An air of calmness has decended on A London Miscellany Mansions, this after a very hectic end to May.

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Last week saw the publication of my twenty second audio tour through Voicemap. It's called From Friars to Fellmongers: A Historic Bermondsey Walking Tour 

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Bermondsey is situated on the southern bank of the Thames and is connecte to the north bank and the City of London by the iconic Tower Bridge. It has a rich history going back to Roman times, then later a large monastic settlement that rivaled the splender of Westminster Abbey. Later it became the center of the Leather and wool trade,. It's full of facts about buildings, streets and some of the people that once lived there.

You can start exploring here

✧➤🔗voicemap.me/bermondsey

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Now that it's published I thought I might take a break from researching and writing, but that lasted all of a week. On a recent trip into the City I started to wander around the surviving alleyways of Cornhill, the financial heart of the City. They're quite atmospheric and hark back to a time when gentlemen traders wore Top Hat's and Frock Coats, rathe rthen sharp suits and pointy shoes. I've also made some inroads to finishing something of a four part magnum opus on all the churches in the City of London. Hoever finishing them is going to have to wait a while, as I've promised myself a summer off (yeh like that's going to happen)