KKI

A little pet project of mine is a photographic record of where I grew up, the places I used to go, and what's still there and what's gone.

I started snapping Waterloo before I moved, but today was the first chance I've had in weeks to do a little more research and reminiscing.

There was a place in Waterloo I used to play in behind the hospital that was called, bizarrely, "King Kong's Island". It's 25 years since I last went there - not knowing whether it still existed anyway. KKI was basically just a tiny wooded area surrounded by bushes and brambles. There was a small pond, and it was great fun building dams, dens and hammocks. The hospital was demolished and rebuilt on a smaller scale, whilst a nursing home was built at the rear.

But, you know, "King Kong's Island" is still there! Today's inspection proved it. I may have been a little cheeky walking through private grounds (actually VERY cheeky!) but I really didn't care. A few trees smaller, but looking much the same as I last left it. A testament to the theory that the builders don't always flatten everything in their tracks.

So this is an ongoing thing, when I get the time. Waterloo was like everywhere else today - cold, icey and very sunny. But recommended!