Category: From London
Holland Park – Party in the Park
My mission the other day to discover the Dutch origins of Holland Park got no further than spotting some tulips in pots and gardens. Pretty as they were, they weren’t […]
Balham – The Incident of the Bomb in The Night
For years, my book of AA Walks has simply collected dust on my shelf. Walk number 13 is around Balham, a place I’ve not explored before. The highlights, the walk […]
Harrow – A Kodak Moment On A Willow Tree Wander
In the 4th century, Roman legionnaires march out of Verulamium (St. Albans). Their route along Watling Street goes past what is Harrow today, towards Londinium and onwards to Dover, leaving […]
Holland Park – A Fashionable Neighbourhood
Living just down the road from Holland Park, it has always intrigued me as to why this little corner of London has a name synonymous with the Netherlands, which I […]
Hampstead Heath To Kenwood House
I read somewhere that Hampstead Heath is so magical that when C.S. Lewis was walking in the snow there and spots an old-fashioned lamp, he comes up with the idea […]
A Broadly Circular Walk to Broadway Market (£)
An easy east end walk along canals and park for anyone who appreciates an excellent food market.
LINCOLN CITY
As I had a weekend work reunion in Doncaster, I decided to extend the weekend as a tourist in Lincolnshire. And so I pick Lincoln, because of its history and […]
Farringdon Walk
This is a walk through what was one of the most notorious places in London in the 19th century, which also inspired Charles Dickens in the characters and locations he wrote about. […]