Epping Forest

In the muddiest conditions imaginable we visited Epping Forest for a walk around Connaught Water. On our way we stopped at the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge. It houses a Tudor food exhibition, taxidermy and excitingly, a Tudor dress-up box. I'm still not sure if it is meant exclusively for children but we spent a good half an hour trying on velvet capes, ruffs and feather hats while posing with the Henry VIII waxwork.

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Chairs in Paris, thanks Claire!

London Happenings

Rain, Southbank at night, teeny tiny kite flying, pirate instructions, before the big day and a lot of Charlies.

Windows of Bristol

My favourite thing about Bristol was all the lovely windows.

The Dogs

On Saturday we went to watch the greyhound racing at Wimbledon Stadium. It was like being in a Blur photo shoot, everything looked exactly as I had imagined from the colours of the stadium to the crowd of people gathered and when the sun went down it looked even better - surely all greyhound racing should take place at night, preferably wrapped up in a scarf on a cold evening. We had a blast and the evening just flew by. Astonishingly we even won back all of our money.

AUGUST

The Museum of Broken Relationships

I visited the Museum of Broken Relationships last week, an exhibition of items that are left over at the end of a failed relationship and eventually given to the museum with a short description as to why the owner had held on to it and why now they were ready to donate it.

It makes for a strange collection of assorted inanimate objects that have been given a meaning and value beyond their purpose. At times sad or angry, amusing or hopeful it's overall poignantly nostaglic and well worth the visit.

It has found a temporary home scattered around various locations in Seven Dials and closes this weekend.