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Nell
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Interests SE London/Shooters Hill, music/electronica/modulars, trains/trams/mass transit, London theatre & Samuel Pepys
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New flag atop Severndroog Castle on Shooters Hill designed by children from the local primary school #SE18
A gothic folly in the middle of woodlands, flying a flag from the roof. The flag is a drawing of the building in the middle of a heart shape
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Leiden
Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare painted on the side of a building in Leiden, Netherlands
October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Street food in the shade at Severndroog Castle, cos it’s too hot to cook!
Rows of street food stalls under the trees around the base of the neo-gothic folly, Severndroog Castle
July 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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VE Day on Shooters Hill #SE18 #Severndroog
A VE Day fayre with bunting, at the foot of Severndroog Castle, a neo-gothic folly
May 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Severndroog Market stalls setting up on a frosty, sunny morning #SE18
Farmers market stall setting up in the woods with the neo-gothic folly Severndroog Castle against a bright clear sky
February 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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How lovely! Waiting for All’s Well That Ends Well to end the year
The empty stage of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with candles lit
December 31, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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Always feel a bit short-changed when the view goes missing #ShootersHill #SE18
A street on a misty day
December 12, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Jeez, New Charlton is a joy-sapping armpit of a place #SE7
Retail park with large carpark Retail park with large carpark Dual carriageway running through the middle of a retail park Retail park with large carpark
December 4, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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Singing in the rain ☔️ High spirits at the Severndroog Castle Christmas Market today
December 1, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Also used effectively at the wonderful Bishop’s Basilica Museum in Plovdiv, Bulgaria where the new museum building otherwise gives little hint of the scale of what was there
A modern museum building viewed through a screen etched with the outline of the historic building that once stood on the site
November 27, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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This has been joyous so far through the rapid ascent of Soft Cell, but suspect it is about to take a turn
Bright pink cover of the book ‘Bedsit land The strange worlds of Soft Cell’ by Patrick Clarke
November 25, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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A 5 star bug hotel in Jackwood House Gardens, SE18 #ShootersHill
A substantial bug house wooden structure, about 1 metre high and with 6 internal sections. Each section contains a mix of drilled logs, sticks and grass behind a covering. The bug house is sitting in the middle of a flower bed of wildflowers and herbs
November 24, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Just popping in for a little [cough] Christmas shopping
The shop front of Stanfords Bookshop in Covent Garden
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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Jack Wood has always been my favourite of the Shooters Hill ancient woodlands and the Friends of Oxleas volunteers are doing good things there
Woodland with some trees showing autumnal colours and other trees bare
November 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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This absolute beauty #SeverndroogCastle
November 17, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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Here’s GeeJay at the Jazz Cafe for their sold out London Jazz Festival show
November 16, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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On top of London
Water tower on crest of Shooters Hill
November 14, 2024 at 3:10 PM