The 38 to Clapton Pond

A London bus crosses the old Alexandra Palace to Finsbury Park railway, now the Parkland Walk . Trains ran this line between the 1860s and 1970. The tracks were lifted in 1972 and the stations demolished. It was opened as a walking route in 1984 and declared a nature reserve – London longest nature reserve, no less – in 1990. It's now also part of the Capital Ring. Visit the Parkland Walk website HERE . This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

I noticed recently that this sign has been removed from Meard Street, Soho… This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

I'm back on the streets leading tours in London after a short break hiking in the Scottish Borders, where I spotted this… George John Vulliamy designed the ornamental sturgeon lamp bases - often called Dolphin Lamp Standards - along the  Thames Embankment  in  London  for a competition in 1870. This specimen is a long way from home - on the Tweed Bridge at Peebles. This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

A spectacular downpour today, biblical rain in the middle of my open top bus tour! Snapped this at Buckingham Palace – the line for the annual public opening… This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

My current favourite piece of street art. Find it by the King's Stores pub in Spitalfields, right on the cusp of the City of London… ••• This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

Frieze Sculpture 2019 is the largest outdoor art exhibition in London. Staged in Regent's Park it features the work of 20 international artists and runs until October. In this dreary wet August, my tour guide sensibilities were particularly drawn to this piece… ••• This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

This panel on the wall beside the escalator at Tottenham Court Road tube station. Look closely at the screw on the right. The slot require a key in the shape of the London Underground roundel logo. ••• This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…      

Throwback Thursday… This shop on Old Compton Street has been gone for years. But it's not been forgotten. I always thought it would also make a good stage name or  nome de plume … ••• This blog features photos snapped with either a Canon 500D or an iPhone6 as I make my way Londoning around leading & researching my tours. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to join me on a scheduled London tour, you can book me here… Keep In Touch…