A completely different walk today based in London. A morning spent at the Mary Ward Conference Centre in Bloomsbury for a British Council conference. Pleased to be met by Alex, my younger son who lives in London. He’s route finding and we plan to get to Campden Lock and market. Slight initial hiccup as we set off in completely the wrong direction ! I had decided not to use my OS route tracker but did record the walk on my watch as soon as we started walking in the right direction. The green pin was where I had spent the morning.
The Bloomsbury area is quite interesting with all the University Buildings. There are always interesting sites to see even along ordinary streets.
The area around Campden locks was heaving with people, more than I had seen for a long time – signs of a pandemic only visible in the occasional mask wearer. Many of the shop units are in classic arches which I’ve always loved. The map does show that we explored the area quite thoroughly!
Out along Regents Canal and much less busy. We diverted up to the park under Primrose Hill and then climbed up to the top. Amazing views!
Down into Primrose Hill Main Street to find some tea and share some brownie before going back to the park to drink it. Across the bottom of the hill and over the canal again and into Regent’s Park, initially round the back of the zoo- we did see one rhino. The park is rather beautiful and has some well laid out flower beds which were looking quite vibrant even this early in the season. Not long out of the park and I noticed this magnificent crescent.
The map stops when we called into a pub for a quick drink and a catch up on the rugby – England v Ireland in the six nations. We did walk for about another 15 minutes to a Lebanese restaurant. I can always guarantee to cover a good mileage in London with Alex! My recorded walk today was 11.25 kilometres but it was probably nearer 13 from when we met. Good to be out and about somewhere different.
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