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Eh , what on earth is going on?   I seem to have not  set the monthly blog  post for the 31st of July and it decided to send what I have been preparing. I’m going away for a bit and won’t have my laptop with me.   The complete post will go out on JULY 31ST last day of month as always.   I could be travelling without a laptop so it could be tricky but something will come out then.   Julie

The Joys of  June June always brings many tales to tell, but choosing which Tales of June to share is the real challenge. If you are going to visit somewhere you might as well try it in June It will be hit and miss whether you get rain, hail, or a heatwave. As always it is a pleasure to go somewhere ‘new’ and this month I had a few diversions out of London. Luckily when travelling the heat was…

  Hi everyone, You might have noticed an email from me earlier with an unfinished blog post. It looks like my website got a little too excited and sent that draft out into the world completely on its own! If you tried to click the link inside the email, you probably ran into an error page. Please feel free to delete that email. The real, finished post is safely scheduled and will be heading your…

The Joys of  June There are usually and it is no exception this month,  there are many tales of June to tell. the trouble is which ones to tell. If you are going to visit somewhere might as well try it in June It will be hit and miss whether you get rain, hail, or a heatwave. As always a pleasure to go somewhere ‘new’ and this month I had a few diversions . Staithes North Yorkshire It’s a small…

1st inspiring walk this spring was Margate. The day trip to Margate was more of a mooch than a walk.  I was on my Todd -my only desire was to see the David Hockney Installation. Margate was busy on account of the sun being out, inspiring other’s to get out walking, and enjoy the day. My new motto is more and more of less. I nicked that quote from a yoga teacher who used to say more and more of…

  The uses of Artificial Intelligence In September 2025 , as my contract in Research ended, I applied and got a bursary toward the costs (from Brixton society)  of a Lambeth Tour Guide course. Six months in I was chatting with AI, about my reasons for wanting to leave the course. Asking AI to assist me was a great process. I was struggling to keep up with the work and didn’t enjoy certain aspects…

One word for this February and that is RAIN. I always manage to take a few pictures when out and about despite the miserable weather Rainbow on Leeson Street. Over the We can b.e Heroes Mural What’s on the Agenda Well the usual going around in circles, going nowhere fast can apply. Life hasn’t been a barrel of laughs lately. I walk all over the place the same way some people just drive…

Travel refines the mind- Oscar Wilde The quote Travel refines the mind was written on a wall in the train station waiting room at Zell am See, in Austria. Zell am See is about an hour away from Salzburg.  I’m not so sure that travel refines the mind, but I will go so far as to say it certainly expands the mind!  What am I doing here was the question! Eating out There wasn’t a massive range of…

December Walks 2025 & beyond. I desperately wanted to get away to the seaside before Christmas but had come down with a horrible flu. So no can do. Here we are again at the end of another year. December walks 2025 have been mainly in London. I’m also spending a lot of time, walking up and down my own Road  I’m designing a Brixton Murals Tour for my college course. Hence walking up and down my own…

What’s going on indeed? Or Diary of a trainee Tour Guide I enjoy doing the research but I’m still struggling with the spoken content part. It was quite nerve wracking on the day. As a trainee Tour Guide, there is a lot to learn, but the content (the bit that most of us focus on) only counts for about 30% of the marks to pass. This mural is a tribute to Marvin Gaye and a homage to  the 1981…

For the next year, I will be training to be a Lambeth Tour Guide. Old war bunker near the war memorial in Stockwell Lambeth London.   London-Free Tour Guide Day There were several free walks led across London, the 1st weekend of October, As part of our homework, we were encouraged to go on two and one had to be Stockwell. The 2nd one I chose to go on was around Tottenham Court Road more…

I’ve been wanting to visit Bruges for a long time, and eventually managed to get to there via Eurostar in September. Somewhat surprisingly, I’m still on the 0% and this was a fabulous tasting drink.   What can I say except, Magnificent. The 1st evening there was a walkabout & getting out into the suburbs away from the centre. I personally preferred this area as it was quiet. I don’t enjoy being…

August last month of Summer The. busiest month of the year so far with lots of activities in August as I try to cram in a few days out before the summer ends. COACH TRIP -Suffolk This is the 1st coach trip I have done in decades. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I enjoyed the trip. It was August and the need to getaway as much as possible is at it’s peak. We met at St James park, picked up and…

Lost as a state of mind v Lost, I don’t know where I am! Lately I have been watching the old series LOST,  it is  sci-fi /fantasy, the story develops from the basis of a plane crash that landed on an island -somewhere in the pacific or thereabouts!  I’m enjoying it ; and as well the concept of being Lost seems to be a bit of theme with me recently. The signs are there but where are they pointing…

Tales of summer- Part 1. I arrived in Penzance on a Friday & had some lunch, then eventually found the youth hostel I had stayed in more than 20 years ago, it seemed to be a lot further out of town than I had remembered. The new rucksack was now filled  with rain gear rather than swim wear. The Cornish swimming holiday will be in Tales of summer Part 2, further down the line. It was hit or miss…

 Joys of an Arm Chair Traveller. Lately I have been what is known as an Arm Chair Traveller. It’s as far as I have got, around the world only in my imagination.  Arm Chair traveller. Pros & Cons Well the Pros are obvious, the world is your oyster, the cons are you don’t actually do anything! so far I’ve  visited Inverness, taken a boat to  Puffin Islands; one of the many Islands in Scotland.…

Easy walks to do in April April is a month to start venturing further afield. I planned three walks in April, beginning with the two creeks of Faversham. There are so many walks to do in April, and I kind of amended my choices by opting out of the second group walk and walking alone in Guildford my second planned walk. Walks to do in April from London. TWO CREEKS OF FAVERSHAM OLD TIMBER HOUSE…