1 April, 2021 - the lost byway

Last weekend I sat down in the London Olympic Park and delved into a long list of brilliant questions submitted via the Community tab on my YouTube channel and Instagram Stories.

Here’s a list of the questions with the timestamps in case you’d like to navigate to a particular part of what became an epic video:

Contents of this video
0:00 Intro Stratford Olympic Park
01:32 Grotty Fringe of the Olympic Park
02:21 Will you do more South London walks?
02:49 Most memorable bit of folklore
04:24 Which era of London would you most like to walk around
06:19 Do you get scared walking on your own
06:47 If you could say one thing to planners and architects what would it be
08:21 If you needed your ashes scattered in London where would it be
09:28 Favourite pre-Roman or prehistoric site in London
10:14 Particular walking book you would like to see reprinted
10:38 Is there a river flowing from Hampstead Heath through Belsize Park
11:05 Do you listen to music on your walks
11:22 Where have you felt the most remote
12:00 What’s your longest walk
12:42 How I started my walks
13:56 Would you consider walking further afield such as the Thames Estuary around Tilbury and Gravesend
15:02 Where are the women psychogeographers
19:01 Favourite discovery on a walk
20:07 Who was Jack the Ripper?
23:23 Will we ever know more about Boudicca?
24:39 What is your professional background or upbringing
26:07 Growing up in the Chilterns
26:52 Austin Osman Spare walk
27:42 First Job and have you been unemployed for a long period of time
29:38 What got you into psychogeography
32:05 Psychogeography outside London
34:26 Best thing you found on your travels
35:02 When will you do a walk through Temple
35:35 Radical Rambler Cap?
36:00 Will the Leytonstone Centre for Contemporary Art make a comeback?
36:20 Would you another City e.g Bristol
37:30 Favourite Author, Novel, Ale
38:29 Views on some modern architecture
39:10 Will you do a Southend walk to the Anglo Saxon burial site at Prittlewell
39:20Thames Bridges walk
40:02 How does your wife feel about your long walks
41:21 Strangest encounter on a walk
43:44 If you could walk anywhere in the world where would it be and why?
45:20 Kray Twins walk?
46:22 Most disappointing walk
47:34 Will you get a haircut after the restrictions are lifted
47:40 Will you write another book?
48:31 Any trouble or threatened on a walk?
50:15 Inspiration to start and film these walks
53:10 Thank you for your questions