by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 1, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Last week, in the very to-do part of west London called Chiswick, Maria and I were returning to her car when we saw a tall thin woman rushing along the street. She stopped as she came alongside us, and asked us if we spoke English. She then explained, in between fits...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 1, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
I don’t believe in fairy tales, but this one I received by email today and quite like: Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl “Will you marry me?” The girl said, “No.” And the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, dancing,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 1, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Sunday morning in London, and you can’t go past a big breakfast fry-up. Discovering that she lacked a few key ingredients, Maria ventured to the top of the street to the local butcher, and returned with more than a few thin sausages. “It’s all about...
by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 28, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
London’s weather this week has been wild and woolly, necessitating a desperate search through my lightweight t-shirts and capri pants for something appropriate to wear. On Wednesday, Maria and I set off in our jeans and trenchcoats to Kew Gardens, where an...
by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 27, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
What a slack blogger I’ve become in my “vacation” month. Anecdotes, photos, experiences, sights and sounds and smells are piling up one on top of each other like pages from those free newspapers that litter the Underground daily; yet I have failed to...
by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 24, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
So much for my waistline – on Sunday, during an overnight trip to Winchester (absolutely beautiful and not just for its Cathedral), I managed bangers & mash for lunch in a gorgeous renovated pub, then a prawn curry a few hours’ later at the home of my...