Inspiration Time!

Here’s a quick fun-ish fact for you: Did you know that you can walk from Trafalgar Square to the Cutty Sark without crossing a single road? Sure, it adds 11 miles to your journey and it means crossing the Thames twice and going under it once, but it is possible. As someone who doesn’t drive and has a recently developed distrust of bicycles (that’s a story for another day), I find that kind of interesting.

Just over a year ago, walking around London started to become less of an I-can’t-afford-the-bus thing for me and more of an I-might-as-well thing. On more than one occasion I’ve walked from home in Hackney to work in Shepherd’s Bush – a decision I constantly regret during the 3-hour journey, but I always kind of get something out of it in the end. An idea. A joke. A story.