During August 2021 and the surrounding days, I completed the Essex Way from Harwich to Epping, and crossed the county from Southend to Epping, the latter route as the first part of a huge circuit of London (via Hatfield, Maidenhead and Gatwick).
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Completing the Ring around the Underground
Having set out from Upminster in January 2020, and having had a year’s break because of Covid, I have at last reached Upminster again. The final section, from Epping to Upminster, took three days to beat out: the first day ended at Stapleford Abbotts accompanied by stings, scratches, skin punctures, and rank agricultural waste fromContinue reading “Completing the Ring around the Underground”
The Ring around the Underground is now NLE-ready
After a year’s hiatus, I have finally walked the route of the Ring around the Underground from Merton Park to Wimbledon, adding an extra 20km to the route as it tumbles down to Battersea Power Station station (at the time of writing, still a building-site mess) and back up to Wimbledon. There is a fairContinue reading “The Ring around the Underground is now NLE-ready”
A contrary Capital Ring
To get my body working again after over a year without walking, I decided that the Capital Ring would fit the bill, since it has hundreds of possible break-points (they are called bus stops and stations). In twelve mornings over five weeks, I completed the round. It really is a capital walk, with less street-sloggingContinue reading “A contrary Capital Ring”
Back on track
Ruislip Tube station (no, not the Betjeman one, that was Ruislip Gardens, “Four-square upon the Central Line”, as Muir and Norden nearly wrote) may not be the most likely point of re-awakening, but it was the start of my first post-lockdown walk, the first wind-in-the-face and sunburn-on-the-arms outing — plus, it must be said, unshaven-chin-rasping-inside-the-maskContinue reading “Back on track”
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