Tag Archives: Stanmore

Coronavirus Diary 62 – I love it when a plan comes together!

Posted on July 30, 2020 by

Some of you may remember that in the first days when everyone lock-down, I took the opportunity to go outside having already been shielding for a month or so.   I went off to fully explore my new neighbourhood and … Continue reading →

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My newest tour – Stanmore Circular Private Walking Tour

Posted on June 25, 2020 by

Finally I have finished putting together my newest tour, Stanmore Circular Private Walking Tour.  It’s all ready available for booking on the Ye Olde England Tours Website and on popular sites such as Viator and Trip Advisor. It’s all entirely … Continue reading →

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My big Coronavirus Opening! – St Johns Church in Stanmore.

Posted on June 23, 2020 by

Last Monday was the first real big step forward in the restoration of normal life in the U.K. with many of the non-essential opening for the first time in months.  Of course I couldn’t imagine anything worse than going in … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 51 – Social Distancing with baby frogs

Posted on June 19, 2020 by

I never quite know what I will find on my walks and my walk on Friday was particularly eventful.  First of all down a country lane I came across a car with its hazard lights flashing and being all prepared … Continue reading →

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The Abercorn Arms

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

If you remember on Monday I wrote on my walk to the home of the esteemed Edward Adrian Wilsonwho died at Antartica with Captain Scott. One of the reasons his house was located where it was at all was because … Continue reading →

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Visiting the home of Edward Adrian Wilson – a forgotten hero who died with Captain Scott of the Antarctic.

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

Every now and then I write a post not quite realising the scope it will take on, perhaps once or twice a year I investigate something and it gives me something to reflect on all year and this is what … Continue reading →

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Visiting the grave of W.S Gilbert – the very model of a modern Major-General

Posted on June 3, 2020 by

One of the main things I waned to find on my walk I wrote about on Monday was the grave of W S Gilbert.  I’m used to finding obscure graves amongst hundreds thousands in cemeteries a mile or more in … Continue reading →

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The ruined church of St John the Evangelist in Stanmore

Posted on June 1, 2020 by

With the never ending lock-down being met with never ending warm weather, I decided to go and join up the dots of my new Stanmore tour which I actually worked out dreamt up whilst writing my blog posts on the … Continue reading →

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The Master Oak – The Greatest and Oldest Oak Tree in Middlesex

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

Following on from my post last week where I visited the old WW2 Pillbox, my walk continued through the Bentley Priory Nature Reserve in NW London. The name Bentley is believed to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word Beonet, which means … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 34 -Social Distancing in a WW2 Pillbox

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

I was going to post this in a week or two but with it being VE weekend I thought I’d bring it forward a little.  I took these photos on one of my once in a  blue moon walks, I … Continue reading →

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