This fine chap is John Ennis, The Celebrated Pedestrian, who came 2nd in the great International Pedestrian Six Days Contest for the Astley Champion Belt, 1879. Covering 475 miles & 300 yards in 5 days 21 hours 3 minutes & 49 seconds! Museum of the City of New York

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Scolipedes often bully others when they are tiny
I bully the bullies

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so i finished one of my old sketches with viewers' help and we invented an OC i think xD
i mentioned house centipedes i keep seeing everyday and someone joked about scolopendras, then i drew it.. and eventually we came up with a name for this girl - Scolopendra. lol 🖖

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It's been a very, very hot day, but I managed to do a cooldown sketch before I become best friends with my pedestal fan and some ice cream. Here's a cute lil

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Strangest enquiry this week did George Wilson, the Blackheath Pedestrian, donate his toenails to the Museum in 1815? Here’s an image of him from the collection, but I can’t find any reference to his toenails...thankfully!

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The skyscrapers in London’s financial district as drawn a few weeks ago. This view is ever changing it seems, with further schemes planned over the next 10 years with a greater slant towards pedestrians and more eco friendly design. We will see! Iconic t… https://t.co/JP8mJE7F0t

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