Father’s Day today saw us travel to Chelmsford. Coming from the restaurant after a fab meal – thanks Turtle Bay for the Gluten Free and Vegan options* – I saw this. Apropos for a blog post, don’t you think? * I’m not vegan, I’m lactose intolerant.
Tag Archives: Essex
50 before 50: #19 – Harlow
posted by MoreThanACat
Was back in Harlow today. This time on a course. At the opposite end of the Water Gardens to the previous plaque post, outside the civic centre was this gentleman
50 before 50: #17 & #18 Harlow
posted by MoreThanACat
Snapped yesterday in Harlow were these two Blue Plaques. I’ll be honest, I was surprised to see them. Harlow for me has a negative connotation. Home to all the worst Essex can be: chavs, shellsuits, bling. And yet I found a bustling connurbation. A thriving market, a wide range of shops. A community spirit. A […]
Blatant
posted by MoreThanACat
The hardest bit about being an author is not writing the books or getting them published. It is getting them out to a wider audience. Hence, I am at Leigh Community Centre today doing a bit of shameless publicity…
Weekly photo challenge: Ambience
posted by MoreThanACat
This week has been a week of real pathetic fallacy as we built up to the Great Snow Storm and Surge Tides of 2017; only to find that here in the South East of England, they were little more than a damp squib. For your delectation, here a little bit of the ambience I found […]
Woodham Mortimer: an awful lot of history
posted by MoreThanACat
If you are traveling along the A414 to Malden you will go through Woodham Mortimer and you will pass this view. Blink – of course – and you will miss it. On the left of the road there is a church and a house with a blue plaque. To the right there is what appears […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: ZigZag
posted by MoreThanACat
My mother was of the opinion that you can’t get patterned carpet any more. I took this photo to show her she was wrong but it didn’t turn out as I expected… A definite Zigzag on perspective – wouldn’t you say? For more takes on this challenge click here
Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers
posted by MoreThanACat
Wasn’t sure I would be able to do this one until today, when a visit to Two Tree Island brought me into contact with this. This is a lovely container, don’t you think? For other takes on the challenge, click here
Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
posted by MoreThanACat
The Tour de France came to Essex on the 7th July 2014. It brought with it: spectacle, elite athletes; speed; precision machinery, and – for some of us – a day off work. Within 24 hours it was gone – nothing but memories and a sense of I was there. Or so I thought until […]