All Wanders
Lunchtime Zig Zag Climb
13 July 2021, 12:04 to 12:49
Sector: 
NW
NW
8 images
A snappy little trip up the Zig Zag to the shops. It's a steep old route, the Zig Zag, going from just over river level to about the height of the suspension bridge (101 metres) in a compact switchback of a footpath.
I was too busy struggling to breathe to take many snaps of the actual Zig Zag (I've...
Quick Coffee
19 November 2020, 13:18 to 14:10
Sector: 
SE
SE
28 images
A sunny day, and though I should have probably headed for less well-travelled territory I just headed over to the Marina to grab a flat white from Imagine That's horsebox café.
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...
Up for the flu jab
21 November 2020, 09:26 to 10:00
Sector: 
N
N
22 images
A trip up the hill to get my winter flu jab. I'm not sure I really needed it this year, what with avoiding Covid—I haven't had so much as a sniffle in more than a year—but seeing as they offered... Instead of the doctor's surgery on Pembroke Road, they'd taken over Christ Church, presumably to give...
Local
3 November 2020, 12:24 to 13:14
Sector: SE
SE
32 images
A very local exploration today, but there are still bits of the near field that I never need to walk down, so it didn't take me long to find somewhere I haven't been in a decade or more, the little enclave of smaller Victorian houses around Oldfield Road and Sandford Road. I'd really like to live in...
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...
Bedminster, Ashton, Ashton Court sunset walk
12 December 2020, 14:22 to 16:21
Sector: S
S
67 images
A walk with Sarah focusing on Ashton and the surrounds, taken on a day with really nice light around sunset. Just what I needed.
Drinking Fountain, the Seven Years War and the Manilla Area
8 February 2021, 12:11 to 12:59
Sector: 
NE
NE
27 images
A wander to knock off a couple of bits around Clifton Park that I'd missed out on previous excursions. This one took in the drinking fountain near Sion Hill and explained a little of how the Seven Years War, which ended in 1763, still has some history on display near Manilla Road.
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...
Coffee, Coronation and Clift House Road
28 May 2021, 12:23 to 13:04
Sector: S
S
13 images
Another dash to Greville Smyth Park for a coffee from Rich at Hopper, but at least this time I managed to divert a bit and knock off a small section of Cumberland Road I'd managed to miss on previous excursions. Along the way I muse on a strange residence in between a warehouse and a tannery, and wonder...
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...
Piazza Glyphs, Seagulls, and the Dual Nature of Dowry Parade
12 February 2021, 12:45 to 13:39
Sector: SE
SE
23 images
Another day, another coffee. I think I may have knocked a tiny footpath in Baltic Wharf from my list of leftover paths in the area, but mostly this walk was about getting out into the crisp February cold and enjoying the walk. On the way I posted a letter at 13 Dowry Parade (home of a surgeon called...
Desultory Coffee Wander
16 April 2021, 12:12 to 12:59
Sector: S
S
8 images
Another day, another quick dash out for a coffee. I did at least try to take a different route from normal, especially on the way back, where I yet again got a bit lost in the strange paths, flyovers and underpasses that make up the odd maze of pedestrian "infrastructure" among the concrete jungle between...
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...
Coffee
18 December 2020, 12:14 to 12:57
Sector: SE
SE
2 images
Another work lunchtime, another expedition to get coffee, but not down any new road. The walk around the haroubourside was nicer than usual, though, possibly because the day was dull and rainy, which stopped the most boring bit of the walk also being crowded.
The most boring bit of the walk is the...
Swinging By Sydney Row
1 April 2021, 12:09 to 12:57
Sector: SE
SE
21 images
Another workday, another quick coffee excursion. This time I decided to swing past Sydney Row on the way back from the marina car park where Imagine That have their horsebox. I didn't know until recently that the terrace was built for workers at the adjacent dockyard.
I've also gradually come to the...
Lunchtime Cliftonwood Wander
18 January 2022, 12:22 to 13:12
Sector: E
E
19 images
Another workday, another quick lunchtime trip to get me out of the house. This time my flimsy pretext is a tiny bit of Clifton Vale Close that I'd apparently not walked, and the fact that although I'd walked down Church Lane at least once before I still hadn't taken a single photo of it. Really I just...
Better Look at an Extension
14 April 2021, 12:02 to 12:54
Sector: NW
NW
19 images
Apart from a lovely coffee and a slice of Victoria sponge from Twelve, there weren't any new sights on this little lunchtime jaunt except for a slightly better look at the long raised extension at the back of the St Vincent's Rocks Hotel, where I at least got to see the arches it's raised up on. I also...
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.
Autonomous Vehicle
14 July 2021, 12:06 to 12:51
Sector: SE
SE
11 images
As it turned out, I didn't manage to get a coffee on my lunchtime coffee trip, as Imagine That were briefly shut down by a Covid-19 exposure notification (false alarm, it seems.) On the plus side, my trip was made worthwhile by spotting a couple of people from the University of Bath Mechanical Engineering...