The Big Smoke

Did you know there is an open air organic meat market in London?
Did you know there is an open air organic meat market and a man selling fajitas from a bus in London?
Did you know there is an open air organic meat market,
a man selling fajitas from a bus and a woman running a boot camp in a barge in London?
Did you know there is an open air organic meat market,
a man selling fajitas from a bus,
a woman running a boot camp in a barge and a cinema on a disused car park in London?

A multitude of museums
A million and one cafes selling cakes
200 Michelin star restaurants
A park with a castle
A park with an elephant
A park with a tree that has stood for TEN THOUSAND years
Yoga near the lido on a Sunday at sunrise
Free karate in a shipping container on a Tuesday
Painting and pottery at the back of a craft shop
Photography and a pint on the banks of the Thames
Friday's we do coffee while walking our dogs in the Park
Monday's we play golf in an underground bar in the dark
There are sex parties that last over seven nights, fuelled by new drugs and saucy delights.
Cream teas in secret hotel parlours, swimming pools in secret hotel parlours, spas in secret hotel parlours, dance floors in secret hotel parlours.

Bars beyond fridges
Speakeasies beyond grand pianos
Bars on roofs
Bars in lofts
Bars underground
Bars under water
Bars above clouds
Bars in secret hotel parlours.
Bars on boats
Bars in parks
Bars on streets
Bars in cars
Bars in beaches
Bars in ships
Ships on roofs
Gardens on roofs
Beehives on roofs
Roofs everywhere
Skies nowhere
Sliver of skies
Silver skies
Silver

Silver London

Where should I start?
Where can I breathe?
How can I choose?
How do you choose?

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I'll put on my walking shoes.

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I'll put on my walking shoes.

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I'll put on my walking shoes.

Helena Miscioscia

Helena is the tour manager at Shakespeare’s Globe currently on maternity leave having had a second baby. She lives in Bath and her passions are walking, reading & her family. Every so often a poem floats into her head and she has to write it down. During lockdown she has dearly missed travelling and going to the theatre. 

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