the great smog of London, 1952
I bought a sheepskin hide from one of the stores on Brick Lane and made baby's pram (a McClaren Techno XL) into a sumptuous chariot, fit for a baby pharaoh.
Now that baby is comfortably ensconced, and spring is here, I'm looking at some of the London walks and Green City Walks....
Of the former, these look good:
-The Old Jewish Quarter 'a shtetl called Whitechapel', Weds & Fri 11.30am Tower Hill tube
-Secrets & Splendours of St Paul's (you pay a group rate admission fee) on Tues 10.30am, meet St Paul's tube, exit 2
-Old Hampstead Village 'London's Montmartre', Weds, 2pm Hampstead tube
-Whack it boys, Whack it: Beating the Bounds, Mace, Axe & Full State Dress. Thurs May 13, 2pm, Tower Hill Tube
-The famous Square Mile, 2,000 years of history. Thurs, 11am & Sun 10.30am, Monument tube, fish street hill exit
-Mysterious London & the Da Vinci Code - Thurs, 2pm, Temple
-A Soho Saunter, Fri, 10.15am Leicester Square, exit 1
-Legal & Illegal London: The Inns of the Court, Mon & Fri 2pm, Holborn tube
-Subterranean London, Sun 10.30am Embankment
-A Slice of India - Like walking through a Punjabi Village. Sat May 15, 2.30pm Southall station
The Thames beachcombing (next one is not till August 21 -boo) and Sunday explorer days out of the London look good too...
Of the Green City Walks
-Hidden gardens of the city. Weds 1.30pm, meeting point: on the steps of the Royal Exchange by exit 3 of the Bank underground station.
-Secret Tunnels & Hidden Passageways. (babies in carriers prob best) Tues 11.30am under giant sundial at Tower Hill station
-Rotherhithe Rover. Thurs 1.30pm, Canada Water station
-Docklands explorer. Fri 1.30pm, under Tower Hill station's sundial
Finally Walk London website lists more - the Lea Valley walk looks good.
http://www.walks.com/
http://www.greencitywalks.com
www.walklondon.org.uk
