A Blogger in Black

Friday 15 th March Term finished on Thursday lunchtime so there was plenty of time to haul the gear down to the car once I’d finished work and deliberation on which coats and boots to take were completed! Patsy was locked and loaded by 10:30am however Google Maps predicted lighter than usual traffic, particularly along the Purley Way, so I sat, all hitched up for quite a while until deciding to depart at 11:15am. I didn’t want to arrive early and there is nowhere to park up near the site, the only option being to traverse the local streets, not something I was keen on doing. As it was I arrived at 1:01pm and was warmly greeted by wardens Maria and John, who I have got to know well, through Sandra. The motor mover was proving somewhat awkward and I ended up pushing Patsy most of the way onto the pitch, fortunately no side to side levelling was required – not perfect but near enough. Sandra: I was really looking forward to a few days break in London,   it had been a ...