Perspectives from Pimlico

Of course, dear readers, we did not require an actual passport to move from Henley on Thames to Pimlico, but for those of you who remember/appreciate the Ealing comedies of the 1940s, I thought this might be a catchy title for my first post on the new blog since we moved back to London.  If the title means nothing to you, have a look on Wikipedia.  As it happens, there is a much more recent literary reference to life in Pimlico - the Corduroy Mansions series from Alexander McCall Smith, in which 'a group of charming eccentrics make their home in Corduroy Mansions, a handsome, though slightly dilapidated block of flats in Pimlico'.  The books feature McCall Smith's canine hero - Freddie de la Hay - a terrier who gets up to all sorts of mischief, not at all like our resident doggy, the lovely Lola, who will be known to our friends and readers of my previous blog - Notes From Singapore.  So, what is it like to live in Pimlico? I hear you ask. ...