All Wanders
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...
Brandon Hill Ramble with Bonus Balloon and Landing Stage Visit
22 March 2021, 16:15 to 18:45
Sector: 
E
E
73 images
I wasn't going to take a very long walk on this nice spring evening; it just happened. I was going to knock off a path or two on Brandon Hill, home over centuries to hermits and windmills, cannons and Chartists, and then just wander home, stopping only to fill up my milk bottle at the vending machine...
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...
Birthday Coffee
21 January 2021, 12:06 to 12:37
Sector: 
N
N
7 images
A quick jaunt to Clifton Village to grab a birthday coffee and cake (courgette, lime & pistachio, thanks for asking) from Twelve, and rubberneck at the demolition of the block that used to house the WH Smith, among other things. I remember the Havana Cafe, Mail Boxes Etc (for those who wanted a Clifton...
Better Look at an Extension
14 April 2021, 12:02 to 12:54
Sector: 
NW
NW
19 images
Apart from a lovely coffee and a slice of Victoria sponge from Twelve, there weren't any new sights on this little lunchtime jaunt except for a slightly better look at the long raised extension at the back of the St Vincent's Rocks Hotel, where I at least got to see the arches it's raised up on. I also...
Bedmo and Ashton Court
21 November 2020, 11:43 to 15:22
Sector: 
SW
SW
126 images
A rather more wide-ranging weekend wander with Sarah and Vik, taking in some mock Tudor bits of Bedmo (I should note that I've subsequently been corrected to "Bemmie", but I'm an outsider and have been calling it "Bedmo" for short for decades...), a chunk of Ashton, a path up Rownham Hill called Dead...
Bedminster, Ashton, Ashton Court sunset walk
12 December 2020, 14:22 to 16:21
Sector: 
S
S
67 images
A walk with Sarah focusing on Ashton and the surrounds, taken on a day with really nice light around sunset. Just what I needed.
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...
Bedminster
31 October 2020, 13:40 to 15:28
Sector: SE
SE
16 images
Starting up close in Hotwells with a few bits around the Cumberland Basin flyover system, I walked to Bedminster and back on Hallowe'en, including finding some excellent decoration work.
Bank Holiday Street Art
31 May 2021, 13:05 to 14:22
Sector: S
S
17 images
A nice warm Bank Holiday Monday saw me walk back over to Bedminster to do justice to something we glimpsed on my last wander. Along the way I spotted a couple of new pieces of street art tucked away on the south side of the Cumberland Basin Flyover system, so this turned into a micro-graffiti walk.
Baltic Wharf and Marina
4 November 2020, 12:07 to 13:02
Sector: SE
SE
31 images
You never know what you'll find when you go for a walk in Bristol. This gorgeous Mustang was in the Marina car park. Nice. I also surprised myself by getting a good photo of The Hand (to give it its full title, Green Hand of a River God, by Vincent Woropay. Thanks, @mfimage!)
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...
Autonomous Vehicle
14 July 2021, 12:06 to 12:51
Sector: SE
SE
11 images
As it turned out, I didn't manage to get a coffee on my lunchtime coffee trip, as Imagine That were briefly shut down by a Covid-19 exposure notification (false alarm, it seems.) On the plus side, my trip was made worthwhile by spotting a couple of people from the University of Bath Mechanical Engineering...
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...
Another Lunchtime, Another Quick Coffee Trip
28 January 2021, 12:19 to 13:10
Sector: SE
SE
8 images
With very little photography, and no new streets. Still, I did manage to buy milk at the "Simple Cow" vending machine—and "simple" is very definitely false advertising; it took me bloody ages to work out how to use the thing—and snap the new ACER/SEPR piece down in Cumberland Piazza.
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)...
And Back Down the Hill from the Flu Jab
21 November 2020, 10:00 to 10:26
Sector: N
N
21 images
This is my return from getting my annual flu jab at Christ Church, as explained in more detail in my wander up the hill.
An Industrial Wander Through Ashton to Find a View
28 December 2021, 13:21 to 16:01
Sector: S
S
45 images
I was just about starting to feel better—the antibiotics seemed to have kicked in for my dental issues, and it had been some days since I'd left the house, and I was at last starting to get itchy feet. So, a wander. But where? Well, there were a few industrial bits near Winterstoke Road in the Ashton/Ashton...
An Evening Wander to the Gallows
6 April 2021, 17:21 to 19:25
Sector: NE
NE
85 images
I'd originally intended just to pop up to the area around Alma Road, where I'd missed a few streets on earlier wanders. It was such a nice evening, though, I decided to extend my walk up to the very top of Pembroke Road, just outside my one mile radius, to take a few snaps of something intriguing I'd...