The Great Walk!

On Saturday, Jenny and I decided to embark on a bit a hike and walk to London from near where I live. Having previously visted the moorings at Greenford, we were aware that The Grand Union Canal there would take us straight into Regents Park. My estimation was that it was about 10-12 miles and would approximately take us 3 hours to complete.

It was a beautiful day to be out in the sun and the shade from the overhanging trees beside the canal kept us cool, so are journey started off really well. I was using my new GPS unit to monitor how far east we were going, it was pretty cool.

Along the way, we saw the vast array of different shapes and sizes of canal boats. It really made me want to own and operate one, I was aware however, that each boat altough looking relatively dated is about £30,000! Still....it does seem like an enjoyable life to lead...

The main reason why I wanted to go on this walk was to see how the transition between surburban London and inner London was made. The journey was uninteresting for the large majority of it because the scenary changed very little...mainly fields/factorys. It was only when we managed to reach Kensal Green that things became more appealing. We could see the canal side flats, which looked relatively small...but attractive enough to live in.

Walking on from there, we reached Little Venice, things perked up a bit as there were so many people out and about...particularly those interested in canal boats. There was even a canal boat tea shop....but the £5.70 price for a ploughman sandwhich put us off completely!

By this stage, we were completely shattered (Jenny more then myself of course!) and our gentle strolling along meant that we were already 3 and a half hours in!! It was mutually agreed that we should struggle onto Paddington and then catch the train to wherever we wanted to go...

ending up at Embankment at All Bar One for a well deserved drink!!

A few piccies are up on the moblog if anyone is interested to see....

+nicks