Patrick Wallace

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My blog Autolycus More daring adventures Another Saturday visit to central London, only this time.... on public transport! On a boat, on a train, on a bus, for the first time in nearly four months. It almost felt like being a tourist in a... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Now it can be told This was wobbling about mong the many and varied odds and ends blown down the steps to our communal garage in the weekend's high winds. Perhaps I'm behind the times, but the news hadn't reached me ... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Hair today ..and gone today as well. It really was getting to be a nuisance trying to keep it all tidy (and that bald spot was a bit of a surprise). It all felt rather adventurous to be going back to the... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Permitted exercise Before the "stay at home" instructions I was just starting to put together a list of places to visit, up and down the country: the lockdown put that on hold, though it hasn't meant staying entirely... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 What a difference a week makes Last week was sunny and warm enough to encourage a bike ride up to central London and through the parks and back: This morning - gray, chilly and rainy with enough wind to blow the raindrops ... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020  On my (permitted daily) wandering around the neighbourhood, I've been struck by the different timetables by which the trees are coming into leaf and flower. The plane trees are barely thinking ab... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Tell it not in Gath, but I think I've found the sweet spot for visiting the supermarket. Three weeks ago, having thought to ask for an early refill of my prescription to cover me for the next three... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Today's first task was to to use up some time adjusting the clocks. It's remarkable how many timepieces there are to adjust in a fairly straightforward flat, what with the accumulation of things o... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Autumn on the way  Temperatures down from over 30C a couple of weeks ago to under 20, rain and wind, and bright orange hips on the wild roses on the Mudchute. It all points one way.  autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Thank you Facebook If I needed any more encouragement to stay at home (and any more proof that algorithms are not to be trusted)...... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Passing the time Among the little bits of life admin that nag at me are the accumulations of digital entertainment (that's recordings, not finger-puppets) in my video recorder and computer. I blame that "Series Rec... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Ahem "Beware all enterprises that require new clothes" - apparently these words of wisdom are from Henry David Thoreau. Whether he said anything about the clothes themselves, I don't know, but it would ... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020 Mystery with a cherry on top Not for the first time, a cycle ride home was interrupted by something going on in Trafalgar Square. The new commission for the Fourth Plinth has been installed, but until the unveiling the wrappin... autolycus-london.blogspot.com | 7th Sep 2020

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