{"id":5071,"date":"2015-12-23T23:10:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2015-12-28T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:14:44","slug":"beat-the-twixmas-blues-with-footprints-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/2015\/12\/beat-the-twixmas-blues-with-footprints-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the twixmas blues with Footprints of London!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/xmas-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5075\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/xmas-dog-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"xmas-dog\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/xmas-dog.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/xmas-dog.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Twixmas (as it&#8217;s apparently known.\u00a0 Or twixtmas, the interweb doesn&#8217;t seem too sure which yet&#8230;).\u00a0 A strange sort of week, isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 A sort of no-mans land between the Xmas excess and the return to the toil after the New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So, if you find yourself with encroaching cabin fever, or with a house full of guests looking at you with that &#8220;entertain us&#8221; look on their face, or maybe just itching to get out in the air and walk off the turkey and mince pies, never fear, Footprints is here!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We have no fewer than 13 walks over the holiday period, all designed to entertain and inform (and all whilst walking off a few of those excess Xmas calories at the same time!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you fancy a Christmas Day with a difference, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Toni%20Jaskel\" target=\"_blank\">Toni Jaskel<\/a> kicks us off with her walk <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19740208495\" target=\"_blank\">The Exciting West End<\/a> on Christmas Day morning, a fascinating stroll through this iconic part of London, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5076 \" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"exciting west end\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/exciting-west-end.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">beating a path through some of the lesser-known byways and telling stories from the 13th Century right up to the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ever the trouper, Toni will still be out there on Christmas Day afternoon with her walk <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19740543497\" target=\"_blank\">A Right Royal Christmas <\/a>which tells the stories behind the Royal palaces, parks, people, pomp and pageantry that are such a part of the fabric of the heart of Westminster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5079 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"wren romans\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wren-romans.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re taking our own break on the Saturday and Sunday, then on Monday 28th <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Mark+Rowland\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Rowland<\/a> gets us back under way with his <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19740408092\" target=\"_blank\">Wren, Romans and Liverymen<\/a> walk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Mark reckons that: <em>&#8220;until you know The City, you don&#8217;t really know London&#8221;;\u00a0<\/em>discover why on his <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">walk <\/span>which digs deep into the past of\u00a0&#8220;the Square Mile&#8221;,\u00a0telling stories of the near 2000-year history of The City of London,\u00a0the capital&#8217;s historic beating heart <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(it&#8217;s also a child-friendly walk, so perfect if you want to bring along the family).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5080\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"foodie lights\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foodie-lights.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>Then on Monday evening, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Joanna+Moncrieff\" target=\"_blank\">Jo Moncrieff<\/a> combines Christmas lights, food and drink (oh, and it starts in a pub, so what&#8217;s not to like there!) with her ever-popular <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=20102139039\" target=\"_blank\">A Foodie Themed Christmas Lights Walk<\/a> which takes a a food and drink themed meander through the back streets and hidden passages of Mayfair and Soho and takes in some of the best views of the Christmas lights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5082 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"traf travesty\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/traf-travesty1.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>On Tuesday 29th, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Richard+Watkins\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Watkins<\/a> takes you on a quick turn around o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">ne of the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> most famous squares in the World on his walk <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19315161167\" target=\"_blank\">A Trafalgar Square Travesty<\/a>.\u00a0 Not only will you hear some lesser-known tales about this iconic location, but you will also be raising money for the charity <em>The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields<\/em> which does amazing work helping homeless Londoners get back on their feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5083 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tracing tudors\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tracing-tudors.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Mark+Rowland\" target=\"_blank\">Mark<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Joanna+Moncrieff\" target=\"_blank\">Jo<\/a> are both back on Wednesday 30th, Jo is once more running her <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19757218372\" target=\"_blank\">A Foodie Themed Christmas Lights<\/a> walk, whereas this time Mark will be <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19740672884\" target=\"_blank\">Tracing the Tudors<\/a>, tracking down the London locations behind some of the most momentous events in our history (and the cracking good stories in <em>Wolf Hall<\/em>!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5084\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"churches, corners\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/churches-corners.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">On Thursday 31st Dec and Saturday 2nd Jan, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Amber+the+American+Tour+Guide\" target=\"_blank\">Amber<\/a> will be stepping off the beaten path to show you the hidden alleyways and corners of The City of London on her <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19699307158\" target=\"_blank\">Churches, Corners &amp; Corridors<\/a> walk, with a different and fascinating story at each new turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5111\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DaD\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DaD.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Enjoying the lavish new BBC production <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b06vbmfq\" target=\"_blank\">Dickensian<\/a><\/em>?\u00a0 Yep, us too!\u00a0 To tie in with the series, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Mark+Rowland\" target=\"_blank\">Mark<\/a> is running his own mini-Dickens fest throughout January with a weekly running of his <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=20213523192\" target=\"_blank\">Dickens After Dark<\/a> walk.\u00a0 First instance is on Friday Jan 1st, so why not join him to walk off that New Year&#8217;s eve hangover and discover how the streets of London inspired the inspiration for the new BBC series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Also o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5086 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"booth deptford\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/booth-deptford.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">n Saturday 2nd Jan <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Sean+Patterson\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Patterson<\/a> will be running one in his acclaimed series of walks <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">exploring the legacy of the famous London poverty maps with his <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=20103165108\" target=\"_blank\">Deptford. The Charles Booth Poverty Maps <\/a>walk.\u00a0 Expect new (and probably over-enthusiastic!) insight on this one as Sean <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/2015\/11\/get-a-guided-tour-of-deptford-from-a-local\/\" target=\"_blank\">recently moved to the area himself<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5087 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ealing\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing.jpg 150w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing.jpg 80w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing.jpg 118w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing.jpg 45w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ealing.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">For our final walks of the\u00a0holiday period on Sunday 3rd Jan, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Richard%20Watkins\" target=\"_blank\">Richard<\/a> is repeating his <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19315199281\" target=\"_blank\">Trafalgar Square Travesty walk<\/a> and we also head out to the &#8216;burbs with <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Alan+Fortune\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Fortune<\/a> for his walk <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=19167334012\" target=\"_blank\">Ealing: Queen of the Suburbs.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Alan\u00a0will tell\u00a0you a varied menu of stories ranging from\u00a0Pitzhangar Manor to <em>&#8220;a club which changed rock and roll history&#8221;<\/em>.\u00a0 A bold claim?\u00a0 Why not go along and see for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The full list of the walks mentioned is <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/select-a-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, hopefully at least one will catch your fancy so we hope to see you on one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In the meantime, the compliments of the season from all the Footprints of London team to all our valued customers and readers and we wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twixmas (as it&#8217;s apparently known.\u00a0 Or twixtmas, the interweb doesn&#8217;t seem too sure which yet&#8230;).\u00a0 A strange sort of week, isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 A sort of no-mans land between the Xmas excess and the return to the toil after the New Year. 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