05/05/16: Abandoned bridge

NW3, just over the road from the abandoned lady. Wanted to take this for my cat to sit on and walk across, but there were too many splinters.

08/05/16: Abandoned blonde

Near Camden Arts Centre, NW3. Is she a princess? Or just a regular lady? Unconcerned with social status, I took her home with me anyway.

30/04/16: Abandoned number plate #4

Waitrose car park, North Finchley.

29/04/16: Abandoned decency

Camden Town.

25/04/16: Abandoned mattress

Longford Street, NW1. While flytipping is disgraceful, I find myself almost admiring the resourcefulness of someone who goes to the effort of forcing a mattress into a phone box. It can't have been easy.

13/04/16: Abandoned theory test book

Whetstone. Abandoned because the test was passed and the book no longer needed? Or abandoned because official theory for car drivers proved too tricky to continue with? Let's hope it was the former. One of the Amazon reviews of The Official Theory Test for Car Drivers reads as follows: "Unless you can't read, or are really, really stupid, you can't fail your theory test after reading this book. It has ALL possible questions with all the answers, and can be read the day before your test with ease. I'd say it's almost like cheating. I got 35/35 in and completed the test in 4 mins. You can't go wrong!!"

16/03/16: Abandoned tail

Drummond Street, NW1. Disturbing.

11/03/16: Abandoned walking stick

It's not often that you see an abandoned walking stick, but here's one in a bin in Regent’s Park. Was this thrown away following some kind of miracle in which a disability vanished? Or has some hideous crime been committed?

07/03/16: Abandoned big foot

"Big foot" is a mythological simian or hominid-like creature said to inhabit dense forests in the Pacific Northwest. Who would have thought it was loitering just off Drummond Street, NW1?

26/02/16: Abandoned creature #7

Stanhope Street, NW1. Hanging from a railing.

24/02/16: Abandoned 18

Totteridge. A chunky metal "18". When turned over it looks like a face.

20/02/16: Abandoned octopus

East Barnet. Didn't look too healthy.

12/02/16: Abandoned knickers #3

Ripped/ripped-off knickers in the road next to Regent's Park. Draw your own conclusions.

12/02/16: Abandoned fish

A skip in Totteridge. Surprisingly cheerful for a fish out of water.

07/02/16: Abandoned creature #6

Boots and Waitrose car park, Whetstone. What is this uncomfortable-looking creature? A genetically modified penguin, perhaps?

30/01/16: Abandoned clown

At the top of Totteridge Lane, opposite Boots. Endearing or sinister?

19/01/16: Abandoned A to Z

Railway bridge, West Finchley. This map book was frozen solid so that only the page for Chingford could be used.

31/12/15: Abandoned creature #5

Woodside Park. A turtle perhaps?

31/12/15: Abandoned pony

Woodside Park. This pretty little pony was sadly losing some of its hair.

16/12/15: Abandoned hat #2

Totteridge.

26/11/15: Abandoned Minnie Mouse

Argyle Road, N12. Never really understood the appeal of Mickey Mouse or his girlfriend Minnie Mouse. The same must have gone for whoever ditched this not-very-mini Minnie in a Finchley skip.

23/11/15: Abandoned spy thriller #2

Near Euston station. Fourth abandoned book in just over a year (see also HERE). So far thrillers are the most popular abandoned genre.

16/11/15: Abandoned creature #4

Near Goodge Street tube. A cousin of Abandoned creature #3? Click HERE to compare. Are these furry animals now living and breeding in London?

13/11/15: Abandoned pig head

Pig's head suspended on the bridge at West Finchley tube station, perhaps to ward off evil.

12/11/15: Abandoned creature #3

Totteridge & Whetstone tube station. Hard to resist, but resisted the little guy was.

11/11/15: Abandoned woman

Near Goodge Street tube station. No idea who this long-haired beauty is. To her credit, she continued dancing even after her fortunes took a downturn and she ended up abandoned, on the floor, splattered with mud.

02/11/15: Abandoned hand

Warren Street. Probably the nastiest "abandoned" item ever. Middle finger has a piece of string attached. If it hadn't have been so close to Halloween, I would have been calling the police...

25/10/15: Abandoned keys #2

Left on the Northern Line at about 11 p.m., this bunch contained a car key, a Tesco club card, a chain and a penknife. If you're looking for them, I handed them in to lost property at Totteridge & Whetstone ticket office.

10/10/15: Abandoned map

It was loitering (and littering) in Copthall, NW4, but this cartographic fragment depicts the A110, the A112 and King George's Reservoir near Chingford.

10/10/15: Abandoned creature #2

Whetstone. Lying, unloved, on the wall next to the closed-down Sequoia nightclub (see HERE for info). No wonder he's blue.

09/10/15: Abandoned creature

Dinosaur? Dragon? Crocodile? Whatever it was, the poor beast had been stuffed into a cardboard box and left in the street opposite Kentish Town tube station.

03/10/15: Abandoned Minion

Near East Barnet library. Everyone seems to love the ugly yellow "Minions". Not this one, though.

25/09/15: Abandoned tie #2

At the top of Totteridge Lane, next to the Whetstone Boots. Fairly smart, and more attractive than its cousin HERE.

10/09/15: Abandoned trainers

Near Goodge Street tube station. Not much wrong with these trainers, other than them being trainers.

07/09/15: Abandoned bear

Despite being sadly abandoned, this bear appeared to do a little dance as I passed it on Stanhope Street, NW1. I hope he found his way home.

06/09/15: Abandoned remote control #3

North Finchley car park. Remote controls are clearly THE fashionable item to abandon right now. As a bonus, here's an army helicopter too.

04/09/15: Abandoned remote control #2

William Road, NW1. Two more remote controls, a TV screen, a VCR, a table and a painting.

04/09/15: Abandoned remote control

William Road, NW1.

24/08/15: Abandoned panda #2

Stanhope Street, NW1. Click HERE to see his abandoned pal.

10/08/15: Abandoned keys

Totteridge. Found these in the road and placed them on this post. Six days later they were still there. On the seventh day, they had vanished.

06/08/15: Abandoned baby bottle

Just up the road from Totteridge & Whetstone tube station, balanced on the edge of a phone box. But why?

03/08/15: Abandoned penguin

Albany Street, NW1. Slightly faceless penguin. Poor little guy, lying there unloved.

25/07/15: Abandoned phone case

Whetstone. This was supposed to protect the phone, but look at the state of it!

22/07/15: Abandoned whistle character

Stanhope Street, NW1. A curious man-whistle.

21/07/15: Abandoned firearm

Granby Terrace, NW1. Thunderfire 509.

19/07/15: Abandoned p.701

Near Camden Arts Centre, NW3. Page 701 of a rather racy novel.

18/07/15: Abandoned man #2

Whetstone High Street. Another abandoned man (see also here). This one has fancy green boots. Less appealingly, he had a long human hair wrapped around him.

18/07/15: Abandoned money

Whetstone. Two £50 notes. In Scott B. Smith’s novel A Simple Plan, two brothers and their friend stumble across $4.4 million in a crashed plane in the woods. They decide to keep the money – with extreme and tragic consequences. I'm hoping that my decision to keep this £100 will be relatively trouble-free.

17/07/15: Abandoned beauty

Written on wall near Camden.

07/07/15: Abandoned frog

Totteridge. Felt rather moved by the plight of this poor fellow.