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WANDERINGS

ByDoraBall

Oneof myfavouritethingsto do

ontheweekendis to setofffromthe

verysouthwestendofHampstead

Heath(facingpage) andramble

alonga vaguelydiagonalroutenorth,

untiloneof us rememberstheway

to theSpaniard’sInn, rightat the

northwesttip.We‘llalmostalways

getlostontheway.TheSpaniard‘sis

oneof thosegloriouslyancientLondon

pubs,builtas a tollgatein the16th

centuryandfeaturingin Dickens’s

PickwickPapers. It’s also,apparently,

whereKeatswroteOdeto a

Nightingale, presumablyover

a pintof lovelycitrusIPA.

http://www.thespaniardshampstead.co.uk

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KING’SCROSS

ByAmandaCanning

WhenI movedto London 25 years

ago,theonlytimeI’d gotoKing’s

Crosswasbetweenmidnightand

6amona Sunday,in anattemptto

ruinmyselfin clubs– Bagley’sor

TheCross.Thosevenuesarelong

gone– andKing’sCrossthesedaysis

a spacefordecidedlymoregrown-up

pursuits.GranarySquareis a

goodplaceto start– there’snormally

somethingonat theweekend,maybe

a foodmarket,classic-carshowor

artinstallation,andtheHouseof

Illustrationhasa scheduleof

intriguingexhibitions.You’renotshort

ondecentfoodanddrinkhereeither.

ThenewlyredevelopedCoalDrops

Yardhasa MiddleEasternrestaurant

anda vermouthbaramongits many

wonders,thoughI wouldheadback

towardsSt Pancrasstationto the

GermanGymnasium– I can

neverresista schnitzelandthisplace

servesoneof London’sbest.

King‘sCross:

http://www.kingscross.co.uk/granary-square

CoalDropsYard:

http://www.coaldropsyard.com

GermanGymnasium:

http://www.germangymnasium.com

WALTHAMSTOW

WEEKENDER

ByKatNelson

A boyfriendonceintroducedmeto

thedelightsof Walthamstow.I liketo

gofora walkinWalthamstow

Wetlands, thencatcha filmat the

lovelyoldcinemahallMirth,

MarvelandMaud. It wasbuilt

in the1930sas theGranadaCinema,

whichwasfrequentedbyAlfred

Hitchcock,butfilmswerefirstshown

onthesitein 1896.If it’sa Sunday,try

its pubroastandlivejazz.ThenI’d go

andbedazzledbythelargeststock

of neonsignsin EuropeatGod’s

OwnJunkyard, followedbya

drink(orseveral)at thedistillery

nearby,calledMother’sRuinGin

Palace. TheboyfriendandI broke

up,butI keepgoingback.

WalthamstowWetlands:

http://www.walthamstowwetlands.com

Mirth,MarvelandMaud:

http://www.mirthmarvelandmaud.com

God‘sOwnJunkyard:

http://www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk

Mother‘sRuinGinPalace:

http://www.mothersruin.net

LONDON

Locals’

How do Lonely Planet (UK)

staff spend their weekends

in their hometown?

They reveal their favourite

experiences and places

to hang out in London

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