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Notes from Brighton: Commuting part II
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Friday, 20 July 2012. Apologies for the long delay since the last post, but I've got myself digs in London to avoid the daily commute. It was proving too much for me, taking too much time out of my life. Remarkably, I managed to find a room (courtesy of a former Brightonian) in London for less than my monthly season ticket so, even with the additional cost of Underground and bus fares, the arrangement breaks even financially. 20 July 2012 at 23:58. Hope youre surviving the Olympics! 30 July 2012 at 13:40.
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Notes from Brighton: December 2010
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010. More on the snow. Despite all the complaints about the snow, I witnessed a very encouraging example of good neighbourliness in the street where I live; two people who live further down cleared the pavement of snow along one side of the road, from one end of the street to the other. They were helped by the young son of one them, who put a bag of grit on his sled, happily scattering it along the way. Tuesday, 7 December 2010. A second year of snow. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Notes from Brighton: May 2011
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Sunday, 8 May 2011. Despite Sussex's reputation for bluebells and the famous Bluebell Railway, I'd never done a bluebell walk before - until yesterday, that is. There's a farm near Arlington, near Lewes, which specialises in bluebell walks through nearby woodland, with a tea shop and stalls selling cards, plants, books and locally made preserves at the end. They've been opening up to the public every Spring for 39 years. (Details can be found at Bluebell Walk Arlington. Takings go towards local charities.
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Notes from Brighton: Bluebells
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Sunday, 8 May 2011. Despite Sussex's reputation for bluebells and the famous Bluebell Railway, I'd never done a bluebell walk before - until yesterday, that is. There's a farm near Arlington, near Lewes, which specialises in bluebell walks through nearby woodland, with a tea shop and stalls selling cards, plants, books and locally made preserves at the end. They've been opening up to the public every Spring for 39 years. (Details can be found at Bluebell Walk Arlington. Takings go towards local charities.
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Notes from Brighton: June 2011
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Monday, 20 June 2011. Music at St Bartholomew. On Saturday, as I was walking past St Bartholomew's church, a small billboard caught my eye saying "church open: come and listen to the orchestra rehearse". The said orchestra was the Sussex Symphony Orchestra, being conducted by Mark James with Pavlos Carvalho as guest cellist, and they were indeed rehearsing for the Gala Concert that night (alas, fully booked), with pieces by Mahler, Dvorak and Ravel. Saturday, 4 June 2011. We visited the site of the origi...
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Notes from Brighton: Commuting...
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Monday, 26 September 2011. Well, I've had a month so far of my new daily routine of commuting from Brighton to London in the rush hours. Of course, I realise the performance figures refer to trains being on time if they arrive within 10 minutes of the scheduled time, but it seems the figures in the low 90s in percentage terms must be largely determined all those relatively empty trains running off-peak; peak services seem to be much more fragile. Good luck with the trains! 26 September 2011 at 16:38.
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Notes from Brighton: February 2011
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011. It seems to have been a particularly grim start to 2011. There are lots of reasons for me in this, but it is not helped by the continued grey weather, interspersed with drizzle and heavier rain. Last Thursday was an exception - a beautiful, bright day, almost Spring-like, and it was noticeable just how everyone's spirits were lifted. Sorry for a grey post. Roll on Spring. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brighton - the undercliff walk to Rottingdean. View my complete profile.
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Notes from Brighton: January 2011
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Sunday, 9 January 2011. A jolly Christmas tree. OK, so this about our new home and not much about Brighton, but I thought that now we are in the gloomy and cold post-Christmas period, I would recall some festive cheer with a posting of our Christmas tree, from our first Christmas in the new place. And, having combined two households into one, we ended up with rather a lot of baubles, so it is definitely not what you'd call designer or restrained. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Notes from Brighton: October 2010
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Sunday, 24 October 2010. Regular followers will have noticed something of an interruption to this blog, for which many apologies. But we have been moving house. Now, this is something I hadn't done properly for 17 years, (not counting moving into my other half's flat last winter when most of my stuff went into storage). I am now firmly in middle age, and one of the things I am slowly finding out is how my tolerance of disturbance (of any kind) is diminishing. Perhaps I really am turning into my father.