Long walks and suit jackets December 3, 2006
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Miscellany , trackbackIt has been a while, hasn’t it.
Suffice to say, I have a new contract, at a venerable City institution down by Bank and, for the first time since I came to London, I’m working in an environment where I’m less formally dressed than anyone else. Those two tailored pinstripes are getting a workout as it’s compulsory to wear one’s jacket in public areas.
On the first day, I discovered that it takes 45 minutes by tube, desk to door, and only an hour to walk, such is the chaos at Euston and Bank stations in the rush hour, so in the morning, my trainers go on and I trot briskly down through Somers Town, Bloomsbury, the back streets of Holburn and Leather Lane to the City at Holburn Viaduct, before hitting the main road and dodging umbrellas for the final mile or so. Walking seven miles every day leaves me exhausted, but sleeping better than usual and hopefully getting fit and de-stressed.
I had been planning on offsetting my travel carbon emissions, as a little way of showing myself as a green business, but, apart from shoe manufacture, they’re zero already.
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Great to see you’re back on line. And great to know you’re able to walk to work. I always find walking is a good way to make the transition from work to home (but one mile each way is enough for me). I hope there’s not too many traffic fumes. I presume it’s now wintertime, and cold and dark when you’re walking - hope you’ve got a warm coat.
if you’re not too exhausted from the morning’s walk, you should check this out in your lunch break: andwhilelondonburns.com
It’s an hour-long mystery-tour-thriller-opera about climate change & the City - right around Bank.
I did it on Friday, and it made me look at things through different eyes. Came back to my desk both shaken & inspired.