necklace

So we leave London, bathed yesterday morning in beautiful sunshine, but only 9 degrees Celsius, I guess one always must expect to compromise.

In the same way, Currencies Direct delegate Alan Monks, who got such a slating for his sheep fetish yesterday, tells us he compromised in his own way on his luggage allowance when flying in for The France Show. Normal people, if they discover that their suitcase or overnight bag is too big for the Easyjet hand luggage limits, go and buy new luggage, but not Alan, he decided that if he sawed off the wheels and the feet of his existing bag, it would fit perfectly into the Easyjet racks.

This may seem to some, and I admit that I number myself amongst those, to be a rather radical if an entirely sensible solution if, and its a big if, you never have to walk very far carrying your bag. Alan ended up walking a mile upon arrival due to easybus dropping him at the wrong hotel. So, Alan a new small suitcase for the next convention? Actually, knowing him better now, I suspect he will try to weld the wheels and feet back on for the next trip!

Searching for a morning constitutional took me to nearby Holland Park, which was a stunning surprise. Despite living reasonably nearby for 10 years in the 1980’s I had never been to it It has nice wild areas, squirrels, superb gardens, lakes, all helped by a rare bright day, as my first picture today shows;

Dahlias in the Dutch Garden at Holland Park

and then I found this;

How pretty, a Soweto necklace in a garden setting

No, I don’t know either, interesting perhaps, but as a decoration? I would be happy to hear from anyone who has any ideas.

Of course the sun disappeared by lunchtime, but by that time, having lunched on fish and chips in a pub, we were on our way back to Gatwick to escape back to civilisation in France, and to find out the extent of the damage wreaked by those lovely teenage children, who incidentally were all that nice lady plasterers idea.

Other than needing a pantechnican to remove all the rubbish, and a crowbar to extract the tangled mess that was every single pan in the house out of the dishwasher, I think our subterfuge of telling them we were coming home Friday Night rather than Saturday worked, however suspicions were raised, not least from my son, who could not really understand why, if we flew into Nice on Friday evening, it had taken a full 24 hours to do the 20 minutes to get home. Luckily, neither sprogs read this blog so our secret should be safe.

There are now no social engagements until Wednesday so I am determined to stay on the wagon for as long as possible, after tomorrow obviously as its Sunday and it would be rude not to. If I was religious I would consider that god gave us Sundays off so we can drink rose by the pool. This should illicit a response from at least one old bible thumping pal!

Chris France

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