12.3.07

Charlton

Apologies for the long delay; Laura and I have just moved to London. We're in the East End, south of the river, in a place called Charlton. It's near Greenwich, and has its own Premiership football team (the stadium's not far from our house at all). It's pretty quick to get into town by the local trains, and it's got the full range of shops and whatnot. At the top of the hill (we live at the bottom) is an old village, centred around a Jacobean manor-house, kind of like Aston Hall, but a bit smaller. The church there contains the grave of the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated, Percival. Parkland goes all the way down from Charlton Hall to the Thames, about 10 minutes walk from the house. The Thames Barrier's there (you should google it; it's pretty neat). I've taken some pictures of the barrier, and will be posting them as soon as I'm able- at the moment I'm having to use the free wi-fi in Leicester square, which does get me into central London every day, but doesn't allow for much in the way of posting things.
Cheers!

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