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Category: Bristol

  • 17th Century Bristol a walk with Samuel Pepys

    Did you know Samuel Pepys, the famous London diarist visited Bristol in the 17th century? No, neither did I. However, when Pepys visited in 1668 as part of his work as a naval clerk, he was very impressed with the city calling it a second London. This week our  “walk in the past” history walking…

  • Arnos vale cemetery, a walk to remember

    Arnos vale a ghostly walk for Halloween

  • Frome riverside walkway

    Frome riverside walkway

    The Frome valley riverside walkway forms a green corridor from the Bristol harbourside for about twenty miles to the source of the river Frome in Dodington Park near Chipping Sodbury on the edge of the Cotswolds. Last week our walking group covered the first five miles from the centre of the city  east through the…

  • 7 things to do with children near Bristol harbour

    7 things to do with children near Bristol harbour

    Bristol is my home city and I love it . The area around Bristol  harbour is particularly popular with tourists and I think it is a lovely place for families to spend a couple of days.  If you are planning to visit Bristol with children I have a few suggestions of activities you might enjoy. …

  • Brunel and Bristol

    Brunel and Bristol

    Clifton suspension bridge which spans the river Avon has become the symbol of Bristol.   This post is about the bridge’s designer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Last Sunday our walk in the past walking group walked from Temple Meads railway station to Clifton Suspension bridge to see some of his legacy to the city.  Our route…

  • The New Room Bristol and John Wesley

    The New Room Bristol and John Wesley

    Did you know Charles and John Wesley built the very first Methodist chapel here in Bristol? A lot of people visit Broadmead, the shopping district in the middle of Bristol without realising that the chapel exists.   But you can discover it opposite the Galleries shopping centre. The Horsefair entrance is close to the arcade.…

  • The Bristol Blitz A walk in the past

      I was a child of the baby boom generation born just after the war.  Growing up I remember large bomb sites in the centre of Bristol in particular the area around Castle Park which was covered with grass and purple buddleia.  My husband who is older than me can even remember going into air…