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Ponders End to Broxbourne *I didn't take many photos on this walk, and a lot of the more interesting images ended up on video (linked below)* A day starting and ending with rail replacement buses. Which reduced the available time to walk, and hence the distance walked. Back at Ponders End, I retraced my steps … Continue reading Walking the River Lea (Part 3)
From West Ham to Lea Bridge following the actual River Lea I've just been editing the video for Part 3, and realised I hadn't actually published Part 2. So here it is, albeit in somewhat abbreviated form. One of the things that's irritated me about the Lea Valley Walk is its preference for following a … Continue reading Walking the River Lea (Part 2)
From the confluence with the Thames to Lea Bridge Fresh from finishing the Jubilee Greenway, I quickly decided that the Lea Valley Walk was to be the next project. But unlike the JG, I'd make sure I actually finished it within a sensible time. The Lea Valley Walk runs from the source at Leagrave in … Continue reading Walking the River Lea (Part 1)
Only a few days after finishing the third section, I'm back out again to polish the rest off. As it's not very much distance, I decide to walk from Fenchurch Street to King's Cross rather than take the tube. That adds 4km. Back on the Regent's Canal, it's a similar diet of backs of industrial … Continue reading Glad That’s Done (Jubilee Greenway Part 4)
I decided some time ago that I'd not go back to finish this walk. The loss of momentum caused by the pandemic made me re-evaluate the worth of doing it compared with something a bit more rural and/or remote. And so nearly 4 years has passed, in which time I've accumulated several bits of uncompleted … Continue reading Thanks for the directions (not!) (Jubilee Greenway Part 3)
**I've had to re-write this post a couple of times as events have moved faster than my speed of write-up. This walk was undertaken at the very start of March, when the "plague" referred to below had reached the UK, but had not escalated to the stage it's at now. It would be totally irresponsible … Continue reading Don't Make Me Go South of the River (Jubilee Greenway Part 2)
A grey Sunday morning at the start of February, and as if I can't get enough of the place, I'm taking my usual walk to work, or at least the first part of it, around the corner to The Narrow pub. Here set into the pavement opposite, and lying unnoticed by me for several years, … Continue reading Don’t Let Them Touch Your Vibrations (Jubilee Greenway Part 1)
The plan was hatched at the New Year Dartmoor gathering, and it was simple: the London contingent would meet at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) for a look at the Enduring Eye exhibition of Frank Hurley's photographs from the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Shackleton. And there may be a few beers after too. … Continue reading The London Expedition
Once again I needed to pop into London and once again it was art related. There seems to be a pattern emerging here. This time it was the Works on Paper Fair, for which I’d been sent a free ticket by Matt Forster, an "überpainter" of stylised mountain landscapes in watercolour. With this unlikely to … Continue reading Art meets Science
A deadline has been pressing on me. The Late Turner exhibition at Tate Britain is due to finish this coming weekend, and I hadn't been to see it yet, even though it had been on since September and I've not had work as an excuse. So I set about rectifying that. Whilst the visit to the Tate … Continue reading A Walk Among the Artists
I've been lucky with the amount of time I've been able to take since the summer as a break from working, but it can't last for ever, and soon work will press on me again. With this in mind, and knowing that one of the ways I keep sane when working is by doing some … Continue reading A New Series of Urban Walks