diamond geezer
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
dg 2020 index
Beyond London
Plymouth /Cornwall : The last normal thing I did, thankfully, was a long distance rail safari to the heart of the southwest. [photos]
Swindon /Avebury : The railway town and its Magic Roundabout are a short bus ride from the world's largest prehistoric stone circle. [photos]
Crowborough : The hilltop commuter town Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose for home. [photos]
Bedford : The Panacea Museum is the home of Joanna Southcott's Box.
Eye : It doesn't take long to walk round this historic Suffolk town. [photos]
Grimsby/Cleethorpes : For my first trip outside London in five months obviously I escaped to North Lincolnshire. [photos]
Lincoln : ...and stopped by in Lincoln on the way. [photos]
Southend : A grey day down the pier, plus the London Stone in Chalkwell.
Ramsgate /Broadstairs /Margate : September by the sea, because this is always a cracking walk.
Wider London
London : severance , largest circles , postal districts , market towns , London Planner , back gardens , Queen Elizabeth , nearest hill , golf courses , I-SPY book , balconies , furthest from a park , top London blogs , Percy Ingle , London something , Open House , Monopoly , best wood , tall buildings , libraries
Hillingdon : Myrtle Avenue
Sutton : Cuddington , Sutton tram
Brent : Borough of Culture , Neasden Nature Trail , Dollis Hill , North Wembley
Southwark : Red Cross Garden
Wandsworth : Nine Elms
Camden : Mail Rail
Westminster : Household Cavalry Museum , Cato Street
Greenwich : London City Views Ring Walk , County Gate , Corona Road
Rivers : Thames crossings , Strawberry Vale Brook , Bounds Green Brook , crossing the Lea
2020 : Twentyman Close , SE20 (Anerley) , SW20 (the Apostles) , N20 (Totteridge & Whetstone) , route N20 , 20 minutes in E20 , the A20
Within walking distance
home : walking at home , M&S bag , LBC bag , Translucent Kettle , 2012 souvenirs
Bow : named streets, Harper Twelvetrees , other Bows , Low Traffic Neighbourhood , pubs , high streets , history , Old Ford , tunnels , sound barrier
Tower Hamlets : passing places , Hackney Wick/Fish Island , Westferry Print Works , Wapping , Regent's Canal 200 , Mile End Road , Canary Wharf , maximum density , mild urbex , Thames Path , Autumn Street , Connected By Light , Ephemeral Stream
E20 : Northwall Road , where is E20? , East London Soil Hub , 1980 Cup Final , History Trees , Lea photos , East Wick and Sweetwater , new exit , benches , Snoozebox , Hackney Bridge , postcards , haiku , 50 things
Newham : Greenway Action Group , Beckton Creekside Nature Reserve , Cooks Road , Bow Street , The Crystal , Big Brother house , E15 , The Line , Royal Docks , Maryland , footpaths , around E13
Hackney : Pitfield Street , sharks , postcards , Holly and Ivy
Waltham Forest : cycle lane through bus stop , viewpoint , postcards
City : Beech Street , post cards , tree trail , changing boundary , Shepherdess , protected views
Random City ward : intro , Candlewick , Bishopsgate , Aldgate , Queenhithe , Bridge , Vintry
local walk : March , lockdown box , May , June , July , lockdown box , one mile , three miles , Footways , October , November , lockdown circle , December , 140 things , alphabetical streets
Greenwich Meridian : a five day series
Transport
TfL : sponsorship , hold the handrail , reducing services , assets for rent , threatened projects , snapshot , book now , Journey Planner , TfL Go , terms and conditions , finances
Tube stations : seven Actons , step-free , Bromley-by-Bow , on the boundary , quiet times , Shaun Bailey
Tube journeys : Hainault Shuttle , Bakerloo strike , shortest/longest
Tube map : May , terminus bar , Decem ber
Tube fares : leaflet , Google Pay , Oyster card fee , cashless
Dangleway : still running
Overground : closing ticket offices
Crossrail : delayed again , delayed again , service pattern , two years late
Rail : HS2 , first stop out , Dudding Hill line , North London Railway
Bus : south Newham consultation , Poynders Road , parts of a bus stop , Croxley Green , Nightingale Hospital , bus stations , school services , end-to-end chains , Sutton consultation , spider maps
Bus routes : 497 , 55 , 404
Streets : max headroom , A roads , high-numbered , Boer Roads , straight across crossings , ULEZ extension , increasing A roads
Anorak corner : rail , tube , DLR, Overground, TfL Rail , bus , rail (again)
Coronavirus : 'safe' places , cancellations , mitigation/suppression , a year in food , progression , social distancing , stay at home , April cancellations , one form of exercise , next event , masks , three factors , stay alert , breakages , my rules , contact tracing , perception , go shopping , unlockers , unlocking , priority postboxes , gatherings , although , face coverings , Eat Out To Help Out , foreign travel , go back , daily briefing email , six months , app , avoid visiting , joggers , I think I caught it , re-lockdown , travel rules , fiction review , crossword , Advent calendar , Tier 4 , nativity
Quizzes: 2020 anniversaries , eggs , totals , crossword , London animals , only one , Scottish islands , NHS , European countries , Hallowe'en , All Saints , presidents , No Deal
Time and space: palindromic dates , Easter dates , the equation of time , bank holiday gaps , solstices , equinoxes , heatwave , great conjunction
Maps & geography : Travel To Work Areas , due north , Marilyns , hemispheres , coastline
Stats & maths : retirement age , the Count , World Heritage sites , decimal prices , Benford's Law , The Archers , BMI , early closing , best football team , letterboxes , num ber plates , lists , Pick of the Pops
Unblogged: January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November , December
And... 2020 vision , 2030 vision , Introvetr , Pet Shop Boys albums , Brexit , PR masterclass , be more maybe , PR emails , Emerald Club , I saw the Queen , double spaces , old food , grocery vinyls , Hutch , Disney World , regrets , capital cities , indirect consequences
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