As coincidence would have it, my first Thursday of 2020, like my first of both 2017 & 2018, is due to be a Triple – three London Walks tours in one day. Here's how I blogged about it back in 2017…
It's January and, once again, thoughts turn to fitness and shedding a few pounds after the Christmas binge.
Luckily, my job as a tour guide has a built-in fitness plan.
Thursday is usually my busy day and today was no exception.
The day starts with a brisk quarter mile chasing a nine-year-old on a scooter on the school run…
… and from there it's another quarter mile to the tube station. An easy half mile before the day has even started.
The first of today's three walking tours was Inside Covent Garden which, by my reckoning, clocked up some 1,700 steps…
At Covent Garden tube I used the steps…
Confession: I walked down NOT up!Alighting at Hyde Park Corner I hopped a Sadiq Cycle to Kensington (1.5 miles), snapping this shot along the way (it was the perfect winter day for walking)…
Then it was on to the Kensington walk, which broke the 2,000 steps barrier…
Another Sadiq Cycle back to Hyde Park Corner (another 1.5 miles)…
… in brisk wintry conditions…
Then on foot from Hyde Park Corner to Tower Hill via the West End and along the river, my favorite "commute" of the week.
The final tour was Jack the Ripper, at 1.4 miles and 2,900+ steps the longest of the day…
Bringing my total for the day 34,000+, just over 16 miles covered!
Are you counting steps in January? Drop me a line with your totals, your apps, your gadgets and tips or leave a comment below.
My Public Scheduled Tours for December 2019 & January 2020
30th December – A Village In Piccadilly – 2.30pm Piccadilly Circus Tube (by Eros)
2nd January 2020 – Inside Covent Garden – 10am Covent Garden Tube
2nd January 2020 – Old Kensington – 2pm High Street Kensington Tube
2nd January 2020 – Jack The Ripper – 7.30pm Tower Hill Tube (by the tram)
3rd January 2020 – Rock'n'Roll London – 2pm Tottenham Court Road Tube (exit 1)
4th January 2020 – The Beatles & Bob Dylan In 1960s London – 10.45am Temple Tube
4th January 2020 – Musical Covent Garden – 2:30pm Temple Tube
4th January 2020 – Rock'n'Roll London Pub Walk – 7:15pm Tottenham Court Road Tube (exit 1)
5th January 2020 – Pink Floyd In 1960s London – 10:30a.m Leicester Sq Tube (exit 1)
5th January 2020 – Women In Music 1722 - 2019 – 2pm Leicester Sq Tube (exit 1)
16th January 2020 – Inside Covent Garden – 10am Covent Garden Tube
16th January 2020 – Old Kensington – 2pm High Street Kensington Tube
16th January 2020 – Jack The Ripper – 7.30pm Tower Hill Tube (by the tram)
17th January 2020 – Beatlemania! The Beatles In London 1961-65 – 10am Embankment tube
17th January 2020 – Rock'n'Roll London – 2pm Tottenham Court Road Tube (exit 1)
18th January 2020 – London Horror Story – 7.30pm St Paul's Tube
30th January 2020 – Old Kensington – 2pm High Street Kensington Tube
30th January 2020 – Jack The Ripper – 7.30pm Tower Hill Tube (by the tram)
31st January 2020 – Beatlemania! The Beatles In London 1961-65 – 10am Embankment tube
31st January 2020 – Rock'n'Roll London – 2pm Tottenham Court Road Tube (exit 1)
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