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CHELSEA IN BLOOM

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      Chelsea in Bloom is London's largest free flower festival and coincides with the Chelsea Flower Show (which has ticket prices starting at £80), running until May 24. This year's theme is Out of this World , featuring intergalactic designs, astrology, space travel, and spiritual symbolism. And plastic astronauts.      I'm not sure whether it counts as street art - but I figured there must be some photo ops, the weather was lovely, and I never miss an excuse to pop into the Saatchi Gallery (also free).      It was very busy and I soon realised it would be difficult getting good shots of the displays without having posing humans in the way. But I still had a nice stroll along the King's Road taking pictures - mostly of humans .... The statue in the background is of Sir Hans Sloane.     This floral globe honours Sir David Attenborough, who recently turned 100.      Saatchi Gallery     One gallery has...
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HARLOW STREET ART

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H A R L O W S T R E E T A R T      Yes, Harlow, Essex - not renowned as a hotbed of street art.         Following my trip to Portsmouth, I was checking out  Street Art Cities  for some more murals to visit and spotted a recent glut of sightings in Harlow, just a 20-mile drive up the M11. It reminded me that my car service was due - in Harlow. It turns out t here was a mural festival there in March. And most of the artworks are a short bus ride from my garage. There's also a Wetherspoons. Talk about getting all your ducks in a row.      So, having dropped my car off early, I hopped on a bus to The William Aylmer for breakfast (the  Aylmer family's home of Moor Hall was a grand classical-style house  which was once Harlow's most important residence. It no longer exists).      This spacious Spoons, which does a nice bacon sarnie and has bottomless coffee for just £1.33, must be one of the quietest I'v...
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