The Alley Project

Walking around with Emily after checking out some footie (Fulham kicked ass), we found ourselves in the Hoxton area. I couldn’t resist snapping this shot of Bacchus Walk, a mini-alley. It seems to be named for the adjoining restaurant (with some notoriety) which you can spy a corner of at frame left.
Not far away [...]

After straddling the zero degree line at the Greenwich Observatory and existing in both hemispheres at the same time, there’s nothing like a stroll in downtown Greenwich to remind you of which hemisphere is still on top. The alley above leads to the lovely Greenwich market area which was actually shutting down when we arrived.
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Having mildly vowed to come back here in an earlier post, I always stay true to my half-hearted vows so here I am back in the alleys of Soho at night. Our destination: Trannyshack London.
I’ve been a long-time fan of the T-shack in SF (I tell visitors it’s the best entertainment value for your money, [...]

 I found this alley mural and graffiti next to Saffron Restaurant on Brick Lane. If you were able to see up and just a bit to the right, you’d see the spire of Christ Church Spitalfields, the "Devil’s Church".

 
 
 
Here’s a classic London alley (there was even a hidden little pub in the middle but I [...]

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese has one of those names that only a Brit could say without having a mixed metaphor pop into their heads. The interior is an amazing maze of small rooms and interlocking bars. The stairwell to the loo is built for midgets, but the cottage pie and mashed peas is excellent. Waking [...]

 
There are so many alleys in London and of such variety that it makes an alley-lover like myself re-assess what it is that he, she, or it loves about these spaces. See above for examples of what I’m not looking for.
As attractive as these little lanes are, there’s no intrigue. Like the new-ish pub we [...]