My last urban ramble/adventure was: not really precisely urban. ewan and I walked over fields and through woods from Harefield, a village near the border of Greater London, to Ruislip Manor Station, a zone 6 Tube station on the Metropolitan Line.
The reason I'm counting this as an urban adventure is that it was part of my A-Z walk project, in which I'm walking across every page of the London A-Z, keeping a continuous line throughout. Here are some posts about previous walks, and here is the route so far plotted on Google Maps. I hope to complete the project by my 40th birthday, which is in July 2015.
My next urban ramble/adventure will probably be: in southwest London. I help run a website about London, and am currently working through the backlog of pages we need photos for. Since we've already done the ones that clump together geographically (and hence can be picked off easily), I'm working through the list in alphabetical order. So on Thursday I'll be visiting things that need photographing in the general vicinity of the Admiral Nelson in Whitton. I have never been to Whitton and am excited to see what I might find!
Favourite type(s) of urban environment: I have to be boring here and say that I like the parts of the city where there are plenty of places to sit down and have a rest when I need one.
Favourite type(s) of constraint (for those who like putting constraints on their rambles): See above! I'm very excited about having finally got out of Harefield and so being able to do more A-Z walks (I was stuck there for 2 years, for various reasons).
Cities/towns I've explored (and how): London (in multiple ways). Glasgow — I was there last year and did a walk along the subway network (above ground, not along the tunnels!) — here are some photos.
Cities/towns I want to explore (and why): Leeds, because I promised a friend that I would, and because there are waterways to walk along. Other than that, I am open to suggestions! I'm afraid I tend to think "oh, I haven't finished London yet" when I think about going to other places...
Three things I tend to notice when I'm wandering through a city: Pubs (not just because I like beer — I think pubs can tell you a lot about the type of area you're in). Brightly coloured things. Interesting/unusual fonts on street signs.
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The reason I'm counting this as an urban adventure is that it was part of my A-Z walk project, in which I'm walking across every page of the London A-Z, keeping a continuous line throughout. Here are some posts about previous walks, and here is the route so far plotted on Google Maps. I hope to complete the project by my 40th birthday, which is in July 2015.
My next urban ramble/adventure will probably be: in southwest London. I help run a website about London, and am currently working through the backlog of pages we need photos for. Since we've already done the ones that clump together geographically (and hence can be picked off easily), I'm working through the list in alphabetical order. So on Thursday I'll be visiting things that need photographing in the general vicinity of the Admiral Nelson in Whitton. I have never been to Whitton and am excited to see what I might find!
Favourite type(s) of urban environment: I have to be boring here and say that I like the parts of the city where there are plenty of places to sit down and have a rest when I need one.
Favourite type(s) of constraint (for those who like putting constraints on their rambles): See above! I'm very excited about having finally got out of Harefield and so being able to do more A-Z walks (I was stuck there for 2 years, for various reasons).
Cities/towns I've explored (and how): London (in multiple ways). Glasgow — I was there last year and did a walk along the subway network (above ground, not along the tunnels!) — here are some photos.
Cities/towns I want to explore (and why): Leeds, because I promised a friend that I would, and because there are waterways to walk along. Other than that, I am open to suggestions! I'm afraid I tend to think "oh, I haven't finished London yet" when I think about going to other places...
Three things I tend to notice when I'm wandering through a city: Pubs (not just because I like beer — I think pubs can tell you a lot about the type of area you're in). Brightly coloured things. Interesting/unusual fonts on street signs.