Suprageography » London

A quick visit to the Grand Union Canal between Harefield and Denham, at the point where the Colne Valley Viaduct, part of the HS2 railway, crosses it. The construction of the two-mile-long viaduc...

https://oobrien.com/2024/03/the-colne-valley-viaduct-crosses-the-grand-union-canal/

Back in 2018, I did a London Borough Challenge – visit all 32 London Boroughs, plus the City of London, in as short a time as possible. I made things hard for myself. I decided that my proof wa...

https://oobrien.com/2024/01/all-the-boroughs/

Yes, we did it again. All the Docks 2 took place in London on 9 July. Five teams (up from three last time) each cycled between a fifth of the Santander Cycles docking stations in London. I again ...

https://oobrien.com/2023/07/all-the-docks-2/

Routes I created GPX route files for the challenge. These were created manually in QGIS, using the OpenStreetMap standard “Mapnik” render as a background, by drawing lines, with Google Street...

https://oobrien.com/2022/10/all-the-docks-technical-notes-on-the-routes-and-map/

On Monday I spent a lot of time (over 13 hours) cycling between 268 docking stations in London. It was for the All the Docks challenge, as part of Team East, with Joe (Be.EV CCO, and ex-ofo) and ...

https://oobrien.com/2022/10/all-the-docks-how-it-went/

On Monday I will be attempting to visit every Santander Cycles docking station in east London by bike, starting at 9am outside the velodrome in the Lea Valley VeloPark (the “Pringle” from th...

https://oobrien.com/2022/09/all-the-docks/

It’s just over one year since I last had a detailed look at the worksite for the forthcoming Colne Valley Viaduct, and I was back last week to see what’s changed. Launch Girder The viaduct is...

https://oobrien.com/2022/04/colne-valley-viaduct/

High Speed 2 (HS2) will leave London by curving away from the Chiltern Main Line, across the Colne Valley on what will the the UK’s longest railway viaduct. It crosses the Greater London bounda...

https://oobrien.com/2021/04/hs2-the-colne-valley-western-slopes/

In the first post in a mini-series, I looked at how High Speed 2 is impacting West Ruislip and Ickenham. In this second piece, I move slightly west, to look at the Colne Valley Viaduct. At 2.2 mi...

https://oobrien.com/2021/03/hs2-the-colne-valley-viaduct/

Do we get welcomed to Greater London at any of the capital’s boundary point crossings? The City of London has its dragons guarding most entrances, but the larger city area doesn’t really have...

https://oobrien.com/2021/01/welcome-to-london/