I enjoy travelling and I find that the haiku form is very similar to establishing thumbnail pictures of people, places and emotions. So the train arrives at Paddingtgon Station and there is a flurry of excited people meeting each other.
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Emotions spark smiles
Silence merges into gentle hugs
Waterfall of news.
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FindingĀ a seat on any platfrom is time consuming, but not for the pigeons who seem to locate a seated you in record time and what are they looking for…?
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Pigeon on platform
Begging crumbs for breakfast:
Nature’s ‘Oliver’.
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I enter the hotel and am welcomed as if I was a long lost relative. Consisting of a row of Edwarding houses, this hotel in truly home from home.
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Hotel, in each room
Private dramas unfolding.
Bring down the curtain.
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I sit on the bed to relax and my eyes focus on a piece of Edwardian ironwork.
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Edwardian grate
Hungry for solid fuel,
Period feature.
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So my stay in London continued. More of my thoughts soon.