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A really excellent tour. I’ve taken loads of walking tours in London but I learnt many new things from this one. Highly recommended.
LUCY : There's More To Moorgate
Two New Tours published in October, check out the tours page
Just taken the tour during a short break in London. I was amazed that there was so much more to the area of Westminster than parliament. The commentary and directions were easy to understand and there were a lot of interesting facts and story's.
John : The Power and The Glory


Fantastic
One word Sunday Leake Street Tunnel, Waterloo #London #OWS #Underground #Walking
Steve Matthews
Dec 19, 20211 min read
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All is not as it seems
Six word Saturday The hazards of walking London’s streets. If it’s not bumping into fellow pedestrians, lamp posts, tripping up kerbs and...
Steve Matthews
Dec 18, 20211 min read
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Milestones
While poking around Smithfield recently I had occasion to take a break in a local hostelry and over a pint started reading an old...
Steve Matthews
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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The Cock Lane Ghost
In my last post I related the tale of a less that virtuous parson who apparently haunted an hotel in Covent Garden. As Christmas is...
Steve Matthews
Dec 15, 20214 min read
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Humumm’s
On the south east corner of Covent garden was an area in the 17th century that was known as the “Hummums“ The Humumm’s (Far Left) 1770...
Steve Matthews
Dec 13, 20213 min read
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Rush
One word Sunday #London #OWS #Walking
Steve Matthews
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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Summer in light, Winter in shade
Six word Saturday #6WS #London
Steve Matthews
Dec 11, 20211 min read
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Stumped!
Aberdeen Place, St Johns Wood Ok, so not the most inspiring photo, but as they say, “Every picture tells a story”. What you’re looking at...
Steve Matthews
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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Bucolic Bonnington Square
Bonnington Square in Vauxhall was built during the 1870s. Only a “six” away from the Oval cricket ground it comprised compact neat rows...
Steve Matthews
Dec 8, 20214 min read
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Dining with Baron Beaverbrook
One of my favourite blogs is the photographer Debbie Smyth’s Travel With Intent. She recently posted a great photograph of the Daily...
Steve Matthews
Dec 6, 20212 min read
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Below
One word Sunday The chimney on the former Bankside power station (Now the Tate Modern) My partners Mum & Dad had their first date at the...
Steve Matthews
Dec 5, 20211 min read
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Seeing things from a different perspective
Six word Saturday #6WS #History #London
Steve Matthews
Dec 4, 20211 min read
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Sorry, no fish today
Had the luxury of travelling on a bus a few weeks ago from Victoria to Charing Cross. I call it a luxury because it give a different...
Steve Matthews
Dec 3, 20214 min read
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The Dog’s Nose
“Mr Walker, a convert to the Brick Lane branch of the United Grand Junction Ebenezer Temperance Association, thought that tasting Dog’s...
Steve Matthews
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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Let’s play “Blind Chivvy”
I was unaware of the game Blind Chivvy or psychogeography* as it is sometimes known. That was until I started to read a book called ...
Steve Matthews
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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Dizzy
One Word Sunday Cromwell Road SW7 + a few beers + some banging tunes #London #OWS
Steve Matthews
Nov 28, 20211 min read
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St Brides the original Wedding Cake
Six word Saturday St Brides church, Fleet Street It is said that St Brides was the inspiration for the first ever tiered wedding cake....
Steve Matthews
Nov 27, 20211 min read
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A Jack of all trades and a savage bell
Sometimes I stand at a location and think how far away even recent history can feel. Some places have been so changed that without some...
Steve Matthews
Nov 25, 20214 min read
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Evocative
When I have a few minutes to spare I do like to just stand (or sit with a pint) in a location, let my mind wander and try to imagine what...
Steve Matthews
Nov 22, 20213 min read
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Peep(s)
One Word Sunday Samuel Pepys 1633-1703 Statue in Seething Lane EC3 “Up betimes and hence to the work machine to create the one word...
Steve Matthews
Nov 21, 20211 min read
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