Six Word Saturday
Tag: Walking
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”
Similar crimes, different outcomes
Recently I posted a picture that made me smile due to the strange use of punctuation. Overzealous use of the full stop is a picture of the entrance to Ludgate Square near to St Paul’s Cathedral and to me there seems to be an issue with carving of the name. Having explored it I found… Continue reading Similar crimes, different outcomes
Overzealous use of the full stop
Six Word Saturday
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
I’ve just added the City of London Schedule of works and road closures website to my favourites. Not exactly bed time reading, but as I found out this week invaluable if you don’t want to waste valuable time and disrupt your plans and schedules. This all came about because this week despite all the warnings… Continue reading Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Ready, aim, fire!
I’d like to share a short story of an incident that happened in 1322. Foster Lane near to St Paul’s Cathedral was at the time known as St Vedast Lane. Today there is a very small and strangely shaped Costa Coffee (other coffee outlets are available) at one end of the street. Just where the… Continue reading Ready, aim, fire!
Hole
One Word Sunday
Either it’s drunk, or I am
Six Word Saturday
A LONDON MISCELLANY 