Earlier this month I became the first person to walk the entire new (2015) tube map, in support of Bowel Cancer UK.

During 39 walks between August 2012 and August 2015, I took thousands of photos and noticed that I tended to focus on things that had changed, were likely to change or oddly have not yet changed.

This could include anything from buildings under construction to abandoned (ghost) stations to anachronisms to important international events. London is a unique place where you can to see change unfold right before your eyes.

Below I've featured 39 photos, one photo from each walk, that mostly look at some aspect of change in London that I observed during the past 3 years.

These are not necessarily my best photos or even good photos, but each of them tells a small London story that I find interesting. I hope you do too.

Date Taken: August 19, 2012
Walk 1: Waterloo Walking Update

It's been over 6 months since my last blog post, so I thought it was probably about time to give a quick update about the status of my walks. Last month, I was literally 1 walk away from walking the entire Standard Tube Map (Tube, DLR, Overground and Cable Car), but then TFL went and added a few new lines.

Therefore, I'm going to be walking the additional new lines over the next couple of months and hope post a final summary of the whole project at some point this summer. Yesterday I started by walking the new Cheshunt/Enfield Town branches of the Overground, which was great as it brought me to several parts of London I'd never been to before.

By my reckoning this leaves me with 3 walks: TFL Rail from Liverpool Street to Shenfield, Overgound from Liverpool Street to Chingford and DLR Woolwich to Bank. I'll also have to squeeze in the new Overground route from Upminster to Romford at some point, but figure that can be included in one of the other days walks.

To all those who've followed along thank you very much for your support. Truth be told, I've mostly done the walks for myself, but felt it would be shame not to ask for charity support, which is why I ask if you've enjoyed hearing about them that you give generously to Bowel Cancer UK.

Here are a series of photos taken by my wife and I on Christmas Day, 2014. Since it's the only day of the year public transit is completely shut, it provides a rare opportunity to see the streets (almost) completely empty. Hope you enjoy:

Continue reading Christmas, The One Day Londons Streets Are (Almost) Empty

These photos were take on December 30th, 2014 by my very talented wife. London always looks great in the morning.

Continue reading A Frosty Primrose Hill Sunrise In Pictures

The Michelin restaurant map above was created by Mike David Smith and lists the 1, 2 s 2015 Michelin Starred Restaurants Mapped Listed

Of all the things I've seen on my many London walks, coming face to face with a stag in a very foggy Bushy Park, has to be the most unexpected and surreal.

Continue reading Unexpected Foggy Encounter With a Stag in Bushy Park

A few weeks ago, Tube Challenge World Record Holder, Geoff Marshall, came up with the brilliant idea of renaming all of London's 270 tube stations with other plausible names. He made the request via the Londonist, and I suspect got a few more responses than he was expecting.

He's now sifted through the more than 300 comments and distilled them into the map above. Having walked to all of them, I think he's done a pretty good job selecting the new names, although I do have a few disagreements. I made the following suggestions and am happy to see that several (in bold bellow) made the cut.

Continue reading Tube Stations Renamed Plausible Alternatives For All 270

All three images were drawn by French illustrator Thomas Danthony. Whether you love or hate brutalism as an architecture style, there's something oddly compelling about these ghostly illustrations of some of London's best known brutalist buildings.

Continue reading 3 Ghostly Illustrations of Londons Iconic Brutalist Building

The last 48 hours have been interesting for me and this blog. It all started with this post: What Are The Best Things To Do In London That No One Knows About?.

The post is just a collection of the best responses from this reddit thread by cr3 and has been online for well over a year.

Continue reading When Satire Goes Wrong: The Story Of The Oxo Tower, Cubes, Cocktails 50,000+ Redditors