It’s carnival season, not just in Mid Wales (see Knighton show!) but also in London. I hadn’t planned to go there but I had the bank holiday off and headed into town from Sunbury and then realised the carnival was on. Hence I was not dressed in a skimpy bikini, fishnet tights and covered in… Read More »
I was invited to stop and sit down and chat with some teachers the last time I took the shortcut up School Road. The road takes you straight through the school grounds but nobody seems to stop you. It’s also quite nice walking through a school without guards with batons and helmets stopping you, as… Read More »
I will never tire of watching people dancing in the park. The dancers come in all shapes and sizes, from little schoolchildren to OAPs. And under the trees, coats lay in great piles, while those watching pull their closer around the neck. I walked up the avenue of the park and counted 6 groups of… Read More »
I wrote a while ago about how boring Japan was and that I missed China when I was there. Every day in China, there’s some madness which makes you smile (and sometimes curse). You never know what you will see when you step out of your house. If you head into the parks, of course… Read More »
I marvel that, on an early morning, when I have dragged myself out of bed and to work, that there are always crowds of people exercising on the athletics track – many of them retired people. There are countless boys playing basketball (I use the term ‘playing’ loosely – they are simply trying to throw… Read More »
At the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty on Yudao Jie people gather daily and pay 1 kwai (10p) to dance with each other. I had always wanted to go into the “dance arena” but had always been a bit nervous and knew that it would register very high on the “stare-ometer” but today I… Read More »