I cycle; I stop; I photograph. A New Year’s Day ride to the corner of a quiet churchyard.
Tag Archives: Places
To the sea
Today a short reflection upon the sea
Queens Wood
The road from the west to the Mossy Well runs through woodland. Once the trees would have extended much further. Now the Mossy Well has become the North London suburb of Muswell Hill and the forest has shrunk to two small patches along either side of the main road from Highgate tube.
Along the Riverbank
Late one Saturday afternoon I took the half hour train ride out of London to the small town of Hertford for a walk along the River Lea.
A1
The A1 runs 610 kilometres from London to Edinburgh. It has been designated the A1 for exactly 100 years
Markfield
One of a series of posts exploring the obscure landmarks of London. This time Markfield Park – now an art gallery but once a sewage works.
Hill Garden
Hill Garden is an almost secret park tucked away on the far western edge of Hampstead Heath, between Hampstead and Golders Green. What it like about it is the way it blurs into the edges of the heath with, at its heart, a dramatic pergola rising above the surrounding land.
The People’s Stone
The People’s Stone or the Freedom of Speech Stone stands on Hampstead Heath on the climb towards Parliament Hill. I have been unable to find out much about it beyond the fact that it may have once been a place where people congregated to protest or to speak out on controversial matters, a little bit like Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park.
Martyrs
In 1833 six farm workers in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset, seeing their living standards plummet, combined together to protect their wages. They were prosecuted and transported to Australia. Tens of thousands of protestors set off from Copenhagen Fields (the later site of this clocktower) to petition for their return. Their campaign was successful and the men were freed.
The Hardy Tree
From St Pancras International trains run to places as diverse as Luton, Sheffield and Paris. Just after they have left the station they will pass a small church standing in an old churchyard.