Tuesday, September 17, 2013

From Hammersmith to Chiswick - Life is a Mall



They call it a "Mall", those English do.


They pronounce it "Mell".


I can't tell you why.


But if you want to get away from the crowds


and find out how life was like "back then"


or you just want to take a different step back


a step away - from the hustle and the hurry -


what they call a "breather".....


This could be the place for you.  (The Hammersmith Mall to the Chiswick Mall along the Thames.)


There's a whiff of Dickens, or Thackeray.


It's the waterway of Kings - Henry the VIII took this route to Hampton Court


The annual Oxford Cambridge Boat Race happens here.  Have you noticed, plenty of places to wet your whistle?  On a cold rainy race day, or better, when the sun shines and you should otherwise be


on a faraway vacation or planning (another?) one.  Like these folk are thinking of, apparently.


(But you're not.) You're wetting your whistle.  Or, just toodling down a narrow lane.


Getting distracted by other peoples' lives


and trying to find your way back.......


maybe with a few souvenirs


(Could your personal barrel of beer use a little jacket to keep it at a proper temperature?  And why not?)


er, I was saying - trying to find your way back........to...............I mean.........


I mean, the RIVER.  THAMES.  Ah yes.  Refreshment.












4 comments:

  1. Oh... to be in London.. thanks for the reminder of al that charm MP!

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  2. Mais sous un ciel gris, cela donne très envie de partir faire une virée sur la Tamise... et rapporter un petit tonneau de bière pour se rafraîchir...!

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  3. Thanks for this lovely, low-tide wander along the Thames. There's certainly no shortage of whistle-wetting stops :)

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  4. hey, why, thanks! for the tip on chiswick and hammersmith.
    have yet to discover this area, its looking very appealing, right up my street, in a backroads way...
    n♥

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