Tag Archives: walks

Coronavirus Diary 87 – Gatecrashing a strangers funeral

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

As I write this, in the U.K. today is Budget Day. Of course I didn’t want the Budget, being mentioned in Parliament during the last one meant this years was always going to be even worse… and last years was … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged Cemetery, Coronavirus Diary, Diary, ExcludedUK, Funeral, The Colour of Paradise, walks | Leave a comment

Walking in a winter wonderland!

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know about you but I love snow, especially when I don’t have to drive in it. The sad thing is that London doesn’t get a great deal of snow any more. It used to even in the 1980’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Photography | Tagged Bushey Heath, Grims Dyke, Snow, Stanmore, The Rutts, walks, Weather | 4 Comments

Getting up to mischief in some old woods

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Some of you might remember back towards the beginning of the pandemic I wrote a lengthy series of posts on my new neighbour having gone exploring when everyone else was confined indoors. One of my posts was on Grim’s Dyke, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Grims Ditch, Grims Dyke, Grims Dyke Hotel, Harrow, Stanmore, W S Gilbert, walks, Woods | 1 Comment

Walking The Ridgeway, one of the oldest roads in the world

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

On Saturday I had my first and likely only real day out all year went to Oxfordshire to visit various ancient and picturesque sites. One of the places I was looking forward to travelling on was the Ridgeway which is … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Travel | Tagged Avebury, Neolithic, Oxfordshire, Prehistoric, Ridgeway, The Ridgeway, walks, Wiltshire | 4 Comments

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

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

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 →

Posted in Heritage, Life, London | Tagged church, churches, Coronavirus Diary, Diary, St John Stanmore, Stanmore, walks | 1 Comment

Coronavirus Diary 51 – Social Distancing with baby frogs

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

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 →

Posted in Life | Tagged Bentley Priory, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Covid19, Frogs, Nature, Social Distancing, Stanmore, walks | Leave a comment

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

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

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 →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Cemetery, Diary, Gilbert and Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance, Stanmore, W S Gilbert, walks | 5 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 28 – Dancing in the rain

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s raining today as I write this. It was raining before I got up, it will be raining when I eat and still be when I go to bed and if all goes to plan, it might still be raining … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Covid19, outdoors, Rain, Self isolation, Social Distancing, walks | 12 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 16 – Close calls and quiet

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s been a rough few days really. I have been unwell. I’d like to say that I had the virus but I don’t think I did though I suppose it is possible. One of the things about having asthma and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Covid19, Diary, Easter, outdoors, Self isolation, walks, Woods | 11 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 13 – Breaking the curfew for a peek over London

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

You know sometimes you just think you’ll write a 10 minute blog post and then 2 hours later….. If some one had told me 6 months ago that I would be living in a 1830’s house in a village with … Continue reading →