Regent’s Park in Spring
I am going to linger in Regent’s Park for a few more days! I spotted a hint of pink through Queen Mary’s Gate – aren’t the magnolias beautiful? There were more in the Secret Garden.
Regent’s Park in Spring
Today my wings took me to Regent’s Park, prompted by The Frustrated Gardener. Mr Bradshaw will join us shortly, but in the meantime let’s enjoy the glory of the fragrant, abundant lilac.
Regent’s Canal Walk, No.5, Sturt’s Lock to Islington Tunnel
I was a gloomy day, but I set out! Sturt’s Lock, no.6, is named after Mr Sturt who was a landowner in this area, like Mr Acton, and Peter de Beauvoir who lived in Balmes House (eventually an asylum and the … Continued
Regent’s Canal Walk, No.4, Acton’s Lock to Southgate Road
The view from the Queensbridge Road bridge, no.48, heading towards Islington. As always there was plenty of activity – children and boats at the Laburnum basin, Canada Geese, and a relaxed BBQ The Kingsland Basin was dug in the 1820s, and originally … Continued
Regent’s Canal Walk
Mr Bradshaw mentioned the Regent’s Canal some months ago. The section from Paddington to Camden opened in 1816, and the remainder in 1820. I am going contrary to history and I am going to follow the Canal from the Thames to … Continued
Phaffing with Photos
Well, I couldn’t use exactly the same word as LJG who, instead of commenting on the colour being drained from everything over the weekend, had the courage to go B&W. I follow! These images see The Limehouse Cut quite differently.
Spring on the Limehouse Cut
It is ‘that’ time of year again!
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Coldbath Fields, (no.51)
‘..For the sake of visiting localities of greater interest, we..turn aside from Gray’s Inn Road and enter Coldbath Fields … once famous for a cold spring that still exists in Bath Street..’. (I think that the spring is now enclosed in … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Bagnigge Wells & Exmouth Market, (no.52)
This area, now Clerkenwell, was originally fertile meadows rising to small hills and watered by the Fleet River and numerous springs. The land belonged originally to the Augustinian nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell, and the Priory of St John of … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, (no.50), Pentonville
‘Pentonville, a large district on the north side of the New Road, was unbuilt upon till 1773, when the fields of Mr Henry Penton were appropriated to receive the increasing population. Of late years it has extended rapidly..’. The association … Continued