All Wanders
Northern Clifton
16 January 2021, 15:00 to 17:12
Sector: 
NE
NE
72 images
A raggedy wander with my friend Lisa, picking up a few stray streets and venturing only briefly onto Whiteladies Road, where it was too damn busy, given the current pandemic. We retreated fairly quickly. Found a couple of interesting back alleys, and got a very pointed "can I help you?" from a man who...
Brandon Hill Ramble with Bonus Balloon and Landing Stage Visit
22 March 2021, 16:15 to 18:45
Sector: 
E
E
73 images
I wasn't going to take a very long walk on this nice spring evening; it just happened. I was going to knock off a path or two on Brandon Hill, home over centuries to hermits and windmills, cannons and Chartists, and then just wander home, stopping only to fill up my milk bottle at the vending machine...
Sunday Bedmo
20 December 2020, 12:24 to 14:28
Sector: 
SE
SE
76 images
A long meander around bits of Bedminster, from the river to the north to Winterstoke Road to the south, taking a few roads I've seen before, and a few I haven't. The Christmas decorations were an extra bonus.
Clifton Sinkhole, Camp Road and a Re-Visited Fire Hydrant
27 December 2020, 12:27 to 14:28
Sector: 
N
N
77 images
I went to have a peep at the giant sinkhole that's opened up in Canynge Square—ironically, having recently discovered the gardens were public I'd had the (triangular!) square on my list to re-visit for a few days, but now there's no entrance to the gardens due to the danger. The area was well fenced-off...
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,...
Leftovers with Lisa
1 May 2021, 13:32 to 16:46
Sector: NE
NE
79 images
I didn't get to all the little leftover streets around the northeastern part of my area in today's wander, but I definitely knocked a few off the list, plus Lisa and I enjoyed the walk, and didn't get rained on too badly. We spotted the hotting-up of Wisteria season, checked out Birdcage Walk (both...
Clifton Wander with Lisa, including Bristol Grammar School
28 March 2021, 11:45 to 14:50
Sector: E
E
80 images
I bumped into my friend Lisa in town during yesterday's wander, and we decided to have a wander today, too. We managed quite a long ramble, starting up through Clifton and nipping down Park Row to investigate the two tower blocks I'd noticed popping up behind Park Street yesterday, then took in a few...
Sunday Morning
15 November 2020, 07:14 to 09:22
Sector: SE
SE
82 images
My friend Sarah mentioned the high tide and I managed to drag myself out early, though still a little late. We nearly drowned in torrential rain, but the weather changed quickly and we ended up walking over to Bedminster in sunshine.
An Evening Wander to the Gallows
6 April 2021, 17:21 to 19:25
Sector: NE
NE
85 images
I'd originally intended just to pop up to the area around Alma Road, where I'd missed a few streets on earlier wanders. It was such a nice evening, though, I decided to extend my walk up to the very top of Pembroke Road, just outside my one mile radius, to take a few snaps of something intriguing I'd...
Avoiding the Accounts
26 November 2020, 10:26 to 12:11
Sector: NE
NE
85 images
I took the day off my day job to do my accounts—or at least do enough bookkeeping to send them to my accountant. I hate doing the books. I woke up late, tired and with a headache and decided to bunk off for a walk around Cliftonwood, Clifton Village and Clifton instead, taking in a couple of good coffees...
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...
Leigh Woods Walk
14 March 2021, 09:32 to 13:17
Sector: 
NW
NW
90 images
An enormous walk today, or at least it felt enormous. My feet are sore, anyway. I started off recreating a couple of local historical photos in Hotwells, but then headed for my traditional walk along the towpath in the Avon Gorge to the far extreme of Leigh Woods, up and through the woods to the height...
Rainy Clifton
13 December 2020, 10:04 to 13:00
Sector: NE
NE
92 images
A long walk around Cliftonwood and Clifton with my friend Lisa, taking in some of the 12 Days of Christmas display at Queens Parade, picking up a take-away coffee from Pinkmans of Park Street, and poking our heads up against the glass of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Cathedral.
The Hot Well, Avon Gorge, Downs and Clifton with Sarah and Vik
28 November 2020, 11:04 to 14:38
Sector: NW
NW
94 images
A long ramble, starting with trying to find the Hot Well of Hotwells and leading up the side of the Avon Gorge to the Downs and then through Clifton for coffee.
Snowy Leigh Wander
24 January 2021, 09:02 to 11:40
Sector: 
W
W
97 images
I started this wander with my "support bubble" Sarah and Vik, after Sarah texted me to say "SNOW!" We parted ways on the towpath and I headed up into the bit of Leigh Woods that's not actually the woods—the village-like part in between Leigh Woods and Ashton Court, where I'd noticed on a map a church...
Long Bemmie Wander with Lisa
11 April 2021, 14:55 to 17:37
Sector: SE
SE
99 images
My friend Lisa joined me again, this time for a long wander through "Bemmie". In fact, I tweeted recently using "Bedmo" as my abbreviation for Bedminster, and apparently there's something of a culture war going on. From what I can glean, the longer-term residents call it "Bemmie" and consider "Bedmo"...
More Cliftonwood
5 December 2020, 11:38 to 13:06
Sector: E
E
100 images
Back to Cliftonwood for a wander that included some of the belle views of Bellevue Crescent and other bits of the easternmost part. Highlights included watching someone bump-starting an elderly Nissan Micra in the narrow confines of Bellevue Crescent.
A London Wander in Southville
10 April 2021, 13:37 to 16:18
Sector: E
E
102 images
There's a bit of Southville that I've been meaning to get to for some time, where the streets seem to take some strong inspiration from London. There's a Camden Road that crosses with an Islington Road, and a Dalston Road, even an Edgeware Road. For me these names are more evocative than the rather...
Harbour Circumnavigation
1 March 2021, 13:13 to 15:04
Sector: E
E
102 images
Normally I don't have enough time in my lunch hour to get all the way around the harbourside. This is a shame, as Wapping Wharf is a great place to get coffee and a snack, but it's pretty much diametrically (perimetrically?) opposite me on the harbour. Today I had the day off, so I decided to go and...
Mirror Maze
10 January 2021, 11:25 to 13:54
Sector: NE
NE
108 images
Went for a wander with my friend Lisa—the current lockdown rules seem to be that one local walk for exercise per day with a maximum of one person not in one's "bubble" is fine—up to the University of Bristol area right at the edge of my one-mile perimeter to see the Jeppe Hein Mirror Maze, among other...