I met up with a friend last night for quick drink after a meeting in London. The drink was sadly too quick but very pleasant nonetheless.
However, the real event of the evening was catching a bus to the station… This probably sounds silly, but I realised that in all the time I commuted to London [...]

Samuel Johnson said “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
Well, I was starting to become tired of London when I was working there; experiencing too much of the tedious, overcrowded public transport, side of London and not enough of the [...]

Friday was my last day at American Express and it was a very, very good day but also a sad day.
One of the things I wanted during my notice period was to do for one last time the things that I had enjoyed about London. One was eating dim sum; I’d never eaten dim sum [...]

I’ve seen a number of minor celebrities during my time of commuting. In fact all were so minor that I can’t remember any except Martin Bell, complete with white suit, in Euston tube station.
But tonight, on my penultimate night in London I saw a proper celebrity!
Arriving at Victoria Station I was greeted by two fire [...]

£13,192 – that’s a large amount of money isn’t it?
Well, that’s roughly what I’ve spent commuting to London over the last 34 months. That’s an average of £388 a month and that excludes taxis to and from the station and other travel related expense.
What is most galling about such a significant expenditure is that [...]

London was again a victim of bomb attacks today.
Three tubes and a bus were targeted but this time the terrorists were even bigger amateurs and did not successfully detonate one of the bombs.
Warren Street tube station was targeted; a station I pass through everyday on my way to work.
I had to walk some of the [...]