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A Hanwell walk 8 – from Boston Manor tube down to Brentford

Where exactly am I? Strictly speaking this is a Brentford walk, not a Hanwell one. For some reason I’ve always thought Hanwell extends down as far as Swyncombe Avenue, or maybe even The Ride. As I got ready to start this second part of my Hanwell stroll down Boston Manor Road, the new infographic just…

My first London Marathon

Do you notice more runners on the nation’s streets from January to April? It’s likely they’re training for the London Marathon, which usually takes place towards the end of April. You are witnessing them meld into athletes, just as winter melts into spring. Most of them have got 16 weeks of this, with just a…

The Kent Coast Cycling Lesson – post 3

By Tony Sears Being about a marriage failing, and neither partner having the means to move out. One of us (me) hatched a plan to escape on weekends, taking an old bike by train to Kent. There I wobbled around the coast, making a series of discoveries, including how I was not entirely blameless in…

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