If they could do LBG for this evening that would be good. I'm going out on Upper Street, but nearer the Angel end.

Been listening to a lot of 70s African rock and it’s depressing how many band bios read something like “formed during the commodity boom in their hometown, they later fell out of favour after the US/Soviet backed coup brought a military dictatorship to power”

open.spotify.com/track/71gqHP...

Relatedly, Google used to let you give a star rating to whole continents. Asia was a 4.5, I mean, who needs to know more?

Brockley Ponds

No, the new one that's been taking ages. End of Upper Brox Rd.

The little Victorian one is part of the crap development on the same site.

TBF, the 90s were actually good

Such a crap building (although better than the previously approved one). IIRC, the planners just waved it through.

The unfinished one behind it is better.

Where dat?

Update: Think I won the real-life auction. But I won't know for sure until later today or tomorrow. They're going to send me an email, like it's 2005 or something.

Stockpiling Claymore mines and barbed wire in the cellar to make Brockley Cross impassable. You can have Manor Ave, they've always thought they were a bit special.

In a year or two, it will be further stretched to make an 80,000 word book...

Once booked into a yoga retreat in Guatemala (you could stay without doing yoga) with a 4 yr old and a 3 month old only to discover all the breakfasts were silent. To our total amazement, both kids picked up on the vibe and were silent at breakfast.