North of the Stupid Line

Posts Tagged ‘London

21 Dec, 2006

Home

Posted by: Rob

Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome!
After spending 3.5 years in London, the Robster is now home for good.  You will have noticed from the Announcements to the right of this page that I will start a secondment from RAD at Hugh James in Cardiff from 2 January 2007, which means that I am no longer based in London.
Over the last [...]

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27 Jun, 2006

Orpington

Posted by: Rob

I’ve moved again within London! I’m now living with Laura and Oliver at their newly-purchased three bedroom home in Orpington, Kent. Here are some pics of my new bedroom:

I have taken pics of the rest of the house, but haven’t transferred them to the laptop yet.
Why did I decide to [...]

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01 Mar, 2006

The flat in Croydon

Posted by: Rob

I thought you would appreciate some up-to-date photos of the flat in Croydon that I share with Steve Dering, particularly as Steve has recently had a new kitchen installed.
NB. Apologies for the quality of the pictures – they were taken with my Sony Ericsson K700i.

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17 Feb, 2006

TfL JourneyPlanner

Posted by: Rob

Am I the only commuter in London who absolutely detests the Transport for London’s JourneyPlanner?
It is seriously pathetic. Okay, it’ll tell you how to get somewhere. But jeeeeeeez, I’m sure it tries to make you change as much as is humanely possible at this or that station, walk here, walk there, blaaah.
Another thing: [...]

30 Aug, 2005

Back in Croydon

Posted by: Rob

The Robster is back in town! Yep, I’ve returned to London and to work. Whoopee (!). I don’t mind really, just back to the daily grind of commuting and casework, and back to missing Rachel and now missing our home as well. Ah well, it’s only until spring 2007, then got the [...]

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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.