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Dec. 29th, 2011 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
satyricaI had a pretty chilled out last weekend before Xmas, the highlight was heading out to the Medieval Manuscript exhibition at the British Library: there was some awesome stuff there and we only really got half the way round before the place closed. Whilst it was mostly late medieval/early Tudor (including Henry VIII's adolescent signature)- probably the most impressive part from my point of view was the Anglo-Saxon section, 1250 year old books with elaborate decorations and royal annotations in scrawled old English.
After that I had time some kill before heading to the shelter so I ended up walking across from Kings Cross to Knightsbridge, through the wintry streets, the kind of sojourn I used to do the whole time when I first came to London and it was enjoyable to pass through all the seasonal bustle without being in a rush to get anywhere myself.
I was at the shelters again on Tuesday evening and unfortunately we had a rough couple of days just before the drop-in closed up for Christmas; I'm slightly concerned how things will be when we open up again next week but hopefully it was just the stress of the season being played out.
I did have some very pleasant times catching up with people at the same time though- dinner in with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ketchgirl, whose impeccable manners meant she was extremely gracious about being served what ended up being basically cabbage mixed with lentils, and out with ex-housemate D, who we haven't seen enough of since she left.
Then after a short day's work on Friday I took my leave of London and headed down to Winchester for the (15th?) annual December 23rd party.
After that I had time some kill before heading to the shelter so I ended up walking across from Kings Cross to Knightsbridge, through the wintry streets, the kind of sojourn I used to do the whole time when I first came to London and it was enjoyable to pass through all the seasonal bustle without being in a rush to get anywhere myself.
I was at the shelters again on Tuesday evening and unfortunately we had a rough couple of days just before the drop-in closed up for Christmas; I'm slightly concerned how things will be when we open up again next week but hopefully it was just the stress of the season being played out.
I did have some very pleasant times catching up with people at the same time though- dinner in with
ketchgirl, whose impeccable manners meant she was extremely gracious about being served what ended up being basically cabbage mixed with lentils, and out with ex-housemate D, who we haven't seen enough of since she left.Then after a short day's work on Friday I took my leave of London and headed down to Winchester for the (15th?) annual December 23rd party.
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