Who's reaching out to capture a moment? Everyone knows it's Windy

There’s more to Brixton than drug dealing, beggars and people wearing snakes on their head* you know. No, really. Several times I’ve told people about Brixton Windmill and they’ve gone, ‘yeah, the pub’. No, a real windmill. In fact, it’s the closest windmill to central London and it’s about time that Tombolablog doffed its cap.

Way back in March, Hackin and I went on an expedition to the windmill. I was going to write about it on here but the windmill was closed and there wasn’t much to see so I didn’t bother.

However, last weekend was Open House and Brixton Windmill was one of more than 600 participating buildings. Some facts:

• it was built in 1816 and was still a working mill in the 1930s
• it’s black because it was painted in tar to protect it from the weather
• it’s now a Grade II listed building.

Since January, I’ve become a dancer, knitter and amateur pest controller. To that list can now be added ‘Friend of Windmill Garden’.

* Last weekend I saw a guy with a snake on his head.