We actually walked section 4 a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't got round to blogging about it yet, so thought it made sense to do it together with section 5, which we did yesterday, to save me falling even more behind on the list of blog posts in my head!
So, we've managed 17 miles of the Capital Ring so far, which puts us at about 20% of the way round. It's definitely getting easier to get up and go, with the sunnier days, and I'm very much looking forward to the next section, which ends at Richmond Bridge, where I've been recommended a very nice German beer garden. Our travels have so far taken us through six London boroughs (Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Wandsworth and Merton) and I'm intrigued to see how many the whole walk will cover.
Crystal Palace to Streatham (section 4) was a short one, at just 4 miles. The first half of the walk was mainly along streets, although we did pass through a section of the Great North Wood (although being in South London, I'm not entirely sure what it's north of!). Upper Norwood Recreation Ground was another nice green interlude:
We also learnt a little more about local history, after trying to find out a little more about this bench
And enjoyed a lovely view from the top of Streatham Common, rounded off by a banana ice cream from the cafe there.
We had a declicious late lunch / early dinner afterwards at one of my favourite veggie restaurants in London, the lovely Whole Meal Cafe just off Streatham High Road
Two weeks later, a slightly different group of us were back in Streatham to push on to Wimbledon Park for section 5. A lot of this was across Tooting Bec and Wandsworth Commons, and a lot of the bits that weren't on commons were along wide streets of the type of gorgeous houses which I can only dream of living in. The pigeon in this picture seemed to have the same aspirations - we stopped to watch him because he was making such a show of trying to get into the holes you can see above the front doors of these two houses:
A combination of the nice weather and it being a bank holiday weekend meant that the commons were full of people, and it was nice to see everyone enjoying themselves outside. Wandsworth Common is home to a particularly nice pond, with a very cool bridge:
And it was quite a shock to step off the common and come face to face with the slightly foreboding Wandsworth Prison, which the internet tells me is the largest prison in the UK:
This very end of this section of the walk, as we approached Wimbledon Park, marked the entry into new territory for me, venturing into bits of London where I'd not been before. I think much of the next few sections will be like that, until we work our way back round into North East London, and I'm quite excited about what's to come...
So, we've managed 17 miles of the Capital Ring so far, which puts us at about 20% of the way round. It's definitely getting easier to get up and go, with the sunnier days, and I'm very much looking forward to the next section, which ends at Richmond Bridge, where I've been recommended a very nice German beer garden. Our travels have so far taken us through six London boroughs (Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Wandsworth and Merton) and I'm intrigued to see how many the whole walk will cover.
Crystal Palace to Streatham (section 4) was a short one, at just 4 miles. The first half of the walk was mainly along streets, although we did pass through a section of the Great North Wood (although being in South London, I'm not entirely sure what it's north of!). Upper Norwood Recreation Ground was another nice green interlude:
We also learnt a little more about local history, after trying to find out a little more about this bench
And enjoyed a lovely view from the top of Streatham Common, rounded off by a banana ice cream from the cafe there.
We had a declicious late lunch / early dinner afterwards at one of my favourite veggie restaurants in London, the lovely Whole Meal Cafe just off Streatham High Road
Two weeks later, a slightly different group of us were back in Streatham to push on to Wimbledon Park for section 5. A lot of this was across Tooting Bec and Wandsworth Commons, and a lot of the bits that weren't on commons were along wide streets of the type of gorgeous houses which I can only dream of living in. The pigeon in this picture seemed to have the same aspirations - we stopped to watch him because he was making such a show of trying to get into the holes you can see above the front doors of these two houses:
A combination of the nice weather and it being a bank holiday weekend meant that the commons were full of people, and it was nice to see everyone enjoying themselves outside. Wandsworth Common is home to a particularly nice pond, with a very cool bridge:
And it was quite a shock to step off the common and come face to face with the slightly foreboding Wandsworth Prison, which the internet tells me is the largest prison in the UK:
This very end of this section of the walk, as we approached Wimbledon Park, marked the entry into new territory for me, venturing into bits of London where I'd not been before. I think much of the next few sections will be like that, until we work our way back round into North East London, and I'm quite excited about what's to come...
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