Wednesday 21 August – Paddington (Square C3 on the Tube map), Park Royal (C2), Parsons Green (E3), Peckham Rye (E3), Penge West (F6)
I’m trying hard to follow the words of wisdom of de Tocqueville in A Three Pipe Problem, two posts ago. I’m trying to focus not on the journey but on each station in turn. But it’s hard. My mind is always leaping ahead – Parsons Green, what’s that going to be like? Will it be illuminating or clerically-challenging? At least I’ve never been to Parsons Green. But take Paddington. I’ve been to Paddington scores of times. What on earth am I going to do at Paddington that’s new and different? How, dear reader, am I going to keep you, if not educated and informed, at least entertained?
There is a gentle cough in the background. Please don’t think I mean to upbraid you, Sandy, says The Wee Professor politely, but …
My heart sinks. Continue reading
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