I've blogged the A2026, B2026, SE26 and the number 26 bus.
That's all I have for '26' posts.
I could have ridden the N26 bus but I had no desire to end up in Chingford at 2am.
I could have gone for brunch at 26 Grains but it was full.
26 Grains is the brainchild of Alex Hely-Hutchinson, a food entrepreneur inspired by Danish oats. She started out in 2014 with a pop-up selling porridge pots to commuters and now runs a restaurant in Neal's Yard selling sweet and savoury porridge and topped toasts. Don't expect more than five grains in her signature Hazelnut & Butter porridge, also I can't imagine 'Mushrooms on Toast' is worth £16 even if it comes with truffle chestnut cream and pickled celeriac on sourdough. But the place was packed out, even on the most miserable Monday of the year while most people were back at work, so I guess 26 Grains does very nicely thankyou.
I could have travelled the A26 but it's 50 miles long and nobody wants to read that amount of bloggage. FYI it starts in Maidstone, passes through Tunbridge Wells and ends up in Newhaven, and would require four hours travel on threebusroutes to negotiate without a car. I can however show you the highest point on the A26 which is here in Crowborough at 240m above sea level.
I considered riding a tube line with exactly 26 stations but there aren't any (Bakerloo 25, Jubilee 27), nor indeed on the Overground (Weaver 25, Mildmay 28).
So I think that'll do for '26' posts.
There is of course one other obvious 26-related subject and that's the alphabet.
So that's what I intend to run with as my ongoing themed series this year.
A London Alphabet of something.
But an Alphabet of What?
» I love old cinemas. You should do an A-Z of old cinemas.
» Bottoms up dg, it's got to be an A-Z of London pubs.
» London has hundreds of stations, how about an A-Z of them?
» You've just done 45 Squares so it has to be an A-Z of Streets.
» Is it possible to do an A-Z of London parks?
» It's a shame you've already done an A-Z of London museums.
» I'd love you to excoriate an A-Z of London businesses.
» Why don't you contact a reader starting with each letter of the alphabet and ask them to nominate a favourite place in London starting with that letter and then write about your visit without using that letter in your blogpost?
Some of those would be very tedious, some very repetitive, some of remarkably limited interest and some potentially fascinating, but I'm sure we'd disagree which is which.
What I think I'm going to do is an A-Z of London locations I haven't blogged about before, but I haven't narrowed it down yet and there's still time for you to persuade me otherwise.
A is for... Abbey Creek? Abney Park? Addington Palace? Addiscombe? Albert Bridge? Aldersbrook? Aldi? Aldwych? Alexandra Palace? Amazon? Amersham Arms? Andy's Sandwich Bar? Anerley? Aperfield? Appledore Avenue? Apples and Pears? Ardleigh Green? Argos? Arizona Fried Chicken? Arkley? Army & Navy? Arnos Park? Arts Cafe? AstraZeneca? Avenue Road?
