http://www.discovery-walks.com Updates and information on our London walks. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:27:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Being scared is a strange feeling, yet one which we bizarrely enjoy as evidenced by the continuing appeal of the supernatural. Ghouls and ghost stories are common things which people use to give themselves a bit of a fright. People can use all sorts of things to make a scary ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/london-walks/london-walking-tours-that-will-give-you-the-creeps/ This has been the worst winter in goodness knows how long! Normally in the winter we get some bad weather, after all that's what winter's about. But this one just goes on and on. However, there is an upside to these dark and wintry nights. They offer the perfect atmosphere for ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/general-walking-blogs/take-a-spooky-walk-in-london/ With the year now advancing and the winter seeming to gone on forever, it might be worth looking ahead to getting out and about in London when the sun returns, if it ever does! Our Harry Potter London tour has just been re-walked and is still proving immensely popular. It's now over ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/general-walking-blogs/the-harry-potter-london-tour-and-walk/ Mayfair is a beautiful part of London and situated right in the heart of the city near to Piccadilly, the famous Hyde Park and the upper class Regent Street. The place Mayfair is originally named after a fair which took place in the area throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. During ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/london-walks/see-the-affluent-side-of-life-with-a-london-walk-in-mayfair/ 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 ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/general-walking-blogs/a-london-ghost-walk-and-free-london-walks/ 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 ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/general-walking-blogs/progress-on-the-book-and-walks-in-london-news/ If you live in London the chances are you think you know your way around and know the majority of things which you can do in and around the city. For a great day out to really test your knowledge of our capital city, then why not embark on one of ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/general-walking-blogs/london-walks-for-those-who-think-they-know-london-2/ What a  great, though snowy, week I spent in Edinburgh! But now it's back to London and my regular Walks. The Haunted Britain trips have been turning up some real gems and the book is set to meet the deadlines in time for its publication on Halloween. I'm off down to ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/general-walking-blogs/haunted-britain-sherlock-holmes-and-london-walks/ With the recent release of the sixth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the half blood Prince, it looks like no matter how much he grows up, Harry Potter is not going anywhere as his adventures just get bigger and better. People of all ages are obsessed with Harry Potter and ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/london-walks/fulfil-your-mystical-curiosity-with-a-harry-potter-london-walking-tour/ If you live in London the chances are you think you know your way around and know the majority of things which you can do in and around the city. For a great day out to really test your knowledge of our capital city, then why not embark on one of ... http://www.discovery-walks.com/london-walks/london-walks-for-those-who-think-they-know-london/