All Wanders
A Morning of Research and a Cafe in a Castle
25 September 2021, 09:49 to 15:52
Sector: 
E
E
25 images
I needed to pop to the library, as they'd kindly dug a book out of the reserve store at the B Bond warehouse for me and emailed me to let me know it was ready. So, I took a little trip to town, straight down the Hotwell Road, and spent a few hours reading before stretching my legs with a walk to a new...
Oddities in Alleyways and a Lost Pub of the Hotwell Road
9 April 2022, 12:12 to 13:32
Sector: E
E
23 images
I noticed I had a few things on my "potential wanders" list that could all be done relatively close to home, and in a fairly straight line, so I set off at lunchtime to recreate a photo of a now-defunct pub, wander behind a Spar (which turned out to be more interesting than I'd expected, but I admit...
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...
A Random New Year's Day Wander
1 January 2022, 13:10 to 15:57
Sector: 
SW
SW
39 images
I picked a fairly arbitrary reason for a wander today. Really, I just wanted to do a New Year's Day wander just to get out of the house and to set a precedent for the year to come.
My ostensible reason was to investigate what looked like a road on my map that quartered the lawn in front of the Ashton...
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...
Shops, Hedgehogs and Cows
6 July 2021, 12:02 to 12:40
Sector: 
S
S
6 images
I really only took the GPS and camera on a "just in case" basis, as I knew I was only going for a coffee in Greville Smyth Park along a well-trodden path this lunchtime. Still, I saw a few new things along the way, so I figured it was worth uploading the handful of photos I took...
On Disused Stations, Loxton Drawings and Exploring a Shortcut
3 October 2021, 11:31 to 13:33
Sector: SE
SE
45 images
I recently indulged myself by buying a little piece of history. I've mentioned Samuel Loxton and featured and linked to his drawings before, often in the eminently browsable Loxton Collection albums that Bristol Libraries has on Flickr. So when I saw a Loxton drawing of Hotwells pop up on eBay, I decided...
Sequel Injection
7 May 2021, 09:40 to 11:59
Sector: 
NE
NE
65 images
I saw this tweet the other day and started thinking of my second Covid-19 vaccination as my "Sequel Injection" (to a geek, it's funny. You'll have to take my word for it.) Whatever you call it, this morning I went and got it.
It was in the same place I got my initial injection—my left arm! No, okay,...
Morning Mist
5 November 2020, 07:17 to 08:40
Sector: NW
NW
65 images
I spotted the fog and decided to go for a morning walk rather than a lunchtime walk today. It was cold on the Portway, but it was worth it. Most of my One Mile Matt photos are "record shots", but it's nice to get the chance to do something a bit more artistic.
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...
Gardens and Cottages
17 December 2020, 12:30 to 13:29
Sector: NE
NE
24 images
I think the cute little Duncan Cottage was my favourite bit of this wander up the hill to get coffee and a pain-au-raisin from Twelve, though I did enjoy gently musing on the public and private gardens of Clifton, inspired by a closer pass than usual to Royal York Crescent's garden.
I managed absent-mindedly...
Near and Far
5 January 2022, 12:04 to 12:51
Sector: 
N
N
13 images
I took advantage of a rare recent day where it wasn't tipping down with rain to get away from my desk on a lunchtime workday and head up to Clifton Village. I'd hoped to snap a reproduction of historical photo which I'd worked out had been taken from the Suspension Bridge, but the gods were not smiling...
The Long Lunchtime at the End of the World
27 November 2020, 12:38 to 14:23
Sector: E
E
59 images
I took an extra-long break at lunchtime today as I'd taken the day off my normal day-job to do the accounts for my previous side-job, which is still generating paperwork, though not much in the way of money. This took me through some undiscovered bits of Cliftonwood, including Worlds End Lane, which...
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...
Strangers' Burial Ground
4 December 2020, 11:58 to 12:55
Sector: NE
NE
41 images
I tried to find the Strangers' Burial Ground the last time was up in Clifton, but I'd not realised that Lower Clifton Hill continues further on after the turning with Constitution Hill. Sadly it was chained shut, but it still looks beautifully-maintained, perhaps by the same man referenced by this story...
A Promenade on New Year's Day
1 January 2021, 12:35 to 15:06
Sector: NW
NW
58 images
I wandered along the gorge today and found the entrance to the disused Portnalls Number 1 railway tunnel of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier. The door was unlocked, but as soon as I opened it I felt a sense of current habitation and decided discretion was the best option. There's a lot of people homeless...
John Carr's Terrace
16 March 2021, 12:35 to 13:29
Sector: E
E
25 images
I wanted a nice simple lunch-hour walk that took me past a cafe today, and I managed to find the perfect road to knock off my list of targets to do it. Situated just off Jacobs Wells Road, right next to Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, John Carr's Terrace, and Rosebery terrace above it, which I'd completely...
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...
Whistle Stop Tour Via a Hansom
12 May 2021, 12:18 to 13:05
Sector: NE
NE
24 images
I wanted to take another snap of an interesting Gothic Revival place in Clifton, having found out a bit more about the owner. On the way I walked through the Clifton Vale Close estate, idly wondering again whether it might've been the site of Bristol's Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (I've not researched...
One Albermarle Row, Granby Green and... People
12 March 2021, 12:03 to 13:00
Sector: SE
SE
28 images
I was browsing some historical photos the other day, and came across "Rear of Unspecified House" in the Bristol Archives' John Trelawny Ross collection, and immediately recognised it as being the back of 1 Albermarle Row, just around the corner from me. I've not had much time to research the history...