London on foot

[serpentstar]

In the early 90s, when I ran an occult bookshop, I had a friend called Steve, aka Crystal Steve, who ran one of those Gaia-despoiling crystal shops, as well as selling jewellery.

Although Steve never got back to me about the £40 ring he sold me, that I returned to him for repair, I figure it was worth the lost £40, because he did give me two great

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[venta]

Yes! I love walking round London. A couple of years back, when I was out of work (so had time, but no money) I spent days just ambling about central areas I didn't know.

Growing up in the north east, London was two things. First, it was the big, wicked city one might be lucky enough to visit and secondly, it was the place where all the history had happened. I still find it amazing to walk down streets that featured in my school textbooks as significant places centuries ago. The other day I was walking down Seething Lane, and thinking wait! This is like, Seething Lane! It's a *place from the past*, but it's just sitting there like a normal street...

Sadly, I have the geographical abilities of a halfbrick, so still can't get from A to B reliably without an A to Z.

[valkyriekaren]

Surely an A - B?

[venta]

Well, that would do. But if you wanted to change the head gasket on your car you wouldn't buy a copy of "How To Change A Head Gasket", you'd buy a Haynes manual which covers loads of other useful car maintenance stuff too.

So an A - B would be fine for the case mentioned above, but wouldn't help me out when I wanted to go K to L the following day.

[silentq]

On my first visit to London, I walked for *hours*, it was amazing. :) I always try to walk around new cities, and then take subways and then if I'm really brave, the buses. :)