
In December 2016 I posted the The Daily Constitutional's blog post number 5,000.
To mark the occasion I've been digging in the archive and over February 2017 I'll be reblogging The DC's "Greatest Hits" – my 50 favourite posts.
In addition I'll be sharing my 50 favourite London photos to have appeared here since October 2008.
I hope you enjoy them
A.S-G
London
Feb 2017
One of my favourite moments from my many walking tours was when I inadvertently created confusion around the concept of night schools. First posted in early 2012…

When I looked back the poor woman had turned the colour of St Paul's sword in the picture above and was clearly having trouble containing her mirth.
We both struggled on – me to tell the story, she to compose herself – and when we moved on she burst forth in a snort which very soon became a cough which accelerated alarmingly into something resembling a choking fit.
Turns out that when I had used the phrase "night school", she had looked at the sword and shield and immediately pictured an educational establishment for chivalric endeavour… a KNIGHT school.
"I was fine," she said when she finally composed herself, "until I pictured a man dressed in a suit of armour standing on a busy tube train."
A London Walk costs £10 – £8 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.










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