Yesterday I went out to see a friend. My new house is a total dump. An absolute pig-sty as we say in the U.K. No cleaning/bathing facilities, no toilet, damp in the floors electric wires everywhere and a near 200 year collection of pipes that seem to do nothing but are there nevertheless. I decided… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 2 – Goodbyes but no good grub
Month: March 2020
Top 10 worst London (and global) pandemics in history
The current Coronavirus is just the latest in a really long line of pandemic outbreaks with London getting more than its fair share of them as it always does for good and for bad. It isn’t much consolation as we all wait this thing out and the lucky ones get through it but it’s worth… Continue reading Top 10 worst London (and global) pandemics in history
Corona Diary 1 – Crazies on a bus
Given that I am now almost housebound medically and theoretically from Monday possibly legally’ I thought I would supplement my usual posts with a series of almost diary like posts. Some people have their entire blog composed of such things and I thought given my rather unique situation then I may as well while a… Continue reading Corona Diary 1 – Crazies on a bus
The Coronavirus and me
Like almost everyone else, I’ve been watching the Coronavirus do its stuff from the last weeks of 2019 up to the present day and even though I don’t yet have it; it has affected me quite badly. As a tour guide in London I have not just lost all my bookings and earnings but I… Continue reading The Coronavirus and me
The Coal Posts of London and Hertfordshire
Almost opposite the hotel that I’m staying in at the moment is this white post below. It is an old Coal Post and is around 140 years old and it goes back to a time when coal entering London was taxed, specifically at this time to fund bridges over the River Thames. The story surrounding… Continue reading The Coal Posts of London and Hertfordshire
Plumbing the depths of despair.
As if being pushed under a tube train in February and attacked in the street in November isn’t bad enough I’ve recently had the only item of value stolen from my new home recently. With not much else that can go wrong and whilst I wait for the near certainty of being killed by a… Continue reading Plumbing the depths of despair.
The secret green huts of London
They are an icon of London; not as famous as those famous red symbols such a telephone boxes, post boxes, double decker buses or soldiers on guard and they are certainly less common than the iconic London black taxis but if you wander around London long enough, just a short distance from many tourist attractions… Continue reading The secret green huts of London
The Facing Shores of Britain and Ireland
I found this map last week whilst looking for some other maps (see my old posts Getting lost in the world of maps Lost in the world of maps! Amazing maps tracking the cargo ships of the world The Mappa Mundi and the chained library at Hereford Cathedral May Map Madness Fantastic… Continue reading The Facing Shores of Britain and Ireland
Stephen Liddell 