June 9, 2012
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(written on 18 February 2013)
The day started with what has almost become a tradition, definitely when I'm staying in this part of town (Earl's Court), namely with a walk in Brompton Cemetery. It seems somewhat morbid, but it's really a most pleasant way to spend an hour or so, certainly in a hectic place like London. Apart from the aircraft on their way to Heathrow (one every two minutes) it is quite a peaceful place, which probably a good thing of course otherwise they'd have to remove all those RIP signs... The picture of the red robin was taken in the cemetery.
From Brompton cemetery I walked towards the King's Road, one of the major roads in this part of town, which goes all the way east to Sloane Square, which is exactly what I did as well. In the GAP close to Sloane Square I tried on some more size 32 jeans... and bought two more. It's a bit addictive, this new size! I spent some nice quality time in the Saatchi Gallery and was thrilled to see that it was completely filled with photography. It's the London Festival of Photography at the moment. I knew that, but did not realise that the Saatchi was participating. A truly stunning collection of pictures, all captured in a wonderful catalog which I also bought.
In the afternoon I rented a Boris Bike and cycled through town for a while and then, just before the shops closed at 7pm, I did a last purchase in the Eastpak shop on Carnaby Street. My old and trusted black backpack is slowly but surely falling apart and especially its inside material is deteriorating quickly. It's a bit sad because that backpack has traveled with me to many destinations. It was with me during the two trans America rail trips in 2006 and 2007, including that time when it got absolutely soaked in torrential rain and caused rain water to shortcut my then mobile phone. It's traveled with me to Scotland, London, Barcelona and Madrid so often, and to many more places. But the time has come to say goodbye to it, and today I bought its replacement; not a backpack but a hip bag. I had one of these in the past and I'm now going to give that a try again because it's just easier to store or retrieve items from a hip bag. It looks pretty and very new but... yeah... it's not quite the same as my trusted backpack.
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