Colour My Days

Monet’s home in Giverny

Giverny sits in a little quiet area in Normandy about an hours’ drive from the hustle and bustle of Paris. As areas go, it is relatively unremarkable. A quiet little village lane, a few houses on either side. It is actually hard to believe that it was home to one of the world’s most renowned […]
The Duck and Rice

It’s not quite 1pm on a Saturday afternoon and Duck and Rice is heaving, the difference of course is that it’s not just fans of Chinese food. The majority of the patrons to this rather upmarket, club-styled restaurant, are joined by their beloved four legged friends.
City Road Locks London

City Road Lock is a lock on the Regent’s Canal, in the London Borough of Islington, England. It is located a short distance to the east of Islington Tunnel, and immediately to the west of City Road Basin.
Regent’s Canal

Regent’s Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London. The canal is 8.6 miles long.
City Road Basin on Regent’s Canal

The bigger of the two canal basins in the Borough of Islington. The City Road Canal Basin is just after the City Road Lock (Lock 5) on the Regent’s Canal.

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