All Wanders
The Gridiron and Bower Ashton Part Two
3 December 2021, 11:32 to 13:19
Sector: 
S
S
38 images
On my last wander, to Bower Ashton, I was intending to knock Blackmoors Lane off my list "to-do" list, but got a bit diverted. I also took a little look into the history of the Gridiron, once a cheaper alternative to dry dock that was nestled just south of North Entrance Lock.
Today I had to go to...
The Gridiron, Bower Ashton and the Bristol International Exhibition
28 November 2021, 12:44 to 15:01
Sector: S
S
67 images
Bower Ashton is an interesting little area just south of the river from me—in fact, the Rownham Ferry used to take people over from Hotwells to Bower Ashton, operating from at least the twelfth century to around the 1930s.
It's a strangely contradictory little area, with a cluster of old and new houses...
Knocking Off Clanage Road, a Tidbit on the Stork Hotel, and Pre-Flyover Hotwells
6 November 2021, 13:35 to 14:59
Sector: S
S
28 images
I went out simply wanting to knock off the very last little unwalked section of Clanage Road, over by Bower Ashton, which has been annoying me for a while as it's quite close by and I've walked the other bits of it several times. So, my plan was to nip over to Greville Smyth Park via a slightly unusual...
Recreating a Loxton Drawing on a Lunchtime Jaunt
5 November 2021, 12:35 to 13:30
Sector: 
NE
NE
12 images
I did do a much longer wander earlier in the week, but that'll take me some time to process (and cast a plethora of photos into the "out-takes" pile!) In the meantime, here's my lunchtime jaunt, taken to give myself a break from doing the company bookkeeping to send to my accountant so the taxman doesn't...
A Long Bristol Port Railway-Inspired Walk from Hotwells Station through Walcombe Slade to Clifton Down
4 November 2021, 09:32 to 13:20
Sector: 
N
N
67 images
The more I research it, the more I find that Hotwells had far better transport links back in Victorian and Edwardian times than it has today. Along with buses that went to more useful places than the City Centre, there were trams, the funicular up to Clifton, the landing stage for paddle steamer services...
Ticking Off a Few Streets in Bedminster
31 October 2021, 12:29 to 14:14
Sector: 
SE
SE
30 images
There were only a few streets left to wander in the more residential bit of Bedminster, so I thought I should target those today. The streets themselves weren't that notable, though Balfour Road has a contrasting mix of old and new housing. I tried to snap a few more interesting things along the way...
A Wide Angle View
30 October 2021, 11:46 to 13:53
Sector: NE
NE
17 images
I had an unsuccessful wander last week, on Tuesday afternoon: my GPS died within about five minutes of leaving the house, and I didn't notice, plus I found hardly anything I'd been looking for. On the plus side, as I was wandering around Park Street I decided to nip into London Camera Exchange on the...
Fresh Fields
17 October 2021, 12:20 to 14:43
Sector: SE
SE
49 images
For the first time in a while, I had the time and energy to go further afield and knock off some new roads from my "to do" list. I headed through the first Hotwells Festival to Ashton and Bedminster to cross off a few of the suburban roads south of North Street.
First, though, I decided to try to reproduce...
Docks Heritage Weekend Day Two: Underfall Yard Substation, Hydraulics, and Bristol Electricity
10 October 2021, 11:36 to 13:12
Sector: SE
SE
70 images
I'm afraid that this is a bit of a badly-curated wander, where I mostly just popped out to find out a little of the history of Underfall Yard and poke around the various open workshops, and, in hindsight, really didn't take pictures in any kind of coherent order. So there's a lot of pictures, but they...
Docks Heritage Weekend Day One
9 October 2021, 12:47 to 15:47
Sector: 
E
E
21 images
I could spend a lot of time at the Docks Heritage Weekend, poking my nose into industrial places along the harbourside that are usually closed off, but throw open their doors once a year to show off a bit of the backstage area of Bristol's floating harbour. In fact, I warn you: the next wander is a...
On Disused Stations, Loxton Drawings and Exploring a Shortcut
3 October 2021, 11:31 to 13:33
Sector: SE
SE
45 images
I recently indulged myself by buying a little piece of history. I've mentioned Samuel Loxton and featured and linked to his drawings before, often in the eminently browsable Loxton Collection albums that Bristol Libraries has on Flickr. So when I saw a Loxton drawing of Hotwells pop up on eBay, I decided...
A Morning of Research and a Cafe in a Castle
25 September 2021, 09:49 to 15:52
Sector: E
E
25 images
I needed to pop to the library, as they'd kindly dug a book out of the reserve store at the B Bond warehouse for me and emailed me to let me know it was ready. So, I took a little trip to town, straight down the Hotwell Road, and spent a few hours reading before stretching my legs with a walk to a new...
Shiny New Hope
24 September 2021, 12:48 to 13:26
Sector: N
N
5 images
A quick lunchtime jaunt to Clifton Village. Along the way I admired the new sign on Hope Chapel and added to my tsundoku collection.
Short and Sweet
6 September 2021, 13:02 to 14:38
Sector: N
N
4 images
As if to prove that I don't have to go on giant rambles, here's a quick four-photo trip up to Clifton Village for a bit of cake. No new streets, just a tiny slice of life.
Mostly the Metal Animals of a Clifton Garden
30 August 2021, 13:27 to 16:55
Sector: NE
NE
21 images
Lisa and I went for a longish walk, but I didn't take many photos. Mostly we just wandered and nattered. Unusually, my target was outside my 1-mile radius on Burlington Road in Redland, where I snapped quite a few photos of the collection of artistic animals by Julian Warren. This was mostly to provide...
Museum of the Moon, and a Bit of Redland
21 August 2021, 12:29 to 15:51
Sector: NE
NE
32 images
Lisa and I mostly went out to have a look at Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon as its tour hit Bristol Cathedral—I missed it when it was previously in town, at Wills Hall, I think—but we also took a trek up to Redland. Lisa's kind enough to indulge my strange current fascination with the Edwardian eccentrics...
A Long Wander Of Miscellany and Magick
8 August 2021, 12:11 to 17:16
Sector: E
E
44 images
This was a wide-ranging wander. I started off crossing the river to Bedminster, to walk a single little cul-de-sac, Hardy Avenue, that I'd managed to miss on at least one previous walk. Then, pausing only to explore a few back alleyways, I headed for a few destinations related mostly by the Hughes family,...
Green Squares and Secret Gardens
31 July 2021, 10:43 to 14:04
Sector: NE
NE
90 images
At the end of July I went to have a look around some of the private gardens opened up by the annual Green Squares and Secret Gardens event. Sadly it was compressed into a single day this year, for various Covid-related reasons, it seems, so I didn't get to poke around too many places. I went to:
A...
A Journey to the Far East
25 July 2021, 08:47 to 11:19
Sector: SE
SE
78 images
The far east of the intersection of my one-mile radius and Bedminster, anyway. I was feeling a bit tired this morning, so I motivated myself to get out of the door by imagining one of Mokoko's almond croissants. That got me on my way, and I wandered across to Bedminster, through Greville Smyth Park,...
Pastures New!
17 July 2021, 12:48 to 15:39
Sector: SE
SE
23 images
Okay, not much in the way of actual pasture to be had in Bedminster these days, like most of Bristol, but I did take advantage of the current rather toasty weather in Bristol to go and sit under a tree in Greville Smyth Park to read a book for a while before firing up the GPS and taking a little detour...