Dorking, Food, Photographs

I have recently been struggling with accepting that I have to commute 1.5hrs on a good day, every day to London to a job that I broadly love, from a town that I broadly love too. ‘Wasting’ 3hrs of my life every day on a train was beginning to be a pain, particularly in [...]

One of the advantages of living in a lovely sleepy town is that not a lot happens. Some might say that’s a bad thing, but I get my kicks when I’m in London.
Two news items that caught my eye recently were these:
‘Dorking restaurant manager risks life to stop death plunge‘
Clearly an incredibly selfless act [...]

Polseden Lacey Tulips
Originally uploaded by Yppop

Another pretty pic from Polesden, with my new 18-200mm lens.

We dined at the The Westerley some time ago with family and on a drive back from Wimbledon, we decided that we had to go again.
Husb is one for trying anything and that anything that night was calves brain for starters. I didn’t want him to order it, so I suggested that I’d prefer [...]

The Brockham Bonfire is one of the largest in the country. Brockham itself is a gorgeous little village between Dorking and Reigate with the classic village green and is overlooked by the Surrey Hills. This annual event is a big deal here - they shut down the local roads and you have to [...]