I am already missing

the quiet of London traffic. This may sound strange to Upoverites but the number of electric vehicles in London does make the traffic much quieter. There are very few motorbikes there too. That also makes a difference.

I know I will go on missing the way the traffic gives way to pedestrians. For a slow cat like me this is much appreciated. I am happy, or as happy as I will ever be, to cross roads there. The pedestrian signals last longer and the roads are narrower. It all makes for comfortable walking. 

I will miss Kensington Gardens. It was a short prowl from where we were staying and it was a joy to take Middle Cat there. She needs to take move some photographs from her phone to elsewhere because she kept finding new leaves, new colours, another squirrel or two or three. She also photographed the signs about the trees so she can bombard our Premier with "what can and should be done" instead of cutting down trees for a golf course that locals will not even be able to play on. No, don't ask. It upsets both of us too much.

I am also going to miss M&S crispbreads. They are excellent. I will be less inclined to miss their ready meals. They are very good indeed but one between the two of us was enough and they tend to be heavy on the pasta. (This is understandable. I like pasta but in small doses.) 

Then there are the museums and the museums and the museums and the libraries and the libraries and all the history right around you wherever you go. Sometimes you need to look for it but it is there.  I was a little perturbed by how little history Middle Cat knows. Like me she did almost entirely a limited history of this country. I went on to read books and more books. I did a unit of economic history in high school with nothing more than the book to guide me but Middle Cat went on to do physics and physiology, chemistry and biology. Our interests are different but she was still fascinated by the cobbled streets in Cambridge and the college greens.  Such things do not exist here. It will take another six hundred years at least!

Today I must unpack properly...but it is tempting to repack the case and depart.