If we had hoped for another sunny, blue-sky day today, we were disappointed. It felt much colder than the advertised 5°C and I felt the need to put on my gloves during the home run from the deli, despite carrying cups of hot coffee.

Dull, cold and cloudy

This photo of a familiar view sets the meteorological scene.

Whose shoes?
Photo by Tigger

I have noted before how inhabitants of this neighbourhood show a penchant for disposing of possibly reusable items by simply leaving them in the street. We discovered a number of examples today. The first was this pair of shoes, seemingly suitable for further use.

A pleasant path

Tigger suggested we visit Percy Circus, one of our favourite haunts in more clement weather, and our way to it took us by this pleasant path. You would hardly guess that it passed through a residential estate of apartment blocks.

Spare wheel

Was this wheel forgotten? Or replaced and discarded? Can it be reused?

Shyly blooming

We found these flowers shyly blooming amid robust green leaves. Are they celebrating spring early or summer late? More proof, if any be needed, of our changing climate.

Flowering border

In a corner by buildings, was this flowering border with small flowers peeping out from protective foliage. All that was missing was the humming of bees.

Kitchen sink and companion

And so to the pièce de resistance, as promised in the title, an actual kitchen sink, accompanied by what looks like a broken gas meter. Looks in pretty good nick too.

Percy Circus

We arrived at Percy Circus and performed our photographic salutations to this pleasant spot. It was too cold to sut on a bench but, all being well, we shall return to do just that in warmer weather.

Below is King’s Cross Road

Not far below is King’s Cross Road carrying streams of traffic but it hardly disturbs this quiet oasis which is protected by not leading anyway of significance.

A hint of blue sky

Looking up the hill, I saw a hint of blue sky. Is the weather changing for the better?

Clouds and sunshine

As we neared the deli, we were treated to a pretty evening sky of blue, mottled with sunset-tinged clouds. A promise for tomorrow?

Cinderella shoe

Has Cinderella passed this way? A lone shoe, bereft of its companion, languishes in the road. Who dropped it and why? Will someone find a use for a single shoe? We shall never know…

We picked up our coffees at the deli and saw that they now had Portuguese custard tarts. How could we resist? We didn’t even try!

On the way, we called in at the dry cleaning establishment in Amwell Street. I will explain why tomorrow.