Well the new job has been started and I’m now working up in London in an area that I used to visit quite a bit 10 years ago when I was a student.  Having now walked along the Charing Cross Road several times I’ve observed the following.

• A number of the book shops are missing having been replaced with clothes and shoe shops or eateries.  This includes Waterstone’s.
• There’s a great gap in the sky line where the Astoria theatre used to be.
• Orc’s nest, Foyles, Blackwell’s,, The Salsa restuarant and the musical instrument shops are still there.
• The Sainsbury’s at the bottom of Tottenham Court Road is actually quite a busy place as opposed to the place I used to get my lunch on a Saturday when going to the computer fair.

I’ve also discovered that the location of my job has a few fringe benefits that I hadn’t thought about.  Just round the corner from it are the British Museum, The Photographer’s Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, Orc’s Nest, Forbidden Planet, Covent Garden and more places to eat than you can shake a stick at.