Further exploration of historic London Walking the London Wall – Cripplegate to Blackfriars The second part of my walk, in which I continue to follow the line of London’s Roman and mediaeval Wall, finding monumental stone towers amongst the modernity of the Barbican, and discovering impressive and well-preserved subterranean remains of a Roman Fort and [...]
Archive for January, 2011
In the footsteps of Centurions – Part 2
Posted in london, Uncategorized, walks, tagged aldersgate, aldgate, amphitheatre, bishopsgate, blackfriars, christ's hopsital, cripplegate, london wall, ludgate, moorgate, newgate, postern, roman on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the footsteps of Centurions – Part 1
Posted in london, walks, tagged aldersgate, aldgate, amphitheatre, bishopsgate, london, london wall, ludgate, mediaeval, moorgate, newgate, roman on January 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Tracing the boundary of historic London in search of a dirty Roman ruin (no, not Silvio Berlusconi) Walking the London Wall – Tower Hill to Cripplegate I recently attended a tour at the Museum Of London, of which more later, which (together with my recent visit to Reculver) inspired me to try and trace the [...]
Walk London: Winter Wanders 2011
Posted in events, london, news, tagged london, walk london, winter wanders on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As Winter follows Autumn, so Walk London’s Winter Wanders follow their Autumn Ambles, which I mentioned last year. Held this year on the weekend of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January, the programme is as comprehensive and diverse as that last Autumn, and, having enjoyed a selection last time round (including a ghost walk and [...]
Roman Regvlbivm by a stormy sea
Posted in kent, walks, tagged birchington on sea, church, fort, herne bay, kent, reculver, roman, turner on January 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Along the wild & windy north Kent coast Herne Bay to Birchington-on-Sea, Kent The day after completing Stage 1 of the London Loop, I headed further east beyond the Thames estuary into Kent proper for a stroll along the coast, following, as I had before, the Saxon Shore Way. ‘Bracing’ is, I think, the usual [...]
Three River Ramble
Posted in kent, london, walks, tagged bexley, cray, darent, darenth, dart, kent, london loop, marshland, saltmarsh, thames on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Open marshland and riverside walking in south-east London along the courses of not 1, not 2 but 3 rivers* *comes with free scrapyards London Loop Stage 1: Erith to Bexley About 18 months ago, I joined a group of friends on a walk from Bexley to Petts Wood, following the River Cray in the south-east [...]
