Comments on: My Winter Walks In the City https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Erminia https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532656 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:25:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532656 This post made me cry, firstly because it is so beautiful and secondly because this is my London, the one I miss, quite terribly.

]]> By: Tones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532542 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:05:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532542 A night time walk is good for the soul. Charles Dickens did it all the time and look how well he turned out!

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532526 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:37:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532526 The Nativity figures are beautiful, very touching.

I recently took a photo of a shop window in Basel that has a life size Nativity. The Three Wise Men are all dressed in dungarees and hats like poor farm workers and one has a cigarette in his mouth. They are looking over baby Jesus in the straw. It’s a depiction I really like, the Three Wise Men being ordinary mortals and not Kings.

]]> By: Jeremy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532500 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:47:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532500 I enjoyed your descriptions of our wonderful city and was reminded of H.V. Morton’s book “In Search of London’ which I really must read again.

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532499 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:25:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532499 As a fellow urban rambler, I can see the appeal in undertaking such a walk in the middle of the night. I am also a night owl, which also helps. I have read this story of your Christmas walk previously and I wonder about your thoughts on your long, solo walk. There is a difference between being alone and lonely and you hope that it wasn’t the latter. I’ve done an awful lot of walking myself this year – I wrote about some in my own blog. I wish you happy, reflective walks dear GA, and a very Merry Christmas.

]]> By: Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532493 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 12:50:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532493 How reassuring these familiar London landmarks must appear to be when recognised along a lone traveller’s way, and equally so for readers enjoying your favoured Christmas Eve path! Thank you & long may such exhilarating walks abide..

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532469 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 11:06:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532469 A beautiful and moving post around the London I love. Thank you Gentle Author. Last night I was singing with my local Choral Society performing Vivaldi’s Gloria – which of course is glorious! Programme also including some good rousing Christmas Carols for participation by our audience. Suddenly it feels like Christmas.

]]> By: acgim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532463 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:19:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532463 Those solitary walks are also my favourite — they make Christmas really contemplative.

*** MERRY CHRISTMAS! ***
*** FROHE WEIHNACHTEN! ***
*** JOYEUX NOËL! ***

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Sally https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532461 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:17:01 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532461 That was unreal. I loved it. I escape in a similar way, sometimes. But instead I walk and sit on a headland looking up at the stars. It is also a nice way to think about the Christmas story and how special it is. Thanks again. I wish I was as talented as you at writing.

]]> By: Lisbeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/17/my-winter-walks-in-the-city/#comment-1532449 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 08:45:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198485#comment-1532449 Very evocative! And you’re lucky to be spared snow… Greetings from Norway

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