The 38 to Clapton Pond

Hampstead is another country. They do things differently there. Even their street signage.

The Admiral's House at autumn dusk. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

View from Hampstead at dusk.

More Hampstead design: even the tube station ticket hall has Art Nouveau flourishes. Or is this simply a statement of Hampstead's perennial fashionable status?

The Hampstead Way: Ludicrously detailed Hampstead street signs.

This Bonfire Night view of London from 400 feet above sea level, looking southeast from Hampstead, sees The City and Canary Wharf obliterated, shrouded in gunpowder smoke and rain. Only the City of Westminster emerges from the mist, Brigadoon-like, thanks to the beacon of the Post Office Tower.