Hillfield Park, Muswell "Mussy" Hill

View of Canary Wharf (incl One Canada Square - Britain's tallest completed building) from a street with one of the best views in North London. All of these houses were built in 1900. I apologise for the poor quality but that's what you get with an iPhone 3GS in overcast conditions. [Taken 13 March 2011]


The same view taken a couple hours earlier. Again the quality's not great but I just love the juxtaposition between Mussy Hill's chimney tops and the Canary Wharf skyscrapers.


Same street. I'm only posting this because the big white structure to the left in the background is the new Olympic Stadium/Park, hence the adjoining cranes.

Political Trivia Nugget of the Day

Before becoming the first Maori Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives in 1993, Sir Peter Tapsell (no, not that one) was an orthopaedic surgeon. Along with Jacques Rogge, the current president of the International Olympic Committee, they are the only ortho surgeons that I know of in the higher echelons of power. There is hope and proof yet for my dad to forge a successful political career in sports medicine. Curiously enough, British Tory MP and current Father of the House, Sir Peter Tapsell was born just eleven days after his Kiwi namesake. But he's not a medical practitioner.