Ok so it’s cold and chilly at the moment. But it’s also incredibly atmospheric out there on the streets of London and, dare I suggest it, the perfect weather for a London Ghost Walk.

If you wrap up nice and warm then there is no reason why the cold should get to you and the streets of London are so so atmospheric on these cold winter nights.

We do suggest that those participating on the walks wear sensible shoes as the going can get a little muddy in some of the old churchyards we go in to.

But, the fact that the streets of London can be so deserted at the moment really does enhance their spook factor, so these dark winter nights really are the best time of the year to enjoy a spooky walk of London.

In addition we are still sending out large numbers of the free Harry Potter Tour PDF, which is a full day London sightseeing tour in its own right. You can get a copy of this tour (we’ve sent out almost 7,000 of them now) by sending an email to harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com and the automated service will send it back by return. You then just print it off and go and do it in your own time and at your own pace. No having to be at an underground station to be crammed on with 50 or so other people. You’re in charge all the way round the route. And since it’s also a detailed London walks it’s got something for everybody.

Our other free London walks are going live this year, and have we got some great one’s for you. This part of the project has been a bit delayed by my having to get my book on haunted Britain written by March, so I’m a bit tied up at the moment. But, come Marc,h the stops will come out and you’re going to have some great free walks to enjoy and do.

Anyway till next time.

Richard’s book Haunted Britain is coming on great guns now. Some truly exciting venues have been no been written up and added. In the past week Richard toured Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire collecting ghost stories from places as diverse as a roadside marker where a long ago felon was shot dead and is now buried, to the airfield from which the ill-fated R101 took off on its maiden voyage. The hangars where it was constructed are still there and are now almost 100 years old. One of them was recently leased by Warner Bros and such is its vastness that for the Batman Films Batman Begins and Dark Knight they actually built Gotham City inside it!

There is a connection between the R101 and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which is both intriguing and slightly spooky. Talking of Conan Doyle, the last stages of our Sherlock Holmes documentary are now in progress. We’ve interviewed some of the leading experts in Studies in Sherlock and have filmed in both London and Edinburgh and, to be honest, it’s looking really good, though we say so ourselves.

Our London Walking tours are still going strong and we’re pleased to report that all those who missed are Jack the Ripper Walk or our Haunted London walks due to the recent snows have now been switched to alternate dates and have had the opportunity to take the tour. So no-one lost out, in fact everybody gained. Not only did they get to benefit from our sensible policy of limiting the numbers on our Jack the Ripper Tours, but when the snow meant they couldn’t join us they weren’t out of pocket because the moment they called to say they couldn’t make it we happily moved them to another night.

So why not give our Jack the Ripper tour ago and see for yourself why time and again we are referred to as the best of the London walks?