It’s January 2021 and we are in lockdown. So as well as clearing out cupboards, I am updating websites and clearing out blogs and newsletters etc. If you want to read the City Adventurers blogs from 2012 to 2019, they will still be available on the new City Adventurers blog at https://cityadventurers.co.uk/blog/ Blogs for 2020 … More New Year Blog Clearout
Having read a lot of murder mystery books recently (check out reviews on https://itmgames.co.uk/blog/) I decided to read something for a change. How about a nice little winters tale? So I picked up Coming Home To A Winter Wonderland by international best selling author Nora Roberts. The blurb told me it was a Christmas story … More Do you ever start reading a book and realise it’s not what you thought it was?
Before Lockdown Two The Horniman Museum reopened to the public, so a small, socially distanced group of City Adventurers booked tickets to visit. After lunch in the Horniman Café, we donned our face coverings and entered the museum. The first area we came to was the Natural History Gallery. The Horniman contains over 250,000 items … More Horniman Museum
A public house of historic interest in Chingford Converted into a public house in 1982, this building is part Victorian and part late 16th century timber framed farmhouse. It is a rare survival from the area’s rural past. This grade II listed farmhouse pub underwent extensive refurbishment in 2014, but retained some timber frames dating back … More Larkshall Tavern
Southend-on-Sea is a seaside town in Essex. Southend-on-Sea is home to the world’s longest pleasure pier, built in 1830 and stretching some 1.34 miles (2.16 km) from shore. The Southend Pier is serviced by a small train. Adventure Island, formerly known as Peter Pan’s Playground, straddles the pier entrance and is an amusement park with fairground rides … More Day Trip To Southend
Epping Forest District Museum is housed in Grade II* listed Tudor building in Waltham Abbey. The newly redeveloped museum features six galleries, plus a community space for hire. It has a collection of over 50,000 objects telling the story of the Epping Forest district. The Core Gallery includes cabinets of curiosities to explore and features … More Epping Forest District Museum
This Halloween join the City Adventurers at a comedy murder mystery and raise money for Cancer charities. A Monster Smash A comedy murder mystery for halloween The story so far… In a suburban district of Westfield New Jersey, stands the imposing but somewhat derelict Victorian mansion and funeral home belonging to the De’Bodies family. Popular … More A Monster Smash
Gunpowder Park is a Green Flag winning park with an explosive history. Formerly a Royal Ordnance site for munitions testing, it is now a 222 acre country park with fields, wild flowers, woodland and lakes. Gunpowder Park is situated south of Waltham Abbey, near Enfield Island Village. Enfield Island Village used to be The Royal … More Gunpowder Park to Enfield Lock
“The Hall stands in open countryside, one mile from the village of Ingatestone and substantially retains its original Tudor form and appearance with its mullioned windows, high chimneys, crow-step gables and oak-panelled rooms and is surrounded by ten acres of enclosed gardens comprising extensive lawns, walled garden and stew pond. The Hall remains primarily a private … More Ingatestone Hall
Walthamstow Wetlands is an operational site for Thames Water and a nature reserve open to the public. From the mid-19th century London’s rapidly growing population needed a reliable supply of clean water, so ten reservoirs were created between 1863 and 1904 in Walthamstow. They have provided Londoners with their drinking water ever since. In 2000, … More Walthamstow Wetlands
