A River Runs Through It

Incredibly it has been a year since I took the lease on this flat - though realistically it has only been the past 6 months that I've been able to start to get to know the area. It's different from docklands! More open space, but on occasion it can feel set apart from the rest of London - definitely not as urban.

There are some - and only some - elements I miss about living in docklands and I was reminded of one yesterday. In the summer there was nothing more pleasant that getting the river bus home. Avoiding the 7th level of hell that can be the tube in summer, you could gently glide down the Thames enjoying a different pace of travel and seeing London, still an often beautiful city, from the water. Now the Thames also runs through Teddington (it even has a lifeboat station), but on a hot Friday evening traveling back by South West Trains just isn't the same. The annoucement last night in the middle of a hot spell? "Sorry we have taken one carriage out of service - this was due to the heaters being stuck on full heat."