Head Space Daily Words...

I went to visit a friend yesterday in her Penthouse suite in Soho. Actually, it is a top floor flat of an ex council block in Fitzrovia, which as I have mentioned before on these hallowed pages, is one of my favourite areas in London.  The flat was bijou with a balcony - including a window box full of pansies and an artificial, solar powered butterfly – see Daily Image. I love the view, which although at first sight, may not seem much to write home about, it contains so much history and places of interest in one skyline that it is rendered stunning. Imagine waking up every morning and opening the curtains to Centre Point and the green mass of trees surrounding Soho Square. Turn your head to the right to see a single chimney of Battersea power station and the imposing church tower of Westminster Cathedral. Then, as you scan your eyes to the left, you pick out the Houses of Parliament. The London Eye peeps out from behind a white residential block and the angular curved roof of Charing Cross Station crouches like an alien space ship directly in front of it. A little further on is the Strata building at Elephant And Castle, with its three trademark massive fans stationed on the roof. The old fashioned looking Shell Mex house on the Strand, with its toy clock face overlooks the South Bank, then as your gaze continues to drift left, the nearby steeple of All Saints Church on Margaret Street in Fitzrovia pulls into focus, before being drawn back to Centre Point, and behind that the colourful buildings of St.Giles High Street. Cranes crisscross as far as the eye can see building the future London, as directly below the continual pulse of pneumatic drills pound the huge Primark extension into shape. When you open those curtains, you well and truly know you are in London Town.