So a bit of a different walk today.
Since finishing the Thames path which I really enjoyed both for the walking but also the opportunity to lead there has been a lack of walks and yet another cancellation.
All the walks I was scheduled to do in December were cancelled and even more a trip to Malta rescheduled from November to January was also pulled – This combined with Christmas preparation has meant very little walking – the least since I started my blog having been revitalised by my hip operations.
This walk is one I wouldn’t normally include but the climatic circumstances were such that it seemed appropriate.
A trip to London with a variety of purposes, but with the added extra of the fact that it had snowed the day before and settled – not a common occurrence.
So this walk traces my determination to walk as much as possible and enjoy this unusual phenomenon. During the day I covered 12 km – not a huge distance but further than I’d walked for any day since the Thames Path.
The initial part of my journey was caused by an inadequate Bakerloo Line service which I had hoped to use to get me to the National Gallery. So the new Elizabeth Line it was to Tottenham Court Road – part one of my walk – wet pavements and a slight residue of snow. Odd seeing snow at Trafalgar Square, not a very good photo.
Into the National Gallery to see the Winslow Homer exhibition and rather impulsively decided to pay an annual membership – much easier access to exhibitions plus extras.
Next stop, lunch with my younger son in the cafe down in the crypt of St Martin in the Field. Refuelled it was time to head for Shepherds Bookbinders to buy paper for a particular project and of course be tempted by other papers! My chosen route was into the Mall and across St James’s Park. I’d not been in this park for a while. Many, many years ago when I used to come to the Girl Guide HQ in Buckingham Palace Road I used to be a more frequent visitor.
Having completed my next mission it was time to get back to Paddington to catch a train before 3.30 so that I could travel off-peak. Having looked at the map I decided my best route was to head up to Marble Arch and then through Hyde Park. More snow, more unusual scenes and a good hours walk from the shop to the station – much better than the underground!!
So as mentioned not a long walk but worth including for the memory of snow in London!
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