27 October 2017 Trees of Tooting Bec Common I did an online horticulture course around a year ago (RHS Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Horticulture @ Open Study College, Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Horticulture), it was really interesting but I haven’t really utilised much of what I…
Beer, cassette and vinyl – Independent Label Market
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Greater London National Park 10 mile walk
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Sport Relief @ VeloPark
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Thursday, 15th of August 2013 – Westminster – Thames Barrier boat trip
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Wednesday, 14th of August 2013 – British 10km London
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Wednesday, 10th of September 2012 – London 2012 Olympics
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I could have been a porn star!
London, sometime in early 1991… I was living with my then boyfriend in a nice, one bedroom flat in Seven Sisters, after he’d been evicted from the squat where we first met and he decided to actually pay rent. He was earning a good wage as a civil engineer and…