Off message but last Sunday Gill and I finally went for a walk in nearby Rainham Marshes alongside the River Thames. This was a circular route about 7 miles long. We had walked East alongside the Thames in June 2017 in the very last leg of the Lo…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 11 Elstree to Cockfosters
This post is just a little late. Despite the lovely blue skies shown in the collage, Gill and I did this 11th section of the London Loop walk on 2 January 2017. It was cold day and even frosty in parts.
Elstree is the home of the UK film industry but …Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 9 – Uxbridge Lock to Moor Park:
To confuse matters this walk is posted out of sequence on this blog due to my error. This was the second day of a weekend “London Loop” walk. This is a circuitous 150 mile walk in stages around London which my wife and I started in 2015 and have still …Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 10 – Moor Park to Elstree
On 25 January 2015 I started the London Loop walk, a 150 mile – 15 routes circular walk around London, thinking I would get it done by the end of that year. By end of 2016 I had only done 10 of the 15 “London Loop” walks.
The last one I did in 2016 wa…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 8 – The Causeway to Uxbridge Lock
This is off message and a very late post. Gill and I have been walking (very slowly and in fits and starts) around our capital city via the London Loop long distance path. It is circular route, 150 miles long, made up of 15 different sections. We start…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 7 – Kingston Bridge to The Causeway
Off message. I am trying to catch up on my walking posts. Following the May 5 election I went on a walking weekend with Gill to get away from politics and enjoy my “hinterland”. We have been trying to complete the London Loop since las…Read more…
London Loop Walk Section 6: Benstead to Kingston
This post is a little late and off message but the weekend after the May 5 elections I resumed my attempt to walk around the London Loop route from last year.
The London Loop is a 150 mile circular walk around London split into sections. I had hoped t…Read more…
London Loop Walk Section 5: Hamsey Green to Benstead Downs
Off message but another marvellous 10 mile loop walk from last Saturday. Hamsey Green is not easy to get to from East London. Train it to East Croydon then 10 minute walk to 403 bus to Hamsey Green. Used “The London Loop” guide book.
Weather was…Read more…
Memorial to 5 Beckenham Fire Fighters killed by Enemy Action in West Ham Ward
Last Saturday I posted on a London Loop walk here http://grayee.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/london-loop-walk-section-4-west-wickham.html in rural Croydon, South London.
I was astonished to later find out that a memorial in a Church grave yard in West Wickh…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 4 “West Wickham Common to Hamsey Green” (& a tragic West Ham connection)
Last Saturday I resumed my plan to walk around London along the loop walks after a gap since May. Saturday was better than Sunday since railway and bus links, there and back, are much better. I used the Transport for London (tfl) guide since I couldn’t…Read more…
London Loop Walk Section 3: “Petts Wood to West Wickham Common”
The General election is finally over, for good or bad (and I think it is very bad). Yesterday I had my first free Sunday for ages and went off and walked section 3 of the London Loop Walk “Petts Wood to West Wickham”.
The weather was warm and mostly s…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 2 – Old Bexley to Jubilee Park
Off message but photos are from the 2nd London Loop Walk last Sunday. This was just under 8 miles and much more attractive than the first. The riverside walk along the River Cray was very muddy but it was fun watching daft dogs jumping into the freezin…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 1 – Erith to Bexley
Off message but today Ms Grayee and I started on a long distance walk around London. The “London Outer Orbital Path” (better known as London Loop) is a 240 Km (150 mile) mostly sign posted route around outer London. It is divided into 24 linear section…Read more…