Author: aloysius-bear

Bangalore 14, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. And now it’s back to the hotel – the taxi ride isn’t as interesting in the dark.

Bangalore 15, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Ah, time for bed! If only the people on the construction site next door will be quiet!

Bangalore 16, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Business trips aren’t all they’re cracked up to be – taxi, office, taxi, hotel – that was pretty much it. And now the train back home again. It was fun to get away, though – and now I’ve travelled further than my human ever has! Thanks, !

Hunt 1, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Hello, my name is Hans, and I will be your guide for today’s entry. Bear is on his way to India as I type, so he asked me to attend a treasure hunt the humans were organising yesterday and record it for his journal. This is me examining all…

Hunt 2, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. One of the first stops on the treasure hunt was at St Bride’s Library, the sign for which didn’t come out very well on this picture. However, it was quite easy to find, so we began with a sense of great confidence.

Hunt 3, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Ah, the elusive J A King! Why his name is written on the ground, I have no idea, but we had to find him in order to identify the next clue on our trail. My human would never have found this in a million years – it’s a good…

Hunt 4, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. This is the first in a series of panels detailing the history of Fleet Street and the newspaper industry. There was lots of very interesting information to be read, and we spent quite a lot of time here trying to match some of it to our quiz questions.

Hunt 5, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Behind me is a section of London’s original wall. It wasn’t part of the treasure hunt, but I thought I would be an interesting bit of history to record anyway. This is supposed to be educational, after all!

Hunt 6, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. This is the entrance to Serjeant’s Inn, and the bird above me was one of the clues on the picture list that we were meant to find. My human isn’t very observant, and would have missed this if it hadn’t been for one of her other team members. It’s…

Hunt 7, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. This is all that’s left of the Lamb Building, which was destroyed in the Second World War. It related to one of the questions on our quiz sheet and, as usual, my human walked right over it without noticing it, and it was left to one of her other…