curns' corner

By curns

Together

As we were in north London and our journey home meant travelling through Walthamstow, we took advantage of the location and stopped off at God's Own Junkyard, a museum of neon signs. It was a bright and sunny morning, but the museum is in an old, suitably dark warehouse-like building to allow the neon to shine. I've always wanted to visit and, despite the bright daylight outside, the multi-coloured lights were fantastic. The contrast between the signs for wedding chapels and those gentlemen's establishments of old Soho was beautiful. I always need to figure out what to do with the photos I take at a place like this. Sharing one or two on social media is OK, but I don't want to bombard my few followers. For once, I put them on my website.

Our afternoon was relatively quiet. I watched many videos about electric cars and how the perception of a lack of charging options is misguided. I have no idea why they fascinate me, as I have no intention of buying a car.

In the evening, the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who. I don't know the commercial arrangements now that the BBC and Disney co-produce it, but two things were observable: this is not, and should not, be labelled a series one, and the episode spent too long explaining the show. A new companion is always a time that The Doctor has to explain The TARDIS, the time-travel, Gallifrey and the two hearts. This felt too crow-barred in. Nonetheless, it won't put us off watching upcoming episodes.

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