Category: london

• Richmond Park

  

  In which we go on an urban safari, with cake

  Walking Away

  March 16, 2023

  london, Thames, Walk

  by train, circular, city, deer park, london, richmond, richmond park, Thames, urban, Walk, Walking, walks near london, walks near me, wellbeing, wildlife, wildlife walks

• A Christmas Carol, Looking for Ebenezer Scrooge

  

  In which I go in search of Ebenezer Scrooge, just in time for Christmas.

  Walking Away

  December 24, 2022

  city, london, Walk

  by train, christmas carol, city, dickens, london, rambling, scrooge, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me

• London: Jubilee Walkway

  

  In which I dispense with the walk and tell you some interesting stuff about London instead

  Walking Away

  December 7, 2022

  london, Walk

  by train, church, churches, circular, city, greenway, inn, jubilee, long distance, national trail, pub, pubs, rambling, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, walkway

• London: The Parkland Walk

  

  In which I am surrounded by superstition on an invisible railway: fairies in the bushes, and an abandoned station waiting for a train that will never come.

  Walking Away

  October 31, 2022

  city, london, Walk

  Alexandra palace, archway, by train, crouch hill, dog, harringay, Highgate, highgate wood, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, Islington, linear, london, nature reserve, north, queens wood, railway, rambling, shovell, underground, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wild service tree, wood

• London: Grand Union and Regents Canals

  

  In which I walk through London on the canal towpath looking for snakes escaped from the zoo

  Walking Away

  September 1, 2022

  city, london, Walk

  all year round, bats, camden, camden lock, canal, city, hawley lock, kensal green cemetery, Ladbroke grove, london, regents canal, regents park zoo, towpath, urban, Walk, wildlife, zoo, zsl