Grim

I walk up these steps every weekday. The wall you can see at the top right is part of the original town wall. If I paid attention I could tell you how old it is... let's just leave it at 'centuries old'. Anyway, the building at the top has the word 'grim' graffitied on it in big white bubble letters. On a day like today in what is now a pretty fantastic part of Newcastle it couldn't seem any less appropriate.

I've just been to uni and I'm hiding out in the Crow's Nest under the pretext of writing some poetry. Really I'm shirking my motherly duties again and will slope home when the girls are in bed. The Guinness is helping to ease away feelings of guilt.