After a fallow quarter, the early May bank holiday weekend gave me the first of the set of Get out of town! walks. The choice of the northern route was informed by which Tube and train routes were being disrupted. An early Saturday start (at 0730) gave me the luxury of Trafalgar Square and CoventContinue reading “Getting out of town”
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Wandel naar je Werk Dag
On 4 April, I celebrated the (Dutch) National Walk to Work Day by adding a London dimension. The 7.5km walk took an hour and twenty minutes. I delayed my usual departure time from home, because there was simply not enough light, and I did not want to trip over any ropes, clutter or herons onContinue reading “Wandel naar je Werk Dag”
New year, new route
I spotted a leaflet from the London Borough of Hillingdon, in which four local sites connected with the Polish Air Force were linked into a trail … by bus. I decided that the route should be walked, so I devised my Polish Air Force Heritage Trail to complement the council’s leaflet.
Chasing Brunel round West London
Brunel University London celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2016, and I devised a fifty-mile route as a celebration, taking in all present and former campuses in one circuit. Where else would King Canute, Bill Bryson, John F Kennedy and Bob Hope come together in one walk?
The Capital C
That’s the London Summits Walk. About 320km, starting and finishing at Chancery Lane Tube station, and linking up all the borough summits in the capital. That’s Horsenden Hill, Havering-atte-Bower, and Westerham Heights for three, and although they might seem more exciting than Mare Street, Marks Gate, and Willesden Junction (the station isn’t a summit, butContinue reading “The Capital C”
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