All Wanders
Quick Hopper Coffee
11 December 2020, 12:29 to 13:03
Sector: 
S
S
2 images
No new streets today—just out for a quick coffee from Hopper in Greville Smyth. Got caught in a bit of a rainstorm on the way out, but it didn't last long enough to bother me much.
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 Village: Jesus and the Tympanum
12 November 2020, 12:29 to 13:20
Sector: 
NE
NE
29 images
My goal is walk down every public road within a mile of me; sometimes it's not easy to tell what's public. I've passed the turning for Cornwallis Grove a thousand times, but never had a reason to venture down it, and although the street signs at the end seem to be council-deployed and I didn't spot...
Sunday Morning
15 November 2020, 07:14 to 09:22
Sector: 
SE
SE
82 images
My friend Sarah mentioned the high tide and I managed to drag myself out early, though still a little late. We nearly drowned in torrential rain, but the weather changed quickly and we ended up walking over to Bedminster in sunshine.
Quick Around-the-Harbour Wander with Lisa
20 March 2021, 10:08 to 11:49
Sector: 
E
E
20 images
My friend Lisa was meeting another friend for a walk near the suspension bridge, so we fitted in a quick harbourside loop from my place first. We discussed gardening (we're both envious of the gardening skills of the Pooles Wharf residents; we can just about keep herbs alive, whereas they're growing...
A Flyover Before and After, but Mostly Paddling Santas
12 December 2021, 12:33 to 16:02
Sector: SE
SE
42 images
My friend Lisa texted me to see if I wanted to pop down and take a photo or two of the event she was taking part in: Santa SUP. SUP Bristol organise stand-up paddleboarding on the floating harbour, and their annual Santas-on-paddlboards event is quite the sight.
On the way there, I grabbed a historical...
Long Bemmie Wander with Lisa
11 April 2021, 14:55 to 17:37
Sector: SE
SE
99 images
My friend Lisa joined me again, this time for a long wander through "Bemmie". In fact, I tweeted recently using "Bedmo" as my abbreviation for Bedminster, and apparently there's something of a culture war going on. From what I can glean, the longer-term residents call it "Bemmie" and consider "Bedmo"...
A Cliftonwood Revisit with Lisa
10 July 2021, 15:02 to 16:42
Sector: E
E
26 images
Lisa had a couple of hours to spare before going up in a hot air balloon (exciting!) so we went for a quick local walk, revisiting a bit of Cliftonwood we've seen before, exploring the secret garden I'd visited before that I thought she'd enjoy (I didn't take any new photos there) and then pushing on...
Mostly the Metal Animals of a Clifton Garden
30 August 2021, 13:27 to 16:55
Sector: NE
NE
21 images
Lisa and I went for a longish walk, but I didn't take many photos. Mostly we just wandered and nattered. Unusually, my target was outside my 1-mile radius on Burlington Road in Redland, where I snapped quite a few photos of the collection of artistic animals by Julian Warren. This was mostly to provide...
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...
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.
The End of One Terrace and the Middle of Another
26 May 2021, 12:17 to 12:52
Sector: 
N
N
2 images
Just a quick trip up to Clifton Village to enjoy a bit of sunshine and grab a coffee. No new roads, and only two pictures, but I did at least snap a plaque I'd missed related to some recent reading, and enjoy a quirky Clifton Village house.
Downs Wander
23 February 2021, 12:34 to 13:07
Sector: N
N
9 images
Just a quick trip to knock off a path or two on Clifton Down. I'm not actually convinced I walked down the paths I was hoping to, but I suppose I'll see once I upload this and look at it on the map :)
Today's highlight turned out to be retrospective—looking up Gertrude Hermes' amazing wood engravings...
Coffee, Pirates and a Spitfire
15 April 2021, 12:47 to 13:40
Sector: SE
SE
14 images
Just a quick trip to Imagine That for a flat white and a date ball (they're really nice), snapping the general sights along the way. No new roads, as has rapidly become the default on my lunchtime wanders, but as I'm in the routine of this project it almost seems strange not to pop my wanders up on...
The Mall Gardens
19 April 2021, 12:20 to 13:08
Sector: N
N
6 images
Just a quick errand to the Post Office to send off Mollog's Mob, but afterwards I bought a flat white and a new plant from Foliage Cafe and headed for The Mall Gardens to enjoy sitting in the sun and reading a book on the first day this year that's been properly warm enough for it. Nice.
The Mall Gardens...
Hotwells Evening
29 March 2021, 19:04 to 20:28
Sector: SE
SE
9 images
Just a little potter around Hotwells with Sarah and Vik. I didn't visit any new streets, but I liked a couple of the photos a lot.
Very Local
6 November 2020, 12:21 to 13:10
Sector: SE
SE
23 images
It's surprisingly easy to overlook the giant Wesleyan Grenville Chapel—now converted into flats—if you've lived here a while. Other sights that seem to slip from my memory include the modest Ashton Avenue, a tidy terrace of little houses on a road that presumably gave its name to the Ashton Avenue bridge....
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...
Quick Clifton Jaunt Finishing with Southville
9 January 2022, 11:35 to 13:49
Sector: E
E
6 images
It's been pretty dismal recently, weather-wise, so when Sarah called up to say that she and Vik had just left the swimming pool at the student union building up in Clifton, and would I like to join them for a trip to the Last Bookshop, also known as The £3 Bookshop, for reasons you can probably deduce,...
Nipping Up the Zig Zag to the Shops
19 August 2023, 11:05 to 11:58
Sector: NW
NW
12 images
It's been a long while since I did one of these walks.
I'm thinking of finishing up the project by walking one or two last bits of road, thus being able to declare with all honesty that I've done my best to walk every public road within my mile (and quite a few alleyways besides.) As a prelude, and...