All Wanders
A Little Local Wander
7 January 2021, 12:08 to 13:11
Sector: 
SE
SE
39 images
Which included a literal "local", the Pump House, to try out their shop/deli/cafe. A flat white, some apples and a New York Deli toastie. Eleven quid, mind, but the Pump House was never a cheap pub...
I enjoyed the fog, and wandering down a few more out-of-the-way back alleys and what-have-you on the...
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...
Victoria Square Underpass
6 May 2021, 12:05 to 12:54
Sector: 
NE
NE
38 images
I'm meant to be taking a little break from this project, but in my Victoria Square researches after my last walk I noticed a curiosity I wanted to investigate. The community layer on Know Your Place has a single photograph captioned, "The remains of an 'underpass' in Victoria Square".
Looking back...
New Year's Eve Hunt for the Portnalls Number One Railway Tunnel
31 December 2020, 15:24 to 16:56
Sector: 
NW
NW
36 images
My historical research took a wander underground recently, partly inspired by the Canynge Square sinkhole, partly by St Vincent's (Ghyston's) cave and its tunnel to the Observatory, and I was surprised to find that there might be an intact tunnel from the Bristol Port Railway and Pier still just sitting...
Clifton Hill
23 November 2020, 12:09 to 12:45
Sector: 
E
E
36 images
I've just got to the bit in Fanny Burney's Evelina where our eponymous heroine visit a grand house on Clifton Hill during her stay in Hotwells. It was interesting to wonder if it could be any of the places I passed in my lunchtime jaunt, which took in both Clifton Hill and Lower Clifton Hill.
From...
Portnalls Tunnel Explore and Sunny Clifton Wander
27 February 2021, 11:10 to 13:06
Sector: 
N
N
35 images
I'm glad my friend Lisa joined me today; she drove in from Shirehampton and told me that the Portway was looking rather lovely, so we set off that way. She's also braver than I am when it comes to doing urbex stuff, so this was just the opportunity to take a peek into the Portnalls Number One Railway...
Clifton Village Mini Wander
20 November 2020, 12:24 to 13:12
Sector: NE
NE
35 images
Just a quick wander up the hill to get a flat white from Twelve. I really enjoyed the spooky mannequin (?) in the window.
Sunday Afternoon
15 November 2020, 12:21 to 13:07
Sector: S
S
35 images
A walk back from Bedminster to my place, mostly down Duckmoor Road, which I found a little dull—probably because it reminded me a little of the suburbs I grew up in on the outskirts of London—then held up slightly by some filming on Ashton Avenue Bridge. They were trying not to let the crowds build...
Canons Marsh Coffee Trip
29 April 2021, 12:07 to 13:02
Sector: E
E
34 images
Another quick excursion to Canon's Marsh, tempted back by Rod & Ruby's cannoli and flat white. This time I poked around some bits of the modern flats I'd not really experienced before, mused on the old gasworks, and headed back down the Hotwell Road, spotting a re-opening gallery and finishing off at...
A Quick Swing Past Ashton Court
5 June 2022, 11:19 to 13:44
Sector: 
SW
SW
33 images
Another day not dissimilar to my last wander: I'm feeling a bit tired and rather than just moping around the house I thought I'd find some tiny bit of somewhere that I'd not yet walked and get outdoors. This time I headed for the Tobacco Factory Market in Bedminster, as I often do, but went the long...
The Downs, Observatory Hill, and the Sounds of the Zoo
2 April 2021, 18:21 to 20:16
Sector: NW
NW
33 images
I noticed I'd missed a bit of Circular Road and Ladies Mile, and it was a nice evening for a sunset wander up to Clifton. There was something I recorded along the way, not photographically but in video.
Bristol Zoo, the world's oldest provincial zoo, has recently decided to close its Clifton site...
Jacob's Well Wander
1 February 2021, 12:21 to 13:03
Sector: E
E
33 images
I just wanted to get some exercise, really, so I set out to knock off the lower bit of Jacobs Wells Road that I'd not managed to walk up yet. I set the new signboard that the community association had had erected as my destination, after reading about it on their blog.
As it turned out, I couldn't...
On Christmas Day in the Morning
25 December 2020, 10:00 to 12:29
Sector: 
W
W
33 images
A Christmas Day walk with my friends Sarah and Vik, taking in the shipwrecked Shadow and a hilly chunk of Leigh Woods.
Solstice Rain
21 December 2020, 06:34 to 09:06
Sector: W
W
33 images
Despite the weather, Sarah and Vik and I wandered around Ashton Court a bit as the sun rose. Not that you could really tell. Sadly, the bit we wanted to watch the sunrise from was closed, because people hadn't been treating the deer with appropriate respect. Ah well, at least it was some exercise.
Leigh Woods Purple Path
12 March 2022, 09:12 to 12:40
Sector: NW
NW
32 images
There's a few tracks in Leigh Woods that lie within my mile and show up on my map but that I've not walked yet, so I decided to take one of my traditional big long walks through the woods on this nice crisp sunny morning.
For years—decades, even—I've been doing a similar route from my place, along...
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...
Meridian
17 February 2021, 12:33 to 13:12
Sector: E
E
32 images
The long road between Clifton Road and Park Place—the little triangle of grass in front of the Pro-Cathedral, which also houses Quinton House pub, the Park Launderette and Mr Swantons Barbers—is one I've travelled a lot, as it's a nice route between my place and the top of Park Street, especially Ocado....
Nothing New
2 December 2020, 12:11 to 13:08
Sector: SE
SE
32 images
This may be the very first time I've gone for a One Mile Matt wander and not actually gone down any new roads, trod any new steps. I just wanted a coffee, frankly, so I went the same old way to Imagine That in the marina and back again.
Ten O'Clock Shop and Can't Dance Coffee
30 November 2020, 12:53 to 13:40
Sector: NE
NE
32 images
I had to return a faulty AirPod Pro to Apple (there's a first-world problem!) so I just took a quick trip up the hill to the nearest UPS drop-off point, The Ten O'Clock Shop, which is famously open until 11pm. Unfortunately it's a fairly cramped little place and neither of the staff were wearing masks,...
Plimsoll Bridge Swing
10 November 2020, 12:53 to 13:53
Sector: SE
SE
32 images
I went to grab a coffee from Imagine That's little horsebox by the marina, completely forgetting that they don't open on Monday or Tuesday. On the plus side, on the way back I was in time to watch the Plimsoll Bridge swinging for a tidy little yacht.