I’m walking under the Thames through the tunnel that is less than a quarter of a mile long and lies 53 feet below the high water mark. I have spent a long day guiding in [...]
Walks & Cycling Articles
Thames riverfront – Walk south side
One of my favorite weekend activities, whether I’m in London or traveling, is to walk…everywhere! I’ve learned so much about life in a city by observing the scene around me, noticing how one street changes [...]
“Lost Lanes” by Jack Thurston now available at Rye Books
Rye Books at 45 Upland Road is extremely crowded. People are milling about outside, where benches and chairs face a giant projector, and inside, where employees are offering glasses of wine and patrons are perusing [...]
Dulwich Park Gym: Not Fitness First, but Worth the Workout
It’s 15˚ Celcius outside. The sun beats down on a green landscape as dogs race, squirrels skitter, pigeons peck and ducks waddle. Children on scooters zip past, and mothers of babies in carriages gab as [...]
Walking, talking and drawing
Talking Walking celebrates its 5th birthday with Foster Spragge It was at a Walking and Art residency at the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies in 2007 that Andrew Stuck had the idea for Talking Walking [...]
Talking and Walking in Streatham
On a walk across Streatham Common to the Rookery, Andrew Stuck from Rethinking Cities accompanies south London poet and walk leader Katrina Naomi in the latest Talking Walking episode. The Rookery provides a local spot [...]
DKH… we have bats!
The bat walk on the 5th September was absolutely brilliant. Thirty five people came.. lots of new faces and some very enthusiastic young wildlife lovers. Daniel Greenwood from the London Wildlife Trust (LWT) brought three [...]
Lovers Walk
This pleasant and quiet wooded path runs south of College Gardens and along the boundary of the Dulwich tennis Club. Many resident don’t know it’s there, but those who do can take this short cut [...]
