Walking – Page 6 – A LONDON MISCELLANY

Straight

One Word Sunday

Last chance to see… (well for a while anyway)

If you’ve never visited the Museum of London near the Barbican then you’ve got four months to do so as it’s closing. The museum will shut its present site in order to facilitate the move to its new home which will be ready to open in 2025. The new site which is currently in a… Continue reading Last chance to see… (well for a while anyway)

Under is as elaborate as over

Six Word Saturday

Petunias and porticos in Temple Avenue

Six Word Saturday

The Bridge of Sighs

So, you have the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, then there’s the one in Oxford and another in Cambridge. I counted another twelve in Europe and North America. The one I want to write about today no longer exists, or rather it has been replaced by a newer bridge, and that is Waterloo Bridge which… Continue reading The Bridge of Sighs

Steps

One Word Sunday

Sun and arch in total alignment

Six Word Saturday

I fought the Law (and the Law won)

Ask anyone who has ever walked through the legal areas of London, be it Inner or Middle Temple, Lincoln’s or Gray’s Inn what’s most striking about them and generally the answer will be the quietude. Given that they all sit next to major roads the atmosphere is one of calmness. I can remember the first… Continue reading I fought the Law (and the Law won)

Concrete

One Word Sunday

“Lord have mercy upon me, I am killed”

Last week I posted about my failure to check out some details with regards to an audio tour I was in the process of publishing and how it was costly in terms of wasted time. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail laments the fact that due to construction work a favourite part of the tour… Continue reading “Lord have mercy upon me, I am killed”