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| Along Clifton Road
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| Sheepdrove Organic Farm shop on Clifton Road sells naturally-raised and
naturally-processed meats including pork belly, legs of lamb, and
sausages, and also eggs, and honey. Everything is organic.
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There's a good quality deli (Raoul's Deli) across the street.
| Baker & Spice, a cute mini-chain bakery/deli, had quite a selection of
pastries on display inside. Note the metalwork at both levels of the
building.
| An organic grocer, selling a large variety of items (yogurt, pasta,
vegetables, etc.).
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| These adjacent bistros look cute: Cafe Rouge (a London chain) and
Vicki's.
| More shops and architecture along Clifton Road.
| A row of elegant townhouses on Randolph Crescent.
| Similarly stately, Georgian townhouses on Randolph Avenue.
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The Warrington Hotel has many nice touches. In addition the ornate
facade (e.g., wood paneling and designs, metal railing), note the large
street-lamp. Also, there's an old-style telephone booth to the right.
The back windows (not visible in this picture) are stained glass.
| Amoul's on Formosa Street. Amoul makes her own pastries, ice cream, and
lebanese food. And that's actually Amoul out front.
| Elnathan Mews.
| Our first view of a canal, with a canal boat in action.
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Looking west down the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal.
Gosh canal boats ("narrowboats") really are narrow!
| A church overlooking the canal. Note the green light coming through the
windows to the right.
Not more than a mile away, we passed another
church overlooking a canal.
| Some apartments overlooking the canal.
| Identical apartment farther down. The coloring in this photo makes
these look better.
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| Bridges in the distance.
| Parked boats. Look how large these boats are on the left compared to
the slim canal boats on the right.
Also notice that here, as in
some parts of the canals, double-mooring is allowed!
| An improperly moored canal boat.
| As you've noticed, many boats have plants on top. This was one of the
nicest.
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| A map of Little Venice. If you look at the full-sized image and enlarge
it, you can read it.
| Looking down Regent's Canal from the confluence of three canals in
Little Venice. Notice the ducks.
Incidentally, there's no way to
get to that willowy island without a boat.
| A cute waterside canal boat cafe.
| In a private mooring section, some boats have Little Venice in their
name (implying permanence, at least to me).
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| Regent's Canal goes through a tunnel to pass under Edgware Road. Note
the cafe above the tunnel. If you zoom in enough on the full-sized
image, you can see all the people sitting there, looking down the canal.
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