The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: walking
After Sandwiches #walking #broadstairs #margate
At the end of England – imagine the British Isles as an old man kneeling and facing west and then imagine the heels of his shoes; that’s us – we were in the east of Kent. Our friends live in … Continue reading
Biking For Boys #motorcycles #memories #walking
I’m not your classic petrol head. I passed my motorbike test in 1980 but my driving test took another 3 years and one epic fail (reversing round the corner and aligning ones vehicle with the pavement – a totally useless … Continue reading
Posted in memories, miscellany, transport, walking
Tagged ace cafe, cars, motorbikes, travel, walking
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Kingston To Donkey Wood
Another day, another walk. This one is a section of the LOOP. The London Outer Orbital Path and is reasonably signposted. The LOOP, as the name suggests skirts around London and in total is about 150 miles. It’s a brother … Continue reading
Posted in London, miscellany, walking
Tagged Bushy Park, deer, history, London, LOOP, River crane, walking
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Richmond To Hayes: More Grand Union Canal
As I wrote the other day, I’m plotting out some possible walks for me and some erstwhile colleagues. Part one was the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal. Part two was the section from where the canal originally met … Continue reading
A Grand Day Out #paddingtonbranch #grandunioncanal
It said bright and sunny till 2 and then biblically wet. April – when shit gets real, huh. One of my self imposed tasks is to plan walks for some friends, around London. We disappear off in the summer and … Continue reading
One Sunny Sunday
Years ago, when I was a junior lawyer, working near St Paul’s this New Zealander joined us. He was bright, always positive and never shied away from any job. He came to my wedding in 1984, with his wife. They … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, London, miscellany, walking
Tagged Friends, London, New Zealand, tourist, walking
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That Bear Fella
I undertook a walk along the Paddington branch of the Grand Union canal. I’ll do a post about it soon. However I was just tightening the straps on my rucksack when I came across this… Aw, bless…
Toads And Bones #tunbridgewells #highrocks
One lesson from my preteens was a realisation that Dad was a bit of a wimp. He’d been in the elite Parachute Regiment at the end of the war and was extremely proud that he’d passed all the physical and … Continue reading
Posted in memories, miscellany, walking
Tagged families, high rocks, Toad stone, tunbridge wells, walking
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Staying Local: Crystal Palace Park
In 1851, Prince Albert, Prince Regent to Queen Victoria had what was possibly his finest hour with the opening of his Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. He commissioned a glass house designer, Joseph Paxton (his gong came after) to come … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace, miscellany, walking
Tagged alpacas, Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton, sphinxes, statues, walking, woods
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Cotswolds Way: Inspiration Follows Perspiration
It’s early 1993, pretty much 30 years ago to the day when a letter arrived. I’ve lost my copy but the other day, tucked in a guidebook for the above walk, I found Dad’s copy. The writer was Ernie, an … Continue reading
Posted in Books, miscellany, walking
Tagged Books, cotswolds way, walking, Walking Into Trouble
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