Lunch break in the Vauxhall no-mans land
Having had an intense morning at work handling cutting edge first world “issues”, it was time for a Friday afternoon break in the past…. A short bike ride away was the oddity of Vauxhall, with the ever present oasis that is Brunswick House. Chaining up my bike, I am greeted with the ugly site of the main bus station - a horrible design for this giant glorified bus stop. According to RC, who regularly adds esoteric facts to conversations, the reason why they make buses go around it for no apparent reason is because it helps MI5 to increase their spiritual power due to the airflow generated (based on an Aleister Crowley-esk spiritual theory related to lay lines). Who knew? Rolfe Judd was originally commissioned by Lambeth council to sort this area out. However, the original £16M “Pod” design proved too costly and was scaled back to the “Ribbon” design we have today. This Vauxhall area is still being developed rapidly but it still appears odd, like some sort of no man’s...