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I used to live pretty close to the eastern end of the City in Aldgate/Whitechapel. It was pretty cool to go running and cycling around the City during the pande
by Reason077 2y ago
I used to live pretty close to the eastern end of the City in Aldgate/Whitechapel. It was pretty cool to go running and cycling around the City during the pandemic lockdowns, with almost no people or cars around.
Same with central London: I remember cycling though a completely deserted Leicester Square one day and hearing nothing but birds chirping in the trees!
- chgs 2y agoDuring lockdown most hotels were closed, I ended up staying near Blackfriars and riding my Brompton to the west end. Very peaceful without so many taxis and vans and even it seemed fewer buses. But then the city is hardly bustling on a Sunday either.
- jfengel 2y agoI walked through the City as a tourist one Sunday, and didn't realize I couldn't get any kind of lunch at all until I was past it. (We were recreating Elizabeth I's procession from the Tower to Westminster, which passes through what is now The City.)
- petre 2y agoI think we ate the dreadful TESCO sandwiches in the City, near the hall when we visited. Almost no cars.
- dcminter 2y agoI lived in Chancery Lane in around 1998/1999. Weekends were eerily quiet and getting groceries was a nuisance. Also I remember loafing around my flat watching the news about some May Day protests in London and when I turned the TV off I realised I could... hear the protesters. They were over on Fleet Street another very short walk away!