Aki up with alarm at 0730. I dozed on for a bit. Got up and porridged. Aki cycled off for a work meeting in Camden. I headed for Finsbury Park tube station, getting a Victoria Line train to Vauxhall, where I caught a No.156 bus to Queenstown Road, just past Battersea Power Station. Spent the morning ambling down St Philip Street, knocking on doors. The housing is quite interesting...2- and 3-storey terraced houses c1875, in a Conservation Area to the east of Clapham Junction. But they are showing signs of age internally, and Peabody don't keep them in tiptop condition. Broke for a coffee on Lavender Hill, then walked up towards Battersea Arts Centre in search of some lunch. Ordered a croque monsieur in a little cafe called Pique...but it was dire. A soggy mess, which tasted as though he'd accidentally reached for the sugar rather than the salt when seasoning! The chef has evidently never had one before...my efforts are far superior! Got a bus back to Queenstown Road, and knocked on doors on Broughton Street, before ending up back on St Philip Street. Struck for home, taking a bus to Hyde Park Corner, then catching a Piccadilly Line tube to Caledonian Road. Bumped into Brett at the bus stop there, and we got on the 259 to Hornsey Road. She'd been to an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. Warmed up the Levantine chicken we'd bought in Waitrose the other day, and ate it with cous cous and vegetables, followed by creme brulee. Watched MasterChef before bath and bed...
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