We had meant to be heading down to Kent to meet my mum today, but since the snow has scuppered these plans we decide to make the most of the day and head out early. K has some Christmas shopping to do, so we get the tube to Liverpool Street and walk through Spitalfields Market to Brick Lane. I don't really have any appreciation of markets – especially “posh” ones like Spitalfields, as I can't see anything but overpriced tat. Little ornaments, ashtrays and clocks made out of melted records, badly printed t-shirts and expensive jewellery handcrafted by art students are clearly not for me. It is nice to have a stroll around though, especially as the sun is out and it's not too chilly.
After walking through Brick Lane's big indoor markets (more paintings, old telephones and reggae CDs) we sit and eat a delicious cheeseburger with huge potato wedges. This is one thing Brick Lane is definitely good for – the food. We walk back up through Spitalfields Market which is now totally mobbed, and decide to head home empty handed.
We spend the rest of the day pottering around the flat – I do a little writing and K does some sewing – before watching the penultimate part of the brilliant Any Human Heart on Channel 4, which is turning into something of an epic and despite being 90 minutes long feels like it could happily rumble along for a lot longer. I might have to look into getting the book.
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