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Tag Archives: East London
The Art of the Brick – 24/09/14
What can be done with the humble Lego brick that has never been done before? That’s what you might wonder, as new exhibition “The Art of the Brick” rolls into town. But artist Nathan Sawaya has managed to create something … Continue reading
Big Fish Little Fish Hackney – 21/09/14
So in a blogging fail to add to all my other blogging fails, I went to BFLF today with a thoroughly uncharged phone. So did Nathan. Net result was a complete lack of photos of this East London pirate extravaganza. … Continue reading
The Bucket and Spade List Part 8 – Spitalfields City Farm
I’m really tired today. Eva had me up during the night, I was working today and then looking after Roo and that’s the reason my brain is running so slowly that I can’t even mock hipsters properly. It’s taken … Continue reading
Beware of…
Card clash! It’s coming, dontcha know…a week on Tuesday. Of course, if you’ve been using a contactless card on a bus you’ll already be familiar with the perils of card clash, but now the warnings are being rolled out over … Continue reading
Posted in Facts! And facts are important!
Tagged buses, East London, music, South London, trains, tube trains
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The Bucket and Spade List Part 6 – Lunch in Leytonstone
OK, I might have been a bit harsh on Leytonstone in that last post but it was raining and rain puts me in a grouchy mood. Still, going through somewhere on a bus is a bit of a cop-out and … Continue reading
Posted in Just wandering...., Uncategorized
Tagged East London, parks, playground, soft play
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The Bucket and Spade List Part 4 – Olympic Park Boat Tours
I learnt a lot today. I learnt facts about the Olympic Park, I learnt how often people stop and stare at your toddler if she’s dressed as Spiderman and I learnt where to buy juice in Stratford. I also came … Continue reading
The Bucket and Spade List Part 3 – Attempting Leytonstone
You can tell by the title of this post that it’s not going to be an exciting one. I would love to report that I explored Leytonstone fully, and discovered a treasure trove of toddler-friendliness there. But it wasn’t like … Continue reading
The Bucket and Spade List Part 2 – Nancy’s Pantry
The Bucket and Spade List is going well. By that, I mean we’re a third of the way through August and we’ve done one a bit of the ten. But it’s a strong start. Yesterday, the trail led us to … Continue reading
Summer Arts and Crafts and Fun
Are the holidays starting to drag yet? Or, like me, is it the 5-year-old that you’re dragging around the grotty alleys of Soho? Either way, you could probably do with some more ideas on things to do. So, I’ve … Continue reading
The Bucket and Spade List Part 1
You’ve heard of the Bucket List, right? Starting off as a list of things to do before you die, it’s become a generic term for a list of cool stuff you want to do. So, we’ve hijacked that for our … Continue reading
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Tagged Central London, East London, eating out, museums, North London, parks, summer holidays
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