diamond geezer
Thursday, December 30, 2021
dg 2021 index
Beyond London
Beachy Head : I walked all the way from Eastbourne to Seaford again - a rollercoaster chalky delight [photos]
Stamford/Peterborough : The former is lovelier and more visit-worthy than the second, and a proper 4-way boundary town [photos]
Newark/Grantham : Two stalwart East Midlands market towns (and launchpad for a certain Margaret Thatcher ) [photos] [photos]
Scarborough/York : The furthest I ventured this year was Yorkshire's premier seaside resort (via Joseph Rowntree's legacy) [photos]
Southend-on-Sea : A walk across Britain's newest city, mostly avoiding the on-Sea bits [photos]
Sheringham : On the North Norfolk coast I climbed to the county's highest peak [photos]
Rochdale : what if diamond geezer was relocated for levelling-up purposes?
Wider London
London : levelling up , labyrinths , department stores , closing banks , compass points , banknotes , 9 million , 1938 museums , 1986 attractions , Open House , 681 places, bin collections , shifting London
Barking & Dagenham : Barking Riverside
Bexley/Greenwich : Thamesmead
Ealing : Reggie Perrin's house
Haringey : Haringey West
Havering : Hornchurch glaciation limit , North Ockendon
Wandsworth : Nine Elms , Battersea extension
Rivers : capacity of the Thames , Roding crossings , Roding Valley Way
Within walking distance
Bow : Cafe Bus Stop M , England v Germany , cholera 1866 , Bromley Public Hall
Tower Hamlets : snow , Millennium Greens , triple-point , City Island , Mayoral referendum , Wood Wharf , The Bell End , Summer Lights , Mile End Road , Poplar rates rebellion , Lea bridges
E20 : three schools , Pudding Mill Lane 25 , Clarnico Lane , Blossom Garden , 5 neighbourhoods , bridge H14 , Northwall Road , Abba Arena , Pudding Mill allotments
Newham : Sugar House Island , Vera Lynn , Little Ilford , snapshots , Tennyson Road , Ronnie Lane , Stevenage Road , Beckton paths , Wonderful Women trail , blue plaques , Royal Docks , Madge Gill , Alliance Road , weak bridge , Three Mills towpath , Mavis Walk , Cemetery Road , Flavour Rainbow , Rat Park , Royal Albert Wharf
Hackney : Marshes walk , Mary Wollstonecraft , Temple Mills Bridge
Redbridge : City of London cemetery , Chalet Wood , Loxford
Waltham Forest : blue plaques , Poundworld , Francis Road , Essex Cricket Club
Westminster : empty Covent Garden , Carting Lane , Marble Arch Mound , the Crystal Maze
Southwark : Borough Yards , Bermondsey , Elephant & Castle , Stompie Garden , Lambeth boundary , Bankside Yards
City : Snow Hill , future skyline , Golden Lane Estate , height restrictions
Random City ward : Tower , Walbrook , Portsoken , Lime Street , Cheap , Bread Street , Castle Baynard , Bassishaw , Farringdon Without , Langbourn , Aldersgate , Coleman Street , Cripplegate , Cordwainer , Dowgate , Farringdon Within , Billingsgate , Cornhill , Broad Street
Walking : borough walks , most-walked , six new Greenways , Slow Ways , walking eight boroughs
Transport
TfL : Great London Transport , FoI
Tube stations : not near what they're named after , Scrabble scores , station-focused development , Victoria@50 , by postcode , Whitechapel , one stop
Tube map : poster map , blandest names , Kennington z1/2 , under/over , step-free , Battersea , streamlined , dead ends
Tube fares : 2021 fare rises , geographic fare zones , £1.50 journeys , Oyster , weekly capping
Overground : naming lines
Crossrail : next train indicators , West End stations , staged opening , 1000 days late , Acton Main Line , trial operations , three years late
Rail : public footpath level crossings , the Stratford Diagram
Bus : alphabetical bus stops , fake bus stop , retiring Routemasters , Heathrow free travel zone , journey lengths , On The Buses , update
Bus routes : 969 , 812 , 56 , London's rarest , 263 , 456 , demand responsive , alphabetically , furthest from , frequency cuts , festive
Dangleway : naming , queueing notices , new sponsor , still going
Cycling : NCN1
Streets : shortest street name , named road junctions , green women , green man authority , A Roads , touch-free crossings , ULEZ extension , countdown timings , crossing width
B Roads : B100 , B101 , B102 , B104 , B105 , B106 , B108 , B109 , B111 , B112 , B113 , B500
Anorak corner : tube , bus , rail
Coronavirus : January predictions , be more like me , awaiting vaccination , getting to ExCeL , my routine , but what if it doesn't? , the marshmallow test , roadmap , making a difference , good news calendar , jab 1 , one year on , Let's Do London , jab 2 , loosening , relaxed/careful , Freedom Day , booster , Christmas
Quizzes: anniversaries , borough acrostics , hills and mountains , 3 stations , US states , US state capitals , Disney Time , Yorkshire towns , ease-y crossword , board games
Time and space: peakwinter , average sunrise/sunset , solar eclipse , summer solstice , locking the park gates , daylight %
Maps & geography : the largest town you haven't been to , highest/lowest above/below sea level , grid squares I've been to , county birthdays , new constituencies , catchment populations , TN postcode , city bids
Stats & maths : 43×47 , The Archers , number plate spotting , the urinal function , The Count , 56th birthdays , Census day , readership survey , indoor temperature
Music : Depeche Mode , music's not what it was , 1980s records
Unblogged: January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November , December
And... making up words , undecimalisation , mud , flags , niggles , 300 years of PMs , potential Mayors , Prince Philip , animal rescue , fake bricks , Mayoral election , instant groceries , podcasts , The Hundred , ten million , the last time , finding a flat , risk register , hey boomer , radio , almost my car , amazing places
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