Is this the most pointless gate on the Thames Path?
I forgot to post this when I posted about the walk itself but I thought it was still worth showing.
Thames Path – Day Fifteen – Shillingford to Abingdon
It’s been a long time since we have done a leg of the Thames Path. Too long in fact. It was eight months ago that we did the last leg ending in Shillingford and made the bold statement that we would aim to be in Oxford by the end of the year. What happened? Life …
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Reading Walks Festival, 2026 – Walking the Historic Holybrook
It’s the time of year once again for the Reading Walks Festival. This year we are booked on to four walks which was the most that interested us and that we could make. There is some repitition from previous years and walks that we had already done which limited our choices. Two Rivers (and a …
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Morgan Motor Company, Great Malvern
A while back I had the opportunity to visit the Mini factory in Oxford. Actually it isn’t a “factory” but a “plant” in the same way it’s no longer an “engine” but an “ICE” and a “chassis” is a “platform” but I digress. Today I had the chance to visit the Morgan Motor Company factory …
Treasures of the British Library, British Library, London
I said in yesterday’s post that I was able to cross off not one but two items from my bucket list. This was because we managed to squeeze in a trip to the British Library on our way back from Highgate Cemetery. The British Library is the largest of its kind in the world holding …
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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London
Having so recently talked about my bucket list it’s nice to report that I have ticked another one off the list (actually it was two but that’s a story for another day). This time it was Highgate Cemetery, somewhere that has long been on the list. Margaret Makes It Highgate was opened 1837 when the …
The Bucket List
No, not a review of the film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, but a list of places and things I want to do. I seem to have mentioned it so often in these pages that I thought I would publish it. What is a Bucket List You may be asking yourself just what is …
Crossness Pumping Station, Abbey Wood, London
I wasn’t aware of Crossness until someone that had been showed me some pictures of it and I decided to add it to my bucket list of places to visit. Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station that played an important part in the eradication of cholera in London in the 19th century. …
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Handel Hendrix House, London
I’ve had the Handel Hendrix House on my “bucket list” for quite a while now and had never quite got round to going, so when my local U3A said that they were organising a trip there, it was a great opportunity to tick it off the list. A Tale of Two Houses The Handel Hendrix …
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
I’m an increasingly active member of the Woodley and District u3a, part of a network of local groups for retired people. Like many other u3a‘s ours has groups on a diverse set of themes and activities. One of these groups is called Out and About and organises trips to interesting places, such as to the …