 diamond geezer
Monday, December 29, 2025
dg 2025 index
Beyond London
 Sunderland/Hartlepool: My longest day trip of the year, to two maligned but characterful northeast ports [50 photos]
Stockport: A pleasant split-level Manchester textile town, plus the (very) least used stations at Denton and Reddish South [50 photos]
Jurassic Coast: A family wedding was an excellent excuse to explore the Dorset coast from Seaton to Portland [75 photos]
Chesterfield/Mansfield: Two contrasting East Midlands towns, one wonky, one wanting [40 photos]
Warrington/St Helens: Glassworks, rugby league and a derelict transporter bridge [50 photos]
Kent/Sussex: Eastbourne to Bexhill, Dover to Deal, Leeds Castle, Beachy Head, Bluewater, Peacehaven, Edenbridge, Quebec House
...and also: 10 ways up Box Hill, Banstead Loop, c2c Senior Rover, Southend, Chorleywood, The Treaty of the More, Liverpool statues, Beaulieu Park
Major series
45 Squared: intro, totals by borough, all 45 squares
One Stop Beyond: Stoneleigh, Chipstead, Merstham, Thames Ditton, Purfleet, Whyteleafe, Upper Warlingham
A Nice Walk: Greenwich Park Geotrail, Hendon to Mill Hill, Jubilee Walkway (west), St James's Park, Roehampton
Fleeting: Hampstead Heath, Camden Town, King's Cross, Clerkenwell, Blackfriars
Local
E3: Simply Fresh, Upper East, Bus Stop M is 10
Bow roundabout update: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (the big summary)
E15/E20: Sadlers Wells East, V&A East Storehouse, Olympic vote 20 years on, Greenway closure
Wider London
London: Covid leftovers, borough facts, Natural Landscape hierarchy, 020 dialling code, Banksy's animals, Open House, borough coats of arms, libraries, pub names, facial recognition
London superlatives: most central sheep, the greatest city, most and least deprived, higher than, most central wood
Museums/art: Bow Street, Turbine Hall, six National Trust houses, British Museum trail, Eastenders at 40
Central: The Mousetrap, Rules, Sunday morning markets, IKEA Oxford Circus, Chelsea Physic Garden, the City's Roman wall
East: five questions, London's easternmost point, news from Havering, Footpath 47, Albert Island
North: N15/N16/N17 walkabout, Myddelton House gardens, extreme Haringey, Crews Hill
West: Trumpers Way, the new Apprentice cafe, Harrow Art Park, Hillingdon
Southwest: London Wetland Centre, Old Coulsdon, Little Holland House, Springfield Park, Æthelstan, Poppy Factory, Mill Hill
Southeast: 25 things to see in SE25, The Queen Victoria, Grove Park
Rivers: Coppermill Stream, Bonesgate Stream, Cannon Brook, Edgware Brook
Walks: borough websites
Transport
 TfL: Transport 2025, staff magazine, no e-bikes, TfL 2000, TfL's best thing
TfL FoI requests: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Anorak corner: tube, rail, bus
60+ card: the basics, application fiasco, extremities, reduced admission
Tube: signalling improvements, timetable posters, all the rolling stock, non-foldable e-bikes, sponsoring the W&C, longer names
Tube stations: the most escalators, step-free Knightsbridge, Roding Valley closure, Hatton Cross 50, Battersea Power Station, Croxley and Watford centenary
Tube map: walking between stations, around the block, Central London, borough tube maps
Tube fares: Capitalcard poster, farewell Travelcard?, three fare scales, Fares 2026, Chase
Overground: early renaming plans, what the names almost were, riding all the lines, interchanges,
Crossrail: 1000 days
DLR: Thamesmead extension, fewer trains, new rolling stock
Rail: renationalisation, all the stations, Motspur Park 100, Inspiration train, ticket windows, Spa Road, 4.50 to Paddington, Rail Clock, GBR branding, Liverpool Street lift
Rail journeys: longest one-stop journey, shortest railways, unconnected stations, longest journeys, worst connected borough
Bus: Hopper challenge, South Croxted Road shelter, Flibco to Stansted, extreme bus stops
Next Dead Bus: 347, 118, 414, R6, 283
Superloop: Bakerloop, SL11, BL1, SL15
Bus routes: 25, the ten rarest, 347, 60, 129, 205, 241, 700, L10, 138, 375, BL1
Dangleway: Chatty Cabins, Glass Floor Experience
Silvertown Tunnel: what we know, introductory booklet, SL4, transport history, opening, 129, crossing data
Roads: A2025, J20 M25, digit sum, Great West Road 100, numberplate update, Oxford Street, B2025
Quizzes: 2025 anniversaries, St George's Day crossword, East Midlands, Michaelmas
Time and space: 45 × 45 = 2025, Midwinter Day, Year of the Snake, Valentine's Day, hitting 60, not Easter, bank holiday gaps, 5.5.25, shortest night, bank holiday gaps, a history of BST
Maps & geography: fortnightly forecasts, largest geometric shapes, Swithinometer, median age, upside-down London
AI: Round London News, a London quiz, Cockfosters walk
The blog: The Count, 100 comments challenge, this blog has peaked
Unblogged: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, September, October, November, December; March 1965, July 1985, August 1995, October 1985, December 1985
And... new passport, supermarket cafes, shrinkflation, the £5 pint, the bluebell photo scale, wedding 1, nobody to talk to, Sounds of the 70s, reducing mail deliveries, CRIII pillarbox, commuter puzzles, wedding 2, coffee and a nice pastry, asbestosis, Trafalgar Day, sleep, Radio Times price
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