The recent weather here has been pretty appalling, the constant rain has made most trips I had planned a complete washout. I can deal with cold or wind but sloshing through rain on a walk doesn't inspire me especially as I still have to take the dog out for a walk in it.☔ A respite from the wet was overdue and fortunately this particular Sunday it arrived, I had been checking the Met Office weather reports for a couple of…

I took a little trip in the New Year on the Green Link Walks through different areas of London the walks cover some nice parts of London and I am determined to have a crack at them all, each walk is usually about 5 miles covering from my neck of the woods down to Peckham, the stages and links to each are below: The overall walk is around about 19 miles and each one a lovely little meander through urban…

So recently we have had a couple of jaunts into London's Theatreland to catch some plays that we actually booked up last year (how time flies!). Quite odd in many ways that the two stage shows we went to see are right next to each other, the first to see was Paranormal Activity at the lovely old Ambassadors Theatre, the walk from Tottenham Court Road is quite straight forward and it isn't too far a walk down Charing Cross Road…

So, I decided to head off again on a solo jaunt through some familiar and some lesser known areas. I looked up a little walk that is about 2.7 miles starting of at Angel Islington and following the New River Path through Essex Road, Canonbury, up Petherton Lane and onto Harringay Green Lanes, through Clissold Park and finally up to Woodberry Downs Reservoirs. The final part of the walk is from Woodberry Downs to Stoke Newington High Street for a…

Almost that time of year yet again, never ceases to amaze me how quickly a year goes by, feels like a very short time ago that decorations were being pulled out and put up. I guess to get us in a bit of a Christmas vibe we headed to Whitechapel Mission firstly to drop off some donations we like to make each year to help London's homeless over the Christmas period. With that task completed we had the rest of…