All Wanders
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Door, a Square, a Few Night Shots
4 December 2021, 14:30 to 20:10
Sector: 
SE
SE
24 images
I didn't take many pictures on this quite long wander, partly because Lisa and I wandered across to Bedminster via Bower Ashton, which I've snapped quite a lot of on the last couple of walks, and also because we lost the light fairly quickly, though spending a half-hour drinking mulled wine in the Ashton...
Easter Monday Gardens and Flowers
18 April 2022, 11:24 to 13:29
Sector: NE
NE
48 images
I didn't really set out with a theme of flowers and gardens in mind for this walk. I just fancied heading up to Clifton Village to get lunch. As it turned out, though, Spring was springing, so a minor theme emerged as I started off with the graveyard flowers of Hope Chapel and wandered up to see the...
Tiny Houses, Crocodiles and Views
5 January 2021, 12:16 to 13:15
Sector: 
S
S
15 images
I didn't really intend to record my walk today, but once I was out and about I couldn't really resist taking some pictures. The sun was lovely, but it was cold...
Nowhere New
10 December 2020, 12:10 to 12:55
Sector: SE
SE
7 images
I didn't have any time to find a new place to go today, so I'm treading old ground here. I did buy a tub of duck food from Amazon last week and today I remembered to take a little bagful of it with me on my trip to Imagine That coffee, and spent a few minutes feeding the marina slipway ducks on the...
Leftovers with Lisa
1 May 2021, 13:32 to 16:46
Sector: NE
NE
79 images
I didn't get to all the little leftover streets around the northeastern part of my area in today's wander, but I definitely knocked a few off the list, plus Lisa and I enjoyed the walk, and didn't get rained on too badly. We spotted the hotting-up of Wisteria season, checked out Birdcage Walk (both...
Shop Fronts of Regent Street
22 May 2021, 10:23 to 11:02
Sector: NE
NE
26 images
I didn't even think I'd manage to get out today, such was the weather forecast. As it turned out, it's been quite a nice day, and I managed to nip up to Clifton Village to pop to the Post Office. As with my last outing, I decided after snapping one shop-front on Regent Street that I might as well snap...
Sunshine and Coffee
5 February 2021, 12:10 to 12:55
Sector: SE
SE
5 images
I did try to knock off one tiny bit of Baltic Wharf I've missed, but I don't know yet if I succeeded. Mostly this trip was just a reason to get out of the house and into the sunshine while it lasted. Spring is in the air.
Recreating a Loxton Drawing on a Lunchtime Jaunt
5 November 2021, 12:35 to 13:30
Sector: NE
NE
12 images
I did do a much longer wander earlier in the week, but that'll take me some time to process (and cast a plethora of photos into the "out-takes" pile!) In the meantime, here's my lunchtime jaunt, taken to give myself a break from doing the company bookkeeping to send to my accountant so the taxman doesn't...
Docks Heritage Weekend Day One
9 October 2021, 12:47 to 15:47
Sector: E
E
21 images
I could spend a lot of time at the Docks Heritage Weekend, poking my nose into industrial places along the harbourside that are usually closed off, but throw open their doors once a year to show off a bit of the backstage area of Bristol's floating harbour. In fact, I warn you: the next wander is a...
Clifton Wander with Lisa, including Bristol Grammar School
28 March 2021, 11:45 to 14:50
Sector: E
E
80 images
I bumped into my friend Lisa in town during yesterday's wander, and we decided to have a wander today, too. We managed quite a long ramble, starting up through Clifton and nipping down Park Row to investigate the two tower blocks I'd noticed popping up behind Park Street yesterday, then took in a few...
Quick Postcard-Inspired Hotwells Pontoon/Landing Stage Trip
5 March 2021, 12:15 to 12:46
Sector: 
W
W
15 images
I bought a vintage post card from eBay this week. It's a well-known photo of the Hotwells landing stage, showing what's likely to be a P&A Campbell paddle steamer moored there. (Just yesterday I snapped a photo of their buoy on display at Underfall Yard with its information sign.) It was posted from...
Picture Postcards, Bikers and Wild Food
25 February 2021, 12:36 to 13:34
Sector: SE
SE
10 images
I almost didn't bother bringing out my GPS today, but as it turned out I may have knocked off a tiny bit of Baltic Wharf, having been diverted through there on my way back from Imagine That café by finding Cumberland Road closed. Not sure whether it was just some kind of delivery to the roadworks there...
Arlington Villas and WH Smith Destruction
10 February 2021, 12:14 to 12:57
Sector: NE
NE
48 images
I actually dashed up to Clifton to take a look at Arlington Villas, just around the back of St Paul's Road, one of those slightly odd little enclaves of overlooked housing that you know is there, but you never have a reason to visit or travel down. As it turned out, interesting though the (public) garden...
Saint Vincent's Spring
28 December 2020, 10:32 to 12:18
Sector: 
NW
NW
50 images
Fractionally outside my one-mile zone, but I got curious about Saint Vincent's spring, whose last remnants you can see in a defunct drinking fountain on the Portway. Along the way I passed Gyston's cave, sometimes called St Vincent's cave, in the sheer wall of the gorge. It's now accessible by a tunnel...
Fresh Fields
17 October 2021, 12:20 to 14:43
Sector: SE
SE
49 images
For the first time in a while, I had the time and energy to go further afield and knock off some new roads from my "to do" list. I headed through the first Hotwells Festival to Ashton and Bedminster to cross off a few of the suburban roads south of North Street.
First, though, I decided to try to reproduce...
Solstice Rain
21 December 2020, 06:34 to 09:06
Sector: W
W
33 images
Despite the weather, Sarah and Vik and I wandered around Ashton Court a bit as the sun rose. Not that you could really tell. Sadly, the bit we wanted to watch the sunrise from was closed, because people hadn't been treating the deer with appropriate respect. Ah well, at least it was some exercise.