All Wanders
Towpath Evening
25 March 2021, 17:17 to 19:04
Sector: 
W
W
19 images
I was honestly just about to do the homework from my oh-so-thrilling ITIL course when my friends Sarah and Vik asked me if I'd like to come out for a wander down the towpath with them. I enjoyed the company, the evening light and the delicate clouds.
Morning Walk
8 January 2021, 07:38 to 08:35
Sector: 
NW
NW
19 images
Tempted by a hopeful repeat of yesterday's weather, I got up early this morning and went for a short walk up into Clifton Village, around Observatory Hill, back down the Zig Zag and home. Instead of beautiful and mysterious fog and crisp freezing brightness I got some murk and slight dampness which...
Fruitless Coffee Excursion
1 December 2020, 12:33 to 13:28
Sector: 
SE
SE
19 images
Unfortunately by the time I got to Greville Smyth Park I was already about halfway through my lunch-hour, and the queue was too long to wait to actually get a coffee. Is that a fruitless excursion? Presumably a coffee bean is technically a fruit...
This kind of vague musing was sadly overshadowed by...
Brief Jaunt to the not-so-Hot Well
13 February 2021, 15:11 to 15:37
Sector: W
W
18 images
It's been very cold the last few days, so seeing as it was low tide at a convenient afternoon hour, I just wandered out to see if I could see the hot well steaming. I've been told that you sometimes can, on a cold day, but today, as with every other day I've tried, there was nothing in evidence.
It...
Drained Basin
15 December 2020, 12:19 to 13:05
Sector: 
S
S
18 images
On the down side, I got to Bedminster and found long enough queues at both Mark's Bread and Hopper Coffee that I gave up on the idea of buying a drink and a pasty (from the former) or a mince pie flapjack (from the latter.) On the up side, I got to take some pictures of Cumberland Basin being drained...
A Coffee and a Curve
27 March 2022, 12:55 to 14:31
Sector: SE
SE
17 images
I wanted to have a wander along to the Tobacco Factory Market for some shopping, and checking the map for any leftover nearby streets I noticed a tiny curve of road on the way into the modern flats at Paxton Drive that it didn't look like I'd walked down before. I wouldn't take me too far out of my...
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...
Bank Holiday Street Art
31 May 2021, 13:05 to 14:22
Sector: S
S
17 images
A nice warm Bank Holiday Monday saw me walk back over to Bedminster to do justice to something we glimpsed on my last wander. Along the way I spotted a couple of new pieces of street art tucked away on the south side of the Cumberland Basin Flyover system, so this turned into a micro-graffiti walk.
In Which Our Hero Buys Something Random from eBay
9 March 2021, 12:49 to 13:41
Sector: S
S
17 images
Since setting up a search for Hotwells on eBay I've mostly managed to restrain myself from buying much (or in one case, was outbid, luckily for my finances.) However, I couldn't resist a 1902 flyer for a singalong at the Terrett Memorial Hall, which would have stood five minutes' walk from my flat,...
Of Bridges and Buoys
4 March 2021, 12:05 to 12:53
Sector: SE
SE
17 images
A trip to Imagine That coffee, so no fresh roads knocked off my list, but I stopped off to snap a couple of the engineering-related bits of the docks: the Campbell Buoy (used by P&A Campbell for mooring their paddle steamers) and Brunel's "other" bridge, the foot/horse swing bridge that now sits sadly...
Cliftonwood and Clifton Village Lunchtime Stroll
14 December 2020, 12:13 to 12:53
Sector: 
E
E
17 images
The lunchtime walk has been feeling a bit of a chore lately, especially as I only have an hour and have to keep a mental watch out for my "bingo" point or risk being late back. Today I went for a deliberately brief local walk and got home in time to have lunch on my sofa rather than while I was back...
Mark's Bread
7 December 2020, 12:08 to 13:00
Sector: SE
SE
17 images
I realised that if Hopper Coffee in Greville Smyth Park was in reach during my lunch hour, then perhaps Mark's Bread at the end of North Street would be do-able, too. And I was right. I also managed to cross Clift Road, with its pretty gable bargeboards, off my list, and encounter a dapper gent walking...
Underpass
25 November 2020, 12:05 to 12:52
Sector: SE
SE
17 images
A quick lunchtime jaunt for coffee. I've often wondered about the dots on the wall of the underpass. Apparently they're not intelligible Braille. Maybe it's Marain :D
Little Victories
16 February 2021, 12:15 to 13:15
Sector: E
E
16 images
There's a dearth of my favourite coffee places on a Monday and Tuesday at the moment. Both Twelve and Imagine That are closed on Monday and Tuesday, and Rich from Hopper Coffee doesn't seem to have come back from Christmas break. Today I pushed on a bit further than normal around the harbour and got...
Greville Smyth Path Completionism
2 February 2021, 12:09 to 12:57
Sector: S
S
16 images
I needed to get away from my desk at lunchtime, and I saw a little segment of path in Greville Smyth Park that needed knocking off my "to walk down" list, so that gave me a target. Sadly Hopper Coffee's little Piaggio Ape wasn't there to sell me a coffee. I hope Rich is all right, not seen him so far...
Unexpected Snow
31 January 2021, 13:03 to 13:28
Sector: W
W
16 images
I just nipped out to post a blood test (not Covid-related) and check that my car was okay, because I've not driven it for weeks. I was just going to walk up to Clifton Village, but I spotted the opportunity to re-park the car on my street rather than up the hill around the corner where it was, so instead...
To Bedminster
19 December 2020, 13:46 to 14:28
Sector: SE
SE
16 images
Despite a mild headache, I enjoyed this wander over to Bedminster. The light was lovely, especially toward the end. I always enjoy the view down the streets south of North Street at this time of day/year, with the distant hills backdropping the Victorian terraces.
Doors and walls, closed paths and chalk
11 November 2020, 13:14 to 14:02
Sector: SE
SE
16 images
I'd love to walk the Chocolate Path again at some point, but it's been closed since it started falling into the river. Still, on this wander to get a coffee I walked down a road I'd not normally use and found a door dressed up as a wall and another door that had been bricked up for real. Odd.
I also...
Bedminster
31 October 2020, 13:40 to 15:28
Sector: SE
SE
16 images
Starting up close in Hotwells with a few bits around the Cumberland Basin flyover system, I walked to Bedminster and back on Hallowe'en, including finding some excellent decoration work.
Lunchtime Reproduction (of an old photo...)
17 January 2022, 12:25 to 13:24
Sector: NW
NW
15 images
This was basically the quick lunchtime jaunt I tried to do at the beginning of January, only this time I actually managed to get to roughly the viewpoint I'd been hoping for to recreate a historical photo of the Bristol International Exhibition.
I did this walk about a month ago, but I've been a bit...