MONTHLY CHALLENGE|TRAVEL|WRITING
Feeling the London Blues
But with no traces of sadness in it
When I landed in London almost thirty years ago I was confronted by a sea of red. From the iconic double-deckers, to people’s cars, red was the dominant colour. Even my ex-wife had a little, old, ruby-hued, three-door banger that blended in nicely with similarly coloured vehicles.
Fast forward more than two and a half decades and the colour scene has changed in the British capital. As the photos both above and below will show, we’ve become a more colour-accommodating society. Even double-deckers have gone green, in a more environmentally friendly approach.
As soon as the ‘Trotters editorial team announced this month’s challenge, I knew I had to muck in. Blue is one of my two favourite colours (the other one being black. Both dark grey and white come in third at a distance, like two Olympians struggling to keep up with the rest of the runners in a 10,000 metres race).
A walk, a bus ride, a cycle jaunt, and a trip down memory lane are the best descriptors for the images to follow.
First up is the sign for Moorgate Tube Station. We were doing our usual Saturday walk when I stopped outside Moorgate. Interesting that the tube is a means of transport I use regularly…
