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Richard's Walks
More accurately, these are the stories of Richard's and Jayne's walks - mainly focused on our regular historical London walks, but sometimes further afield too. A mix of (hopefully) interesting itineraries, historical tidbits, food and drink critiques and some other stuff that happens along the way.
Richard
Oct 21, 202010 min read
Rotherhithe and Deptford - tall tales and bygone glories
14 October 2020 For today’s Covid-era walk we decide to stay south of the river, rather than venture foolishly into the pox-ridden north....
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Oct 1, 202010 min read
It’s life, captain, but not as we know it: Covent Garden and Soho in the era of Covid
28 September 2020 Following our trials and tribulations in the countryside, we are convinced that a walk in Central London will see us...
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Richard
Sep 17, 20208 min read
Sunstroke at Sandwich
15 September 2020 After the elementary errors that blighted last week’s trip to the country, we decide to have another go. It’s the same...
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Sep 11, 20207 min read
Two townies terrorised by benign Kent countryside (a.k.a. the Westerham/Chartwell loop)
9 September 2020 Now the schools are back, we’re trying our best to return to our old, pre-corona routines - in particular, a weekly walk...
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Richard
May 30, 20208 min read
Chislehurst - walking in our 'hood with Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Siouxsie Sioux
29 May 2020 My blog has been silent for two and a half months now - a couple of weeks longer than even lockdown itself, which seems...
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Richard
Mar 6, 202012 min read
Leave it out! Walking within the sound of Bow Bells
3 March 2020 Today we’re roughing it in the heart of London’s East End - or if not its heart, then certainly its spine, our route taking...
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Richard
Feb 16, 20209 min read
When we get to Warwick Avenue... (we carry on to Marylebone, Bayswater and Paddington)
11 February 2020 It’s a chilly day in London - with a biting wind that turns a theoretical temperature of +4⁰C into a “feels like”...
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Richard
Feb 7, 20208 min read
Notting Hill - the fame thing isn't real, you know, but the vibe certainly is
6 February 2020 Till today, I have somehow muddled through life without once visiting Notting Hill. I have seen the film though - many...
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Richard
Jan 6, 20208 min read
Where pirates and bankers tread ... and that Dickens bloke of course
3 January 2020 Today the scene is set for our first walk of the new decade. If nothing else it will give us a chance to ponder the era's...
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Richard
Nov 14, 20198 min read
Clerkenwell - cool today, a bit dodgy back then
12 November 2019 Today we are again following our only true god of walking, Andrew Duncan*, and specifically his trail from the Angel to...
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Richard
Nov 1, 20198 min read
Contrasts in Kensington
30 October 2019 Let’s start with the admission that - as a born and bred South East Londoner - I don’t really “do” West London. Or North...
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Richard
Oct 20, 201910 min read
From Westminster and St. James's to infinity and beyond (well, maybe Waterloo)
16 October 2019 Against all the odds in post-retirement-land, this week’s calendar looks full up with this and that, so we’ve more or...
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Oct 11, 20197 min read
Greenwich - best off the beaten track
Wednesday 9 October 2019 Today we need to stay local to accommodate an early morning appointment as well as the school pick-up in...
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Richard
Oct 8, 201910 min read
Hills, heath and history - from Highgate to Hampstead
Wednesday 2 October 2019 Covering six miles and with historical delights spread over a full eight pages of Andrew Duncan’s Walking...
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