For my next circuit of London, I decided to revisit a project started a few years ago, to put a ring around the Tube. Since my first musings on the subject, we have had Overground, TfL Rail (now out as far as Reading), DLR south of the river and trams, but the topology just doesContinue reading “A Ring around the Underground”
Category Archives: Walk
Getting out of town
After a fallow quarter, the early May bank holiday weekend gave me the first of the set of Get out of town! walks. The choice of the northern route was informed by which Tube and train routes were being disrupted. An early Saturday start (at 0730) gave me the luxury of Trafalgar Square and CoventContinue reading “Getting out of town”
Wandel naar je Werk Dag
On 4 April, I celebrated the (Dutch) National Walk to Work Day by adding a London dimension. The 7.5km walk took an hour and twenty minutes. I delayed my usual departure time from home, because there was simply not enough light, and I did not want to trip over any ropes, clutter or herons onContinue reading “Wandel naar je Werk Dag”
New year, new route
I spotted a leaflet from the London Borough of Hillingdon, in which four local sites connected with the Polish Air Force were linked into a trail … by bus. I decided that the route should be walked, so I devised my Polish Air Force Heritage Trail to complement the council’s leaflet.
Station-to-station along the Chiltern Line
The Chiltern Line runs out of Marylebone station, through John Betjeman’s famed Metroland. The Chiltern Railway Walk links consecutive stations, trying to find paths and parks through north-west London.
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