Last day today, so DJ and I headed to the area where Ally used to live. Still in Hackney, but the other end - Stoke Newington. An amazing place. Lots of Jewish people live here.
Ally suggested we have a peep at the ancient cemetery and, by Jove, we did. All very crowded with bodies, it is. Dead-unds. Graves piled upon graves and people stuffed in between other graves. [The only other crowded cemetery I remember is the Jewish cemetery in Prague.]
A billboard out on the road summarised the history of the area. Look it up, because there’s no room for it here.
Next we headed (at Ally’s suggestion) to the two ponds where she recreated. She used to swim in one of them:
Water temperature at 14 degrees, so we weren’t tempted. You are only allowed to swim if you tie a buoy to yourself and tow it behind you. Eek!
Near the ‘pond’ was this amazing castle, which we didn’t have time to explore. Next time …
Toodles!
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