Redbridge Sikh Charity Bike Ride

On Sunday, our local Redbridge Sikh community arranged its tenth annual charity bike ride, and the children's charity benefited by over £3,000. It is always good when London communities come together and prove that we live in much more than a soulless metropolis, a place where individuals care.

I haven't had a chance to sort through the rest of my pictures, but rather than wait for that, here they are straight from the camera. If you were there, you'll probably find yourself somewhere! Let me know if you'd like a full or processed version. Link to the photos is here

Looking for love...

...in all the right places. It was Valentine's Day and this is Valentine's House in Valentines Park, and this is the queue to go into Valentine's Mansion on the first day of opening after refurbishment. It's rather strange having a 17th century mansion house on your doorstep.

Read about it on the Diamond Geezer today.

The Kompost Krew

"Mummy - why is a banana waving at me?" In my local Waitrose supermarket, I came across Sarah and Jo extolling the benefits of recycling to mark compost week (no, I didn't know either). They work for my local borough, but had added their costumes on their own initiative. They brightened up my day, I hope they do yours.

And if you want to find out more about the "why" of recycling, check out the entertaining Story of Stuff.

Redbridge Museum

It was the Diamond Geezer's latest "Random Borough", to my own area of Redbridge that shamed me into visiting our local museum. I knew it was there, but I'd never visited. I can now confirm that although it isn't something to inspire a special journey, it is worth popping in if you are in the area. Lots of stuff, aranged from the perspective of people living through past times and events, plenty for children to push, turn and smell and emough for adults, too. Even an exhibit on cycling, can't be bad.

Read Diamond Geezer's Random Borough Ramble here, here and here.