Highgate

Still buzzing from the emotion-filled Platinum Jubilee concert 🎵 I grabbed the “Ultimate English Brekky Roll” from Charing Cross Station 🚉 Egg 🍳 bacon 🥓 sausage. Not a calorie in it! 😜 I have been walking on average of 20 km a day so I can probably afford to have one or two more!

With need to balance out my Royal obsession for a couple of hours I headed about 20 minutes up the northern line to Highgate. One of the most financially positive areas of London. We saw the houses of Kate Moss, Jamie Oliver and, of course George Michael. George Michael is actually buried in the cemetery here…it was almost “Gaymagedden 2” on discovery of this! (Photo 6)🏡 🕺🏼

You will also notice that there are houses in this village with windows that have been bricked up; that is because they didn’t want to pay the extra tax if they had more than nine windows! The second most expensive street, Bishops Lane, after South Kensington Road in London is in Highgate.

Grumpy Richard hosted this walk… I recognised him from a previous walk on Hamstead Heath (George’s old “stomping ground”) when I was in London last time. He calls him self ‘Richard the third’ because “…there are eight other Richards…” who take tours with the company and he “wanted to stand out..!” We noticed some stone heads on the top of a house and asked Richard what was the significance. He just turned and said no idea! LOL 😝

I love these London Walks. You learn so many hidden secrets and discover lots of “chestnuts”
& “Easter Eggs” about London 🇬🇧👍🏻✅

Love, love, love, love, love London‘s tube system. Are you sure to watch the video at the end if you miss it when you’re away from it as much as I do! 🚊❤️❤️❤️✅✅✅🚉🚉🚉En savoir plus