A hand-drawn map of some of London’s secret gardens. A bit pointless for me as I live in Kenya right now. Perhaps something for the future. This was drawn by Kathryn from Trip Stylist, a company that collects together London’s lesser-known gems and quirky bits of history into ready-made and tailored day out guides and self-guided walking tours.
A map of Elephant & Castle’s Urban Forest (re-posted from sarahinwaterloo) . You wouldn’t think there would be a hidden bounty of vegetables, woodland and community events in this urban jungle, but there is. http://elephantandcastleurbanforest.com
It’s so cold outside, so when stuck in Central London, it’s handy to know where to find a good Samuel Smith pub, and a chap called James Gretton has delivered a fine mapping service to help us wondering souls. Apart from bearing such a splendid name, three handy things to know about these fine pubs are:
Just the right ingredients for a good time.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that somewhere in the world there is a road called Sam Smith Rd. In fact, there seem to be at least 10 roads in the USA called Sam Smith Rd. Which is tremendous! I should certainly like to visit them all one day (and write that book of course). But what I was delighted to discover was one of ‘my’ roads, in Mississippi, has a road leading off it called Tom Chance Rd. And the best bit is, Tom Chance (and here is his most splendid blog) is one of my best friends.
