As Christmas is approaching we’ve been out scouting for nice Christmas Lights in and around London.

On our recent holiday to Monmouthshire we visited Hay-on-Wye and then while we were out we paid a short visit to Ross-on-Wye to have a look around the main town centre streets and a shopping centre.

Today we’re taking a short walk from the centre of Maidstone, down the River Medway to a nearby park.

While on an Autumn holiday we visited the world’s first book town, Hay-on-Wye, which is just over the border into Wales.

We’re back in Maidstone today walking the main shopping streets but first we’ll start at HMP Maidstone before passing Kent County Hall and then onto King Street, where most of the main shops are.

We’re back in London for another dose of Canal Loops, this time taking the ‘short’ loop from Limehouse, up the Limehouse Cut, onto the River Lea/Lee Navigations and then back along the Hertford Union Canal to the Regent’s Canal.

Today we’re taking a stroll down Maidstone High Street in Kent which strangely enough is not the main shopping street of the town.

I popped over to Epsom Downs to have a look at the new improvements & signage that was unveiled this week.