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?
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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”
A post about posts
Looking round to summon up another walk round London, I remembered the Coal Tax posts. Oh, yes, any coal brought into London from beyond these posts was subject to a tax by the Corporation of London, to keep up the roads. Then to buy out the toll bridges. Then more Good Works in London. Originally,Continue reading “A post about posts”
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