The task in June-July 2016 was to recce the Spinoff cycle routes, and this is an intrepid moment in the journey from Dartford to Gravesend – which I had previously reached via NCN1 alongside the 8-lane A2. Not a pleasant experience and rejected as unworthy of the C25, but Continue reading
As it’s the Summer Solstice today I will end this post with a personal footnote, for I first met Michael Solomon Williams at the 1989 solstice in a magical performance of Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He was six, and the ‘fetched’ Humble Bee to my Bottom. So more of that anon… now Common and Kind – which is Michael’s #JoCox #moreincommon -inspired initiative, subtitled more in common in music.
A year ago I was fine-tuning some routes. This eastbound spoke had followed a fairly busy road to Myddelton House and Turkey Street – until I tried turning west out of Crew’s Hill station to pick up a byway that requires this porterage across the railway. Continue reading
Soon after the start of Arc 1 at Hertford, you will encounter this curious building. It is the New Gauge House (1856), marking the abstraction point on the Lea Navigation where the New River begins. This is neither new (1613) nor a river… Continue reading
Tattenham Corner was the only Zone 6 terminus station unvisited until May 2017. This is the view yards from the platform – a superb panorama from over 180m above SW London. Preparations for Derby Day (first Saturday in June) Continue reading