A completely different walk today – up in London for a meeting which was held in an apartment in County Hall. Very strange coming out and having such a good view of the back of eye. Rather an unusual gathering next to the apartment block.
Having left the meeting we walked to the Strand where we were having lunch at the India Club. We crossed the Thames by the Charing Cross bridge and then turned right into the Victoria Embankment gardens which I’d never been in before.
After lunch a quick walk to Covent Garden and of course the Apple store , can’t resist. I then decided that I wanted to go to Shepherds store which sells book making materials and papers. So through Leicester Square and along Piccadilly, before turning up Half Moon Street.
It was when I came out in Curzon Street I realised that I had managed to get myself to Shepherds Market and not where I had intended to go. Now too late for a shop visit I continued my walk heading for Paddington Station. I continued down Curzon Street until I came out on Park Lane – not really a possible place to cross where my route was suggesting, so a bit of back tracking. Once across my next aim was to find a way into Hyde Park.
I decided to take a slightly roundabout route down to the serpentine. Beautiful trees and roller skating lessons!
Decided to find a kiosk for a cup of tea and admired the view of the swans and turned to find I had a view of Spider-Man, in duplicate!
Next to a small island I spotted a heron- no it wasn’t plastic – it did move and a gull.
I loved the vibrancy of all the different things happening and had a bit of a wander rather than just taking the quickest route out. A police vehicle stopped by a group of young people playing football next to a small tent, and got out to talk to them – hopefully just to remind them they couldn’t stay overnight!
Before making my way towards Victoria Gate and crossing the Bayswater Road, I spot two more features of interest. A magnificent chestnut tree in full bloom, the shape reminds me of a child’s drawing and this rather unusual bench, celebrating the creativity that can extend/ repurpose the life of an object.
Along various side streets before coming to Sussex Place, I quite like visiting there. And then back to Paddington. On several occasions I have been met at the station by my son and we have walked through the park before setting off to our final destination- I think he just likes to keep my step count up. I did spot this wonderful little mews on the way.
Not sure of my complete distance today as I forgot to record the first section and then had a couple of gaps! At least 10 km in total.
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