I believe you were spotted on public transport later in the day.
<- gratuitous emoji of @MGOwner in his cape.
I donāt 
Good job we got that landing page sorted out.
Just watch the numbers rocket off the scale now. 
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Canāt tell if the skater is wearing a HELMET
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While weāre on the subject, hereās a country which has its priorities sorted out
VB
Must have needed a whole lot of Viagraā¦
Harsh!
Skills! 
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" With a few pounds in your pocket you can buy a vintage turntable where the music sounds better than most CD players " Yeah right.
You mean you havenāt got half a dozen LP12s in stock?
I do have some standardsā¦
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Slightly early for my appointment at Guyās, I popped into Southwark Cathedral. I walked past this, but then a sign I read, mainly about something else, made me go have a closer look.
Itās called a Nonsuch Chest, and dates back to the late 16th century. I only had a few minutes, and itās alarmed so you canāt touch, but the quality and intricacy of the woodwork is simply astonishing. There are loads of really detailed tiny carvings and inlays in it that are simply fantastic.
Itās entirely wonderful. I canāt go back, as I doubt Iāll be able to resist the temptation to touch!
I was wondering if there was any connection to Nonsuch Palaceā¦and there isā¦
This type of chest is characterised by its construction using dovetailed boards and decoration of geometrical and architectural designs in marquetry and inlay. In many respects they resemble chests made in Germany, and are now thought to have been made in London, particularly Southwark, by immigrants from northern Germany and the Netherlands from about 1560. Their decoration of picturesque towered buildings probably derive from 16th-century printed designs, such as those published by Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604). During the twentieth century they came to be known as āNonsuchā chests, after Henry VIIIās palace of Nonsuch in Surrey, because their decoration of fanciful buildings was thought, wrongly, to represent that building.
The chest was in the collection of Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) the distinguished architect, whose commissions included the main facade of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
AIUI there are remains of Nonsuch palace. Has anyone here ever been to look for/at them?
Doesnāt sound like thereās anything significant to see now, although the 1959 archaeological dig was a big tourist attraction it seems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsuch_Park#Early_modern_period.
VB
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