Throughout March we're running our unique London-centric literary festival - a walking book club of in person and virtual tours. Join us at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social @stephensldn.bsky.social @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social
@londonist.com has listed a favourite walk, running next Friday. Scratching Out a Living has 2 guides: @robssmith.bsky.social for the Big 14century Picture and me for 6 characters I created to fill the gap in historical accounts. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scratching...
Join @robssmith.bsky.social for a walk Friday morning looking at Brunel's engineering marvels in #Hanwell or later this afternoon uncover the wonders of #Woolwich dockyards Book at footprintsoflondon.com
The Medieval Female Proletariat is finally happening in the daylight on a weekday. Meet six 14C women working near the Thames: scullery maid, victualler, laundress, alewife, sex worker, huckster. Co-guide @robssmith.bsky.social @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...
Kent's coast is full of history. Join @robssmith.bsky.social for this evening's online talk to take a virtual journey from Dungeness to Sheerness via the White Cliffs of Dover. Book at footprintsoflondon.com
Later this month @robssmith.bsky.social launches a fascinating new walk looking at the homes of British Prime Ministers. Join him on January 13th. Book through footprintsoflondon.com
Christmas is constantly changing - before its Victorian reinvention, the Georgians turned it from a private affair to a more public celebration with a nostalgic interest in Old England. This week footprintsoflondon.com explores Christmas with @westminsterwalks.bsky.social & @robssmith.bsky.social
We continue our celebration of Diverse London with an in person and a virtual walk today. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
Mark #Halloween this Friday with a walk round Bloomsbury to hear the ghost stories that fascinated the Georgians, & later, a virtual tour of the scary things in the British Museum. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
Like these 17th century iron grave covers in the church at Wadhurst, East Sussex
Explore #London with us. Walk the fantasy of classic English countryside come true in the city, how #Chingford became more than just a village + the City, Canary Wharf and more BOOK AT footprintsoflondon.com @westminsterwalks.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social
The fascinating history of breweries and booze in the #Borough & a look at how Islington has kept #London fed for the last 800 years -- Our 2 great walks tomorrow bookable at footprintsoflondon.com
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If you fancy a trip to the countryside but don't want to stay far from #London get inspiration from this virtual tour of #Herts with @robssmith.bsky.social this Thursday to see its historic towns & houses, ancient woodland, Roman remains & ruined castles. Book at footprintsoflondon.com
Geese on the River Lea yesterday, part 6 of my walk along the river
On the Settle to Carlisle railway #ScenicRailView
On the Settle to Carlisle railway #ScenicRailView
Frosty morning in December heading South on LNER #ScenicRailView
Durham from the train #ScenicRailView
London Walks this week include a look at the Huguenots, London's airports, "disgraceful women", and the Roman city. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social
Good to visit London Borough of Ealing yesterday, to get pictures for my forthcoming talk about the buildings of the Borough
For those fascinated in London history our walks this week examine political intrigue in #Mayfair , the development of #Knightsbridge ,the dissenters of Newington Green and more! Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
Great walks this weekend take in Crime in the West End, Spying, and an exploration of the Essex Estuaries! Book at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social
Saturday's walk in Rochford and along the River Roach reveals the history of folks who didn't accept the still hierarchical C of E after the Dissolution. This was a 'hotbed of dissent' in a landscape of mud and stark fields. @robssmith.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/essex-estu...
Tomorrow (Friday) afternoon footprintsoflondon.com has 2 walks: @robssmith.bsky.social heads to #Harpenden to explore the River Lea & Richard does another of his @Tripadvisor 5 Star walks in Crystal Palace. Join us! (click on the link above to book)
The garden at Roehampton House
Excellent weather forecast for the Colne Valley this Saturday. Walk from once-industrial Hythe to once-shipbuilding Wivenhoe via now-quiet riverside, marsh and village. @robssmith.bsky.social @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...
One of the many beautiful sets of tiles which you can see at the Jackfield Tile Museum
Small town, rich culture - Wivenhoe. Close to London. River and estuary, big skies. A good walk. @robssmith.bsky.social
Sue is looking forward to leading the walk on Fanny Wilkinson’s Gren Lung for London on 7th June.
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Inside one of the bottle kilns at the Coalport China Museum