Interested in taking a wander to a nearby church but not sure where to go? (Here are some good reasons to visit a city church). There are 48 churches in the square mile of the City of London plus around 10 towers or standing remains of churches. It’s my current mission to visit as many …
It’s cold and windy outside. It’s tempting to eat lunch at your desk and avoid going out. Still, you know that a wander will clear your head and lift your mood. Instead of staying in or going out in search of coffee, you could try something a bit different. How about visiting a nearby church? …
Christchurch Gardens on a week day early morning in July. Impressions: Commuters in single file with concentrated faces. Church, large coppiced tree with comic leaf sprouting, rose garden. Drizzle, clanking of building works, cranes. Memorial to a war bombed burning cross. Question: What circles can you see as you walk? Images: Find out more about Walk Coach Learn events …
Walking is a way of life. It permeates our every day and can be life giving. This walk was for the end of life, a funeral walk in Greece for my mother-in-law who died suddenly this month. As is custom in Greece my mother-in-law returned to her house in an open coffin to be visited …
Edge of Bishops Park on a week day morning in February. Impressions: As if lost in a story, another world under the bridge, next to the river, near the church. Statues dressed in bird droppings declaring ‘Grief’, ‘Affection’, ‘Adoration’, ‘Leda’, ‘Protection’. Church bells ring. Pedestrians pass through fast, no time to stop and …
Museum Gardens on a week day lunchtime in February. Impressions: Cloudy, rainy, hard sky, sludgy mud, damp, shiny paths. Early blossom, spring shoots, beginning of buds, lively, scavenging squirrels, a squirrel dead in the grass. Museum of Childhood, church bells chiming. A crowd of children on a nursery trip, a crowd of bigger children on a …
St Dunstan in the East on a week day lunchtime in September Impressions: Roofless church skeleton. Inside and outside. Open but protected. Grown over, grown in empty windows. Fat leaves. City workers lunching. Suits. Quiet conversations. Sitting. Bought sandwiches and salads. History. Cobbles. Fountain. Question: This is a beautiful, unusual place. What special event would …