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Excerpts of 1,700 word article A WALK ON THE MILD SIDE OF THE LAW
I used to think London's greatest bargain was the pub lunch. Now I know it has a rival in these escorted walks which, for the modest fee of about £5, introduce visitors to the insider's London. Our guide this day was an articulate young author/historian who delivered a wealth of information with such interesting anecdotes, we soon forgot the wretched weather. Also, in view of the rain, he refused our money until we had been going for half an hour, in case anyone chose to drop out. Nobody did. Several companies organize these tours. I chose London Walks, after picking up a pamphlet at a city tourist office. Their particular routes include areas frequented by Shakespeare, Dickens, Christopher Wren, Princess Diana, other royalty or Jack the Ripper.... Article ends: After my morning walk I went for lunch at Ye Olde Cock on Fleet Street. The food was good and fellow diners filled my ears with legal chatter to conclude our tour in an appropriate role. IF YOU GO: Several companies offer escorted tours of London. You will find their pamphlets at tourist information offices. No reservations are necessary. Simply turn up at the appointed tube station, even if it's raining cats and dogs... |
"I know it's raining cats and dogs, Madam,"
said the voice at
the other end of
the telephone,
"but I suggest
you hop on over
to the rendezvous
point anyway.
Your man will be
there, inside the
west
entrance...carrying a brolly." Not
too thrilled at
thoughts of sloshing about in the wet for the
next two or three hours, I hopped the tube to
Holborn as instructed, and found "my man"
surrounded by 20 or so plastic-wrapped
tourists, all of them mustard keen to start
their walking tour of Legal and Illegal
London.
