Off message: Gill and I went for a great run/walk in Epping Forest today. We are both out of condition so walked uphill and ran down hill (also slowly) and on level paths. We started off near the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge in Chingford then followed…Read more…
Alexandra Lake Wanstead Flats
Photo from run on Sunday (stylised). The Lake was named after the wife of King Edward VII and dug in 1905/06 to improve drainage and provide work for “unemployed men under the control of the West Ham Distress Committee”.Read more…
Roding Valley Walk (Newham to Barking)
I can’t believe that it was 8 years ago that Gill and I went for a 3 hour walk along the River Roding way (North) from Wanstead to Roding Valley underground station.
For whatever last minute whim reason, we decided today to go from Newham along the Ro…Read more…
Walk of Witness – Easter Friday
Shortly after I blogged on my “Vote Labour” poster in my window there was outside the annual Easter “Walk of Witness” by local Churches, who gathered at the Joseph Fry Memorial drinking fountain in Wansted flats.
Merry Christmas to one and all
Merry Christmas folks. Photo Wansted flats 2012. Read more…