LiveSide project
Wet London
London ideas for when the weather is awful and your motivation is worse. Hundreds of indoor places, each rated by how wet you’ll get on the way.
Why I started it
I have a long history of leaving the house at precisely the wrong moment. London rains about one day in three, and every list of things to do ignores the bit in between: getting there. So I built the guide I wanted, one that tells you how wet you’ll get on the way.
How I built it
It all hangs off one idea, a wetness score for every place, judged on the walk from the tube, how much of the visit is under cover and how exposed the way in is. Around that sit search, filters for area, mood and how much drizzle you’ll put up with, a Feeling Lucky button for the indecisive, saved shortlists and a rainy-morning email. I write most of the listings myself, and it’s past 300 places and growing.
What I learned
One sharp idea beats a long feature list. The wetness score is the thing people remember, so everything else is there to support it. And writing the listings myself keeps the tone honest, which is half the reason anyone comes back.
