Lancaster Gate

The tube station is named after the closest gate into Kensington Gardens which itself was named to honour Queen Victoria, … More

A short walk to the tube

When asked for insider tips for travelling around London I always suggest people look at a roadmap as well as … More

Updated to add that a week after I posted this, Sir Nicholas Winton died, aged 106. I join many in … More

London doesn’t have one central station, it has multiple stations arranged around what was the edge of the city in … More

The Great Western Railway was founded in the 1830s (corrected after the comment below!) to connect London and Bristol by … More

The Great Western rail line has a set of 4 tracks: 1 set main out of London, 1 set main … More

As I mentioned in February I have been working full time recently to earn some money to fund future adventures. After … More

Heinrich Hoffmann was born in 1809 in Frankfurt and trained there as a doctor specialising in psychiatry; running Frankfurt’s lunatic asylum. … More

Regular readers will know that I like, appreciate and share public art. I often wonder whether artists know how their … More

The third temple we visited that day was Ditan (“Temple of Earth“) Park which is home to the Temple of … More