I am at the Sky Garden, 525ft above London. It is the highest I’ve ever been in London, short of in a plane. The city looks compacted at such height, as if everything is within a hand’s span reach. You also realise how many buildings have roof-top gardens. Not as many as Paris, but still.
The local M&S has shut down, with a sad, poignant message on its window. Luckily, I had earlier bought some chocolate bourbon biscuits (35p, 150g) from M&S and let me tell you, they are the finest shop-bought bourbons I’ve tried. Their shape is stouter than standard issue, but they taste delicious. I ate three while looking out over London pointing out where I worked, once lived, was born. None of it looked far.
