The kitchen view and a subdivide down below.

10:43 Thursday April 20, 2017

Stoke Newington, London

Fact: Stoke Newington or ‘new town in the wood’, has been lightly settled for hundreds of years, close to larger neighbouring Saxon settlements near the River Lea. In the 19th century it was discovered that Stoke Newington Common and Abney Park Cemetery had been part of a Neolithic working area for axe-making, some examples of which can be seen in the Museum of London. Stoke Newington is nicknamed “Stokey” by many residents.

Best friends back together.

22:53 Wednesday April 19, 2017

Lift 1, Madison Rooftop, One New Change, London

Fact: For more than 1,400 years, an Anglican Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has stood at the highest point in the City of London, a Grade 1 listed building. The present Cathedral is the masterpiece of Britain’s most famous architect Sir Christopher Wren.

Came down to catch the last rays of sun before sunset and do some sort of stretching and exercise with minimal running…ended up back on the basketball court with Anita and Tom just before dark.

19:28 Tuesday April 18, 2017

Hackney Downs, London

Fact: A study from the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine found most people can achieve optimal muscle performance in the evening.

Shot some hoops solo before sunset and then played 21 with a couple of young guys who had just wrapped boxing training in the park. Lost to one of them at 17 points, next time…

19:57 Monday April 17, 2017

Hackney Downs, London

Fact: Dr. James Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball program. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Tournament (1939).

Literally the only photo I took on my camera today; on a mission to try and find my friend Dan a phone shop selling iPhone chargers and open on Easter Sunday. Boys, packing fails…

11:32 Sunday April 16, 2017

Muswell Hill Broadway, London

Fact: In 1983, the first mobile phones went on sale in the U.S. at almost $4,000 each.

Friends I made working at an event in Crans-Montana circa March ’13 were back in town for a show in Camden, they’re a 3 piece band ‘Reigning Days’ and just signed a record deal with Marshall Records. It was also my friend (pictured) Dan’s first official night living in London having made the big move from Devon to be closer to the music industry community here.

21:45 Saturday April 15, 2017

Proud Camden, Camden Market, London

Fact: Proud is located in a 19th century Grade II listed former Horse Hospital in the Stables Market, inclusive of seven original horse stables.

I just want to cuddle a goat…going through a Clissold Park phase.

17:07 Friday April 14, 2017

Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London

Fact: Clissold Park was one of the first municipal parks in London in which bird and animal life was specifically provided. An animal enclosure was established before 1900 and contained donkeys, a wallaby and an aviary housing British birds as well as a herd of deer.
The small collection of animals now kept at Clissold Park consists of an aviary containing exotic birds, enclosures containing chickens, goats and a small herd of fallow deer. The animals have historically been for educational purposes, particularly for children and young people; this is purely visual and no contact between members of the public and animals takes place.

This place is New York and Middle Eastern influenced and has a line out the door every weekend + they don’t take bookings for brunch (which is their thing) so Phoebe and I took advantage of having the morning off to see what this fanfare was ’bout.

11:24 Thursday April 13, 2017

The Good Egg, Stoke Newington, London

Fact: Brunch was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for “Saturday-night carousers” that started at noon, but featured breakfast fare.

En route walking from The Strand to Kings Cross I crossed paths with London’s answer to Black Beauty.

16:36 Wednesday April 12, 2017

Covent Garden, London

Fact: The Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch is a Central Operations branch of London’s Metropolitan Police. The main responsibilities of the branch are to conduct safe policing of football matches, and crowd control at other large public order events. They also escort the Royal Guard change every morning.

I just signed up to the Virgin Sport 2017 5.5k Chase Your Mate at the end of the month, so did a recce of the local running track and put in some (very low intensity) warm up laps. I don’t have a mate to chase, by the way.

19:56 Tuesday April 11, 2017

Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London

Fact: A study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that stretching before going for a run made a runner’s body less efficient so that they did not perform as well and were unable to run as far.
Instead of stretching, try warming up with a walk and running-specific moves to mobilise your joints before your run. You should then make sure to include stretches as part of your post-run routine.