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Lunchtime in the City Then (1990s) and Now 15 May 2013 | 08:30 am
Temping in my other job (legal secretary) in various parts of London I love exploring in my lunchtime. Over the past couple of years I've done a couple of posts about things to do in your lunchtime na...
Wood Street Tall Tales 18 Apr 2013 | 09:30 am
Traipsing the streets of E17 yesterday in preparation for my Walthamstow walk for the Appetite Festival on 1st June I stumbled across an amazing piece of street art. The title is Wood Street Tall Tale...
Hidden Chingford (to me anyway!) 16 Apr 2013 | 10:30 am
I've just started working on two local walks that I will be doing as part of the Appetite Festival in June. The theme will of course be food & drink but not having done walks in either Chingford or Wa...
Do you know where this is? Walk places to win! 7 Apr 2013 | 10:30 am
Yesterday I took a different route through an area I thought I knew intricately and stumbled across this sculpture group. In the 3 years that I have been guiding in this particular area I had somehow ...
Fascinating Fonts 2 Apr 2013 | 10:30 am
There is a danger, after having a few too many alcoholic drinks, to do things you may regret in the morning such as texting an ex boyfriend or talking rubbish on Twitter. I'm guilty of the former but ...
Madame Tussaud's - A Souvenir Brochure from the 1930s (Part 2) 26 Mar 2013 | 12:20 pm
Back in January 2012 I posted some pictures from a souvenir brochure from Madame Tussaud's from the 1930s. Part 1 is in the top 5 most read posts on my blog so hopefully Part 2 was worth waiting for! ...
London Learning 18 Mar 2013 | 10:58 am
Since qualifying as a guide in 2009 I have discovered many new ways of researching for walks. Prior to studying for my guiding exam my previous learning had been for my O Levels back in the 1970s; thi...
Chingfordtastic! 12 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
Although I love living where I do and wrote a blog post a while ago saying it was the best place to live in London - mainly because of the nearness of the Forest and good transport links into town - I...
You have been listening to ... 4 Feb 2013 | 10:30 am
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Writing up a long overdue note of a talk at the Westminster Guides ' monthly meeting it dawned on me that the subject matter would be of interest ...
Buildings without a soul 21 Jan 2013 | 09:00 am
In St James's recently with a bit of time before a walk I stopped to have a proper look at the redevelopment taking place in Pall Mall. Berry Brothers the esteemed wine and spirit retailer are expandi...
