LOST RIVERS OF LONDON: THE RIVER WESTBOURNE Part II:
Hyde Park, Knightsbridge & Chelsea London is not only a forest, it is full or rivers. The Thames is only the end of all these mysterious underground rivers, who once were babbling brooks in the middle of the countryside, they later became open sewers, were finally culverted and sadly forgotten… but….these rivers are actually alive […]
LOST RIVERS OF LONDON: THE RIVER WESTBOURNE Part I:
Hampstead Heath, West Hampstead, Kilburn Maida Vale & Paddington Rec centre. LOST RIVER WESTBOURNE London is not only a forest, it is full or rivers. The Thames is only the end of all these mysterious underground rivers, who once were babbling brooks in the middle of the countryside, they later became open sewers, were finally […]
HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE
Every inch of cute cobblestoned flowery Hampstead seems to be full of magnolias, bluebells and jasmine, endless stories of marine painters and musicians from punk to Pink Floyd, water moguls, French generals and American authors, sci-fi film directors and futurist mystery writers, egyptologists and criminals, magicians and actors all went to church together… This is […]
NOTTING HILL
Chère Catherine, Merci pour toutes ces infos! La balade d’hier matin était tout à fait passionnante! -CF Thank you, Catherine. It was a lovely tour, very well-researched and I loved the way you took us back in time and gave an atmosphere of the place as it was at different times and the characters who […]