Lunchtime walk: Clerkenwell

Being that it’s technically spring, and today is actually sunny, I decided to go for a walk to “the other side of the tracks” — those tracks being the tracks of the Circle Line. Work is to the south, and Clerkenwell is to the north (here is a map — “ec1r 4pf” is work, Clerkenwell is near the middle). I’d never really thought about which side of the tracks was the wrong side; now I’m starting to think that I work on the wrong side, and Clerkenwell is the better side.

It’s now my new “I wish I worked here” area — it’s really quite nice. Nice looking pubs and cafes, a park (the grounds of St James Church, I think) — what more could you want? At least it’s nearby, so I can go and hang out there in the sun (when there is sun). Perhaps at night-time it turns into some sort of weird zombie-fest, but given how nice it looks during the day, I’m willing to ignore that possibility.

PS: Sorry I’ve been slack updating this (exciting) blog, lots of work to do… I think I may also split the blog into “tech” and “life” sections — similar to what I’ve seen done elsewhere. I’m reasonably sure that it’s a tiny minority of my readers (which are already a tiny minority in themselves) who’d like to read both, and perhaps I’d put more about living in london if I had a blog/section devoted to it.