I walk by the Thames I know so well Caught again by a riverine spell I know you well but I know you not An endless flow without a plot…
Poem: The Thames at source I went to a shrine without compare To see a river that wasn’t there We strolled from the station forecourt at Kemble Where walkers, like…
The Thames Flow London is curiously at ease, Invaded twice daily from overseas But the Thames knows Where it goes Its tide with the moon communes Mornings and afternoons Changing…
Secret London History – The magic of the River Wandle First visible source of the Wandle IF THERE’S ever been magic working on London’s rivers it is surely the Wandle…
Hotel Cecil from the Embankment, now Shell Mex House If you walk along the Strand today in the direction of Waterloo Bridge you will probably pass by number 80 (photo…
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…
ONE OF THE the stunning recent successes in London has been the construction of footbridges – which fill up with pedestrians as soon as they are finished. Now there are…
If the Thames is the bit of London that most Londoners take for granted then the Thames foreshore is the bit they would also take for granted if only…
The Tate and Lyle refinery at Silvertown It started as one of my walks from Trafalgar Square without crossing a road. Taking up where I left off last time at…
The next couple of days – it closes Sunday – afford a rare opportunity to see the innards of Battersea Power Station before it is converted into an £8bn complex…
It is not often you get a chance to move 6,000 years back in time in London, and especially not at Vauxhall. It happens once a year at…
It was 5 55pm yesterday and seldom has a glass of red wine been so sweetly devoured. We had arrived at the Narrow Boat pub after a long-planned walk from…
Gravesend, less than 25 minutes from St Pancras on the new fast train, provides a perfect start for…