Author Archives: katese11

An A406 Adventure and Gladstone Park – 04/07/15

Posted on July 5, 2015 by katese11

    If you’ve been enduring this blog for a while, you’ll have noticed that I’m quite fond of significant numbers. But the 400th post was a bit of a washout, so I decided to mark a different number – … Continue reading →

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Britpop Tots – 28/06/15

Posted on July 1, 2015 by katese11

  If you, like me, are of a Certain Age then you might find it frightening to realise that it’s been 20 years since the blur v oasis battle that marked the height of Britpop. Yes, 20 years since Jarvis … Continue reading →

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Yonderland Series Launch – 27/06/15

Posted on June 27, 2015 by katese11

  As a mother I have many failings – we don’t need to go into those. As a blogger, I have quite a lot of failings. As a London Transport geek, however, I pride myself on having very few. But … Continue reading →

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The Power of Poison – 21/06/15

Posted on June 21, 2015 by katese11

  Well, it’s been an interesting week. On Wednesday night I baked some brownies and, waiting for them to cool down, wrote a silly little song about the recent train troubles on the Chingford line.  Then Nathan filmed it, we … Continue reading →

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Testing Times

Posted on June 14, 2015 by katese11

Roo is 6 today. Look at him, all proud in his new Captain America costume. Ready to go and beat up some communists or something equally patriotic. He’s had an exhausting weekend, all running about with friends, playing with new … Continue reading →

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IndieTots – 31/05/15

Posted on June 2, 2015 by katese11

  Our trip out on Sunday was not just to Peckham but into a new era.  Yes, following the last day of Abellio Greater Anglia was, strangely enough, the first day of TfL. And we got to Highams Park to … Continue reading →

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Lordship Lane Recreation Ground – LWAT is 400!

Posted on May 31, 2015 by katese11

As you might have noticed, it’s been a bit of a full-on half term, both in blogging terms and actually getting-out-of-the-house-and-doing-stuff terms. Funnily enough, they always seem to go together. So when I was contemplating how to mark the 400th … Continue reading →

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ArcelorMittal Orbit – 28/05/15

Posted on May 29, 2015 by katese11

  Sometimes you catch a glimpse of yourself and wonder “What has happened to me? Where did it all go wrong?”. That’s how I felt on the London Overground this morning, partway through a mother-son bonding day with Roo. Travelling … Continue reading →

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Walthamstow Firsts – 27/05/15

Posted on May 28, 2015 by katese11

Another sunny day and this time we were staying local and hitting the streets of Walthamstow. Our aims were many but the big draw was the latest production by Slap Haddock – the charmingly insane people who brought “A Night … Continue reading →

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Peckham Rye Adventure Playground – 26/05/15

Posted on May 27, 2015 by katese11

  Yesterday, it was sunny. Really sunny. The kind of day that leaves a vivid red mark on your shoulders with only a finger-shaped patch of white to show where you rubbed some of the kids’ sun cream off. I … Continue reading →

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