Takings pictures is really hard...

This wasn't intended as proof of the problem, but considering Flask Walk in NW3 is one of the nicest passages around this photo reveals the problem.

It's actually very hard to take the picture that captures the charm and the 'olde worldy' atmosphere.

Of course down Flask Walk you have a great bookshop, penshop, cafe, pub, tailor, florist - it's a veritable hive of activity... (sadly no butcher)

http://474towin.blogspot.com/2008/06/upper-flask-or-lower-flask-pub.html

http://474towin.blogspot.com/2007/12/when-is-it-too-late-to-try.html

It's not without issues and problems and you can see the trade waste piled up.

But if you don't go to Hampstead very often, then why not this saturday wander up there - you're just 2 minutes from the Heath, have the Northern Line and a great range of buses too...

Gwan, gwan, gwan...