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Jen takes up the baton again for the next of Footprints of London’s series of walks around the Capital Ring with Section 9 running from Greenford to South Kenton on Sunday 2nd June. Full details and booking link can be found here. This section is the hilliest part of the Capital Ring but the climbs…
Read moreOur journey around the Capital Ring reaches Wimbledon on Sunday 12th May. Jack Yeomanson looks at Wimbledon during London 2012 Remember 2012? A year that London might never see the likes of again as long as most of us are around, it was the year when, as Sebastian Coe said so immortally in August that…
Read moreOur odyssey of guided walks around the Capital Ring continues on May 19th with Jen Pedler’s walk from Richmond to Osterley Lock. At the end of this section, we will be approximately half way through our journey around London. Details and booking information for this section of the walk can be found here, meanwhile Jen…
Read moreTina Baxter is walking Section 6 of the Capital Ring on May 12th, here she looks at one of the feature of the walk – the Beverley Brook Long in length and flow, also a character in fantasy fiction, not a person but a river of 14.3km metres rising at the top of a hill…
Read moreWe have completed three of the fifteen sections of the Capital Ring Walk -19 miles completed, 57 still to go. Over the summer we will be walking the whole route, one section each week on Sundays at 11am, with a different guide each week. Section Four sees Sean Patterson take the baton, with a walk…
Read moreThe second of our guided walks around the Capital Ring route, takes you through mature woodland in Falconwood. Roberta Arden, who leads the walk on Sunday 14th April, looks at the benefits of walking in nature. The benefits of walking in nature can be many and help with emotional, mental and physical health, to…
Read moreTina Baxter returns to share the delights of Simnel Cake. You can join Tina on on her Mother’s Day City Gardens walk at 2.00 pm on 31st March and mothers go free! Booking details here. The British are great ones for traditions, and especially food related ones around Easter time. We have Pancake Day and…
Read moreSpring is on its way and the Footprints of London guides have a new challenge for you! Over the spring and early summer we will be walking the Capital Ring path, a 78 mile circular path divided into 15 sections connecting parks and open spaces. However long you have lived in London you will see…
Read moreOn International Women’s Day, Tina Baxter gives us the lowdown on the history of our celebration of honouring the mother of the family, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. Tina will be running a special edition of her City Gardens Tour on March 31st and, as it is Mother’s Day, mothers go…
Read moreDavid Charnick delves into some of the shadows of the history of the East End. If you want to discover more by joining him on one of his tours of the area, his current schedule can be found here. In recent times there have been attempts to sanitise our communities from the taints of history….
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