All Wanders
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...
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...
The AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine, Clifton College Prep School, the Zoo and a Missing Bungalow
20 February 2021, 12:58 to 14:34
Sector: 
N
N
53 images
I went to get my first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today. Handily, the vaccination centre was Clifton College Prep School in Northcote road, next to Bristol Zoo, a road that's just within my 1-mile range that I hadn't visited before.
I parked up near Ladies Mile and tried to find...
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,...
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...
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.
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.
Sunday Bedmo
20 December 2020, 12:24 to 14:28
Sector: SE
SE
76 images
A long meander around bits of Bedminster, from the river to the north to Winterstoke Road to the south, taking a few roads I've seen before, and a few I haven't. The Christmas decorations were an extra bonus.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Shiny New Hope
24 September 2021, 12:48 to 13:26
Sector: N
N
5 images
A quick lunchtime jaunt to Clifton Village. Along the way I admired the new sign on Hope Chapel and added to my tsundoku collection.
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,...
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...
Royal York Crescent
2 November 2020, 12:37 to 13:08
Sector: N
N
7 images
I've taken a lot of photos of Royal York Crescent over the years. This time I walked right to the dead-end bit at the far west corner and found a plaque to the Empress of the French. Call me hard to impress, but among the scientists, novelists, architects and artists whose plaques litter the rest of...