OH LET ME SAIL AWAY

I was born and raised in London.

For non-Londoners the reactions to this are usually the bright-eyed,‘ooh I love Notting Hill, Camden, Brick Lane, Shoreditch etc etc!' Well to find me you have to go a little further south ,'Oh Brixton or Clapham?’ some tentatively ask. Well try a liiiittle bit more further South. This is where I get suspicious looks and nervous twitching,' Does London even go that far?' Well yes it does, actually...

I've spent 20 years in a looovely little town named Croydon. It’s famous the world over as being the birth place of Kate Moss, her Topshop tycoon sidekick Philip Green and the 'Croydon Facelift', all serious contributions to the fashion world! There are the chavs (or worse still the 'hoodies') the drinking and the inevitable violence. You know, good old fashioned lawlessness and disorder!

Not very pretty.

I refuse to go into the reasons why you should or shouldn’t come to Croydon. It speaks for itself. Personally, Croydon has been absolutely fantastic in encouraging me to leave. Now that I have revealed to you the sizeable chip on my shoulder, you might now see why I have created this travel blog.