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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
Steve Matthews
Sep 20, 20213 min read
Dogstones
Now there’s a word for you, “Dogstones”. Gallstones found in canines perhaps, or some type of artisanal device for holding something in...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Closed
One Word Sunday Opened 1907, Closed 1940 #History #London #OWS #Walking
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Steve Matthews
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Just a cog in the machine
Six Word Saturday Reclaimed workings of a small Victorian generator that once stood in Bull Inn Court just off Fleet Street. #6WS...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Bracken House
Walking along Cannon Street I had passed Bracken House many times, but not really given it a second glance. I had wrongly thought of it...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 14, 20218 min read
Spend the day…..on the Circle Line (Part 5)
Even a London walking tour guide like myself can see the benefits of sitting in a tube train and making your way from A-B, or in this...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 13, 20219 min read
Spend the day…..on the Circle Line (Part 4)
Even a London walking tour guide like myself can see the benefits of sitting in a tube train and making your way from A-B, or in this...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Rest
One word Sunday The Pommelers Rest The Pommelers Rest was the former Tower Bridge Hotel, taking its name from the area’s centuries-old...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 4, 20211 min read
Herding sheep near to St Pauls
Six word Saturday Sheep, sometimes known as Paternoster #6WS #History #London #Walking
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Steve Matthews
Sep 3, 20216 min read
Spend the day…..on the Circle Line (Part 3)
Even a London walking tour guide like myself can see the benefits of sitting in a tube train and making your way from A-B, or in this...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 1, 20215 min read
Spend the day…..on the Circle Line (Part 2)
Even a London walking tour guide like myself can see the benefits of sitting in a tube train and making your way from A-B, or in this...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 30, 20216 min read
Spend the day…..on the Circle Line (Part 1)
Even a London walking tour guide like myself can see the benefits of sitting in a tube train and making your way from A-B, or in this...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Reversed
One word Sunday #London #OWS #Underground
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Steve Matthews
Aug 21, 20211 min read
To trains for Harrow and Uxbridge
Six word Saturday Taken during the last tour of TFL’s offices at 55 Broadway, soon to become a luxury hotel. #6WS #London #History...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 20, 20213 min read
Doing the talking while you’re walking
Phew! Well that was a mammoth recording session. For those who haven’t read an earlier post Technotours the recording is for some self...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 16, 20212 min read
Dark times in the Kings Road
I must admit I don’t know Chelsea very well, it’s on my “to do” list to get more familiar with it. Recently I visited the Saatchi Gallery...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 13, 20212 min read
Musca domestica Linnaeus
The House Fly Just a quick follow on post from Wednesday’s musing on the rat infestation around the Strand in 1903. During July 1707, the...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus Definitely my favourite and probably the best studio album by The Stranglers, released in 1977, so the copy in my...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Sheer Folly
Last week I posted about the debacle of the Marble Arch Mount, which got me thinking of a similar instance of abject failure over 125...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 8, 20211 min read
Reflection
One Word Sunday The spire of St Clement Danes and behind the Royal Courts of Justice on an overcast Sunday morning. #London #OWS
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Steve Matthews
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Not Avenues, But Alleyways
Once you’ve designed a tour, walked it countless times, discovered new things along the way to add in and found bits to leave out, you do...
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