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Occasional Tourist · 9M ago

A night in Glasgow and lunchtime in Edinburgh

Business, rather than pleasure, sent me to Scotland today. Visiting our office in Glasgow today and on to Edinburgh tomorrow. This necessitated an overnight stay in Glasgow. I had a hotel organised for me by the office - it turned out to be a brief ride down the hill - and just up the hill from Geor
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

Marble Arch and Hyde Park East

Designed in 1828 by John Nash Marble Arch was originally the entrance to Buckingham Palace. When the Palace was extended to its current configuration the Arch was moved to its current position (in 1852); although these days it is somewhat isolated by the roads around it - it is effectively on a (ver
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

Jubilee Line

Once upon a time, over a decade ago, the Jubilee Line followed the Bakerloo Line and stopped at Charring Cross. Then somebody somewhere decided to build the Millennium Dome (now the O2) out on a scrubby piece of land north of Charlton and Greenwich, and a tube line was needed to get all the tourists
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

One New Change

When we go to watch the Lord Mayor's Show we stand in the same spot, at the end of Cheapside, by St Paul's. In 2006 they were getting ready to knock down the building opposite, and by 2008 it was gone!Since then the new building has risen from the ground, and now finally is finished. I took a brief
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

From Farringdon to Kings Cross

Clerkenwell GreenWhen I first started work (over a decade ago now) I worked in Clerkenwell Green. The Clerks Well (from which the area takes it's name) was not rediscovered until the 20th Century and can now be seen through the window of a nearby building on Farringdon Lane.Also nearby is St John's
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

Piccadilly: Green Park to Hyde Park Corner

Piccadilly runs east to west from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner, thus connecting two of London's busiest traffic hot-spots.There is a natural divide to Piccadilly at Green Park Station and the Ritz Hotel where the south side of the street becomes bordered by Green Park itself. So apart from
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

London Christmas (2)

Tree LightsOxford StreetJohn Lewis raining lights
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

London Christmas (1)

Royal ArcadeTiffany & CoAsprey and their rocking dolphin
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Occasional Tourist · 1Y ago

Elephant Parade

Elephants spotted in Great Titchfield Street, Soho
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Occasional Tourist · 2Y ago

London by night (2)

Just about everything in the City looks more dramatic by night... St Paul's CathedralThe Royal ExchangeThe Monument
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