My journey starts in London. I chose this time of year to avoid the tourist season and because March 1st is the first day of spring. Not this year!

I’ve been back to London a few times since I lived here in the late seventies but my plan was to revisit some old haunts and dig up some memories, unfortunately the snowy weather means it’s a major expedition to go anywhere!

I swapped my Sydney flat for a wonderful basement flat in this grand Regency building located right in Bayswater, so I’m very central but walking down the street is hard going with freezing winds and heavy snow.

I’m here for a few more days, then to Paris where the weather is just as challenging.