June 21st, 2015 
Vic Keegan IN LONDON OLD AND NEW published in 1878 Walter Thornbury described the Roman Bath as one the “few real and genuine remains which date from the era of the Roman occupation of England”. Charles Dickens is believed to have taken a cold dip in one of the two fashionable baths and, if he didn’t, he […]
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Comments Off on Pouring cold water on the Roman Bath June 7th, 2015 Vic Keegan CYCLING gets enormous publicity in London. Walking is hardly mentioned at all yet London is arguably the most walkable capital city in the world as I have discovered doing my – only slightly barmy – walks from the centre of Trafalgar Square without crossing a road. Among destinations so far I have got as far […]
Posted in London Tags: a road, Gravesend, Greenhithe, Keegan, Margate, T S Eliot, Thames, trafalgar, Trafalgar Square, walking, Waste land, without crossing Comments Off on Walking from Trafalgar Square to Margate – without crossing a road
