21 – 25 September 2026

Monday Best of sunsets. Cloudless orange sky behind the red traffic lights. Deep green-blue behind the green ones. Crystal Palace tower, tall in the background with its red lights glowing. Electric light looks so good in the twilight. I litter-picked this morning. Got a bewildering wave and a toot from a passing van – I waved back anyway, and figured out it was FMP about five minutes later. The famous van, bought for camping; never knowingly camped. 15 years in, but there’s still time. She loves that van. Tuesday The early train leaves as I reach the platform. If I hadn’t chatted to FMP while she waited for her bus, if my bus had actually stopped, if, if. But that wasn’t even the train I was aiming for. In town, the door of 4 Princelet Street is open and a security guard gives me side eye as I nonchalantly sneak a look inside. “No. 4 Princelet Street: A famous, striking pinkish-red 300-year-old Georgian house known as one of the most photographed and Instagrammed spots in the…