All Wanders
Tracing the Route of a Thirteenth Century Carmelite Water Pipe
27 March 2021, 09:46 to 13:17
Sector: 
E
E
141 images
I got interested in Bristol's medieval water supplies after poking around near Jacobs Wells Road and Brandon Hill. It was during that research I found out about a pipe that's still there today, and, as far as I know, still actually functioning, that was originally commissioned by Carmelite monks in...
Gothic Revival
8 December 2020, 12:12 to 12:57
Sector: 
NE
NE
13 images
I had a chance to dash down a few new roads during my lunchtime jaunt today. My favourite feature was 7 Wetherell Place, at the corner of Frederick Place, one street behind the University of Bristol Students' Union building. Apparently I'm a sucker for gothic revival, which seems appropriate for this...
In Which We Begin and End with Love
5 March 2022, 13:00 to 15:08
Sector: E
E
20 images
I had a lot to get done around the house, so as soon as I heard there might be a shiny new piece of street art near me, under the Cumberland Basin flyovers, I immediately decided that was all the excuse I needed to set off on a round-the-harbour lunchtime walk to get some fresh air and see if I could...
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...
A Trip to the Library
8 June 2021, 17:19 to 18:54
Sector: E
E
24 images
I had to return a book to the library—Ellic Howe's Magicians of the Golden Dawn, very interesting, thanks for asking—so I decided to pick the Central Library as my drop-off point and walk down a segment of Deanery Road that I've surprisingly overlooked so far. In any normal time I'd have been walking...
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,...
Leigh Woods Solo
19 June 2021, 11:26 to 13:47
Sector: 
W
W
53 images
I hadn't really planned to go out for a wander yesterday; I just got the urge and thought "why not?" (Well, the weather forecast was one possible reason, but I managed to avoid the rain, luckily.)
I wanted to finish off the A369—as it turns out I may still have a small section to go, but I've now walked...
Hopper Coffee, via a destroyed traffic light system
24 November 2020, 12:05 to 12:51
Sector: 
S
S
13 images
I have no idea how anyone managed to smack this street furniture so hard, or what direction they came from to do it. It's a pretty straight 30mph road right there, and this is only one side of the dual carriageway. Never seen so much as a near-miss there.
The Britannia Buildings, a then-and-now Trinity, and a Bedminster Stroll
7 March 2021, 14:35 to 15:25
Sector: 
SE
SE
39 images
I headed to Bedminster to do a crossword with my support bubble today. On the way I delved into a couple of bits of Hotwells history, first of all snapping a "now" shot to go with a historical photo of Holy Trinity I happened across recently, and second of all to snap the Britannia Buildings.
The Britannia...
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...
Bocye's Avenue Windows
19 May 2021, 12:14 to 12:46
Sector: NE
NE
19 images
I just nipped up to Clifton Village to get a coffee, though I did manage to walk down a little alleyway I'd not really noticed before. Or perhaps I had noticed it and it looked private, but today I felt like wandering up its twenty or so feet anyway... The reflections in the shop windows on Boyce's...
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...
Little Clifton Village Details
9 November 2020, 12:24 to 13:04
Sector: 
N
N
29 images
I like The Paragon as a terrace, especially the bowed porches. On the other side of the road, a house attic has a stone lion surrounded by rocaille leaves, according to its listing.
I also love the detail of the arrows in the wrought iron of The Mall's balconies. Today I discovered Westfield place,...
Cliftonwood and a Secret Garden
3 December 2020, 12:12 to 13:01
Sector: E
E
55 images
I love the isolation of Cliftonwood -- the geography of it, with its solid boundary of Clifton Vale to the west and Jacob's Wells Road to the east mean that you tend not to be in Cliftonwood unless you've got a reason to be there. It's not a cut-through to anywhere, at least not from side-to-side, and...
Ticking Off a Pocket of Paths in Leigh Woods
3 June 2022, 11:08 to 14:07
Sector: W
W
30 images
I managed to go for a wander a while ago that was meant to finish off a little tangle of paths in Leigh Woods, or at the very least finish off my wandering of the Purple Path there. And I managed to miss doing either of those things through some kind of navigational incompetence.
Today I woke up with...
Soldiery, University, Theosophy, and Berkeley Square
30 May 2021, 14:21 to 16:52
Sector: NE
NE
58 images
I managed to knock off a reasonable chunk of the roads I had left to walk around the University at the north-eastern extremity of my mile on this nice sunny walk. As well as being impressed by the number of big townhouses now occupied by various departments, I took some time on my way there to check...
Another Day, Another 50 Metres
29 May 2021, 14:37 to 15:35
Sector: S
S
8 images
I met my friends Sarah and Vik at Riverside Garden Centre today; I needed to buy some compost for repotting my wildly-overgrowing aloe vera, and I went a little bit out of my way to knock off a stretch of Ashton Road. It was a pleasant enough walk in the surprisingly warm (and surprising-not-tipping-it-down-on-a-Bank-Holiday-weekend)...
Bedminster Trip, with a Little Historic Diversion
20 March 2022, 12:09 to 16:50
Sector: SE
SE
29 images
I mostly went out to hang out with my friends Sarah and Vik in Bedminster, but along the way I thought I'd take a closer look at something a little nearer home: the last crossing point of the Rownham Ferry.
Bedminster Trip for New Walking Shoes
26 February 2022, 12:15 to 14:40
Sector: SE
SE
57 images
I needed to buy new walking shoes—my old ones were squeaking and it was driving me up the wall—so I ordered some for collection from Taunton Leisure on East Street in Bedminster, and decided to make picking them up an official wander.
I didn't cover any new ground within my mile, but I did take advantage...
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...