the two faces of stoke newington

[once again so much has happened that I haven't had time to blog it, so here's a select list: survived 5 x 13 hr shifts in NICU, was going to blog an anonymised patient list but am too tired at the moment; took a short break in Edinburgh, submitted some pictures to a stock library, can now memorise about 30 minutes worth of Pilates - done purely out of a book and...]

Went rock climbing with my sister - at a castle (yes, literally) in Stoke Newington, discovering a whole new side of Hackney in the process - one where New-Agey (mostly white) couples come to nest, and which contains an entire herd of miniature tame deer in a landscaped park, gastropubs galore and a holistic hair salon. This is perhaps best described in the magazineN16. It truly is (or pretends to be!) a world apart from that of the Hackney Gazette - the latter's top headline today being a case in point: "A PARTYGOER ATTACKED in the street after a night out died of his injuries yesterday..." And all within a half hour's walk from my flat!