London is a wonderful place, like you’ve probably heard before through all my daily ramblings but there are a few things that still work on my nerves. One of those things is the lack of public toilets in this wonderful city. Travelling to your nearest high street can take up to an hour, depending on traffic and all sorts and we all know that a bumpy bus ride or tube ride does not do “wonders” for your poor bladder. By the time you get there, you’re half desperate to find the nearest public toilet, never mind the shopping then.

Don’t get me wrong, you do get a lot of public toilets but when you do find them you have to fork out at least 30p to get in, which is not bad if the facilities are at least clean but what happens when you have no money on you? What do you do then? I don’t think I even want to start thinking about that scenario, hence why I try to carry around change with me wherever I go.

Oh, I might as well mention, do not even ask the shops to use their toilet facilities if you do not intend to be a paying customer. A lot of shop owners have plastered hand written signs all over the place to make that very clear! Here is a handy tip, nip into a fast food restaurant such as McDonalds or KFC if you are out and about. They are normally too busy to watch you sneak passed them, hehe!

I do really treasure my time travelling from and to work on the London transport system, believe it or not. It is the best time to sit and think about anything and everything. You can normally get the Metro, which is a free newspaper at most bus stations and tube stations but I’ve been unlucky in getting one on my route to work. My guess is that everyone clings to their copy to make the journey into work much shorter and more entertaining. My morning travel time is normally spent gazing out of the window even though I’ve seen the buildings a hundred and one times.

Evenings you’re able to grab either The London Paper or The Lite which are both a bit similar but each has their own columns that attract readers. I greedily grab both copies to catch up with local events and national stories. The best part about these free newspapers in London is that there is this unspoken rule when someone reads the paper; they leave it behind in a good readable manner so that the next person can catch up as well without throwing it away. This is a great way to recycle newspapers in London and to get to know a fellow Londoner.

I woke up this morning to find a pleasant surprise on my way to the kitchen for my daily dosage of caffeine, a thick layer of fresh snow on the rooftops outside. This is London what we’re talking about, hasn’t been snowing at all this year, except for the little bits of snow over the Easter Weekend.

This time there was a lot of snow outside. We were so excited about the change in the weather that we dashed outside with the camera like kids and played in the snow. Yeah, I know we’re grownups but that made it all the more fun.  The snow was nice and thick on the grass, made a crackling sound every time you take a step. We could even see a few footsteps of foxes or squirrels that were there before us, although I am pretty sure it was foxes instead of squirrels, hehe!

Summer should be around the corner soon but for today we’ll enjoy the white blanket of snow outside although it is starting to melt now at a rapid pace. Oh well, that is probably the last snow we will see this year or we could be lucky and see a bit more in December.