General Walks
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Exploring London’s Festive Christmas Displays
Twas the night before Christmas……. Well ok it wasn’t, however it was close. A few days before the big day the Back Alley Boys decided to go and look at the Christmas Lights. I found a web page that put together all the best ones to see and planned a route around it. We started… Continue reading
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An Oddities of London Walk and Stag do!
One of the Back Alley Boys was getting married so we thought about kicking off the stag do with a walk around London. I had bought a book a whilst back which looks at the oddities of London, so I planned a route around that. I have talked about the route previously but thought I… Continue reading
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The Seven Woods Walk
I quickly planned this one before I took my son to school. Originally, I had called it the 4 woods and a couple of parks walk. However, on wandering around the route it became apparent that I had in fact planned virtually the same route as the Seven Woods Walk. Mine is a little longer… Continue reading
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Final Walk before the Big One
I had an unexpected day off today, so with the weather being ideal I decided it was time for a last walk before the North Downs Way. Originally I had thought about just doing one of my normal walks. However, on reflection I decided to go somewhere new. In the end that was a great… Continue reading
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A Christmas Carol Walk
There is nothing better than having a walk in London in the evening at Christmas. All the lights are on and everyone is in a festive mood. With that in mind I set about planning a walk based on ‘A Christmas Carol’. We started at Tower Hill tube station, mainly because that’s where I get… Continue reading
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Saffron Trail/Roach Valley Way/Prittlewell Brook Loop
Last Thursday was a lovely day when I had planned to do this walk but….my Son was off school so that scuppered that. SO instead Rob and I decided we would do this today. It was raining heavily. Rob seemed unfazed and not wanting to show any signs of weakness I said of course! The… Continue reading
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Shaking off the trail dust
Well it has been about 2 weeks since I finished the SDW and I thought it was about time to give the old leg muscles a stretch again. I needed a latch for the shed and decided to walk to B&Q rather than drive. It is out of town and I could reach it by… Continue reading
Essex Man Does Walking 