About This Travel Guide
Choose your own adventure in South London from the comfort of your own home. Louie Christie's Quirky Travel Guide "Newcrossities" is a weary traveller's guide to the new curiosities of South London, New Cross, Deptford, and beyond.
It’s like a blog, but posted geographically not time-wise.
It is:
- Curated and opinionated.
- Underground, weird and funny.
- Completely incomplete
Frequently Asked Questions:
What? : Could be described as a map based, curated, content website.
Where? : South London, New Cross, Deptford, and beyond.
Why? : Read the Newcrossities creation story.
Who? : Made by Louie Christie a South London resident, adventurous tech geek, underground comedian, who once sat next to the guy at work who did the Rough Guides website.
When? : Started right around the time the author was made redundant.
How? : I'll let you know about the technology, as I work it out. In March 2020 I gave a talk about the Strawberry JAM technology used at the time. In 2026 it was migrated to use Ghost.org technology with a sprinkling of JavaScript.
How much? : The travel guide website is free. The planned event listings section will probably cost a bit, 'cos it would be a lot of work.