Walking the Capital Ring - Section 12
Section 12
We started at Highgate, and the first part of the walk was through Parkland Walk Local Nature Reserve. Probably for a good 2 miles. It used to be the site of an old railway line, and near Crouch End, you can still find the remains of former platforms. It is a lovely sheltered part, and where there are bridges, there is also graffiti. Some of it illegal and shit, but mostly pieces of art. When we came past, there were artists creating new pieces.
At the end of the Parkland walk, we crossed into Finsbury Park. The breeze there was very welcome, as it was another warm and humid day. I hadn't realized that it was such a large park!
Coming out of the park we followed the course of the New River: an artificial water way meant to supply London with fresh drinking water. Parts of it are lovely, but there was also a lot of rubbish floating around in it.
After crossing Seven Sisters Road, the walk looped back towards Finsbury Road and along the East and West Reservoirs. There were many new developments along this stretch, which resulted in the path (and Capital Ring) being diverted along some shiny new footpaths. There was also a shiny ball.
At the end of the path around the reservoirs, and before entering Clissold Park, we passed by a strange looking building — in the shape of a castle. This later turned out to be the Castle Climbing Centre. The park was very busy, which was no surprise as it was a lovely day.
The last part of the walk started out with a tedious stroll along Stoke Newington High Street, which I also ended up mapping in great detail. Leaving the busy High Street, we entered Abney Park. One of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. Unfortunately it's lovely chapel was hidden behind scaffolding.
The section ends when we got out of the park. A quick walk later we ended up at Stoke Newington station, to find our way home.
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Route (with GPX) |
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Time |
1h 47m 16s |
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Distance |
8.90 km |
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Average Heart Rate |
104 bpm |
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Calories Burned |
863 cal |
For the full photo series, see my Flickr set.
Life Line
I've finished reading This Way Up. It's about maps, that went wrong.
It's a good read, but htyerr were several chapters that were written in a novel way (as a video transcript, a series of letters), and I found distracting from the a tail content. It'll have worked better in a produced video.
No mention of @openstreetmap though :-(
Updated a bench
Created a tree; Updated 3 humps and a waste_basket
The Early Cormorant Catches the Eel
Sorry, not the best photo! But I caught this Cormorant catching this large eel when looking for Bank Swallows, right next to Eel Pie Island in the Thames.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Photography #London
Updated an estate_agent office
I went to my nieces' birthday party yesterday.
The theme was pink, and that included all the food, mostly died with beet root.
Shock and horror this morning when doing number two. Not only was my turd dark red, it was also glittering at me. Apparently the carrot cake had edible glitter...
So now I know what's worse than glitter.
😂 ✨ 💩 🟣Long-Tailed Tit on a Branch with Lichen
I've been spending some time in random London local nature reserves.
Sitting and listening, and in fifteen minutes you spot countless species.
This one was in Ham Lands Local Nature Reserve near Teddington.
#london #BirdPhotogaphy #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds #LichenSubscribe
A Colourful Mandarin
In The Long Water in Kensington Palace Gardens, London.
#photography #Birds #BirdPhotogaphy #BirdsOfMastodon
Created 7 benches
Created 2 benches
Created a bench
I walked 7.3km in 2h28m39s
Added a note about a duplicate Papersmiths
I walked 4.1km in 49m02s
Fixed website
fix typo
Updated a bench
I walked 1.6km in 20m26s
I walked 1.1km in 11m49s
The Yellow Eye
A blue heron's head, with its very yellow stare-y eye.
#BirdPhotography #Photography #BirdsOfFediverse #BirdsOfMastodon #London
My little Lego box is telling me it really is quite warm outside.
Created a bicycle_parking and a crossing
I walked 3.3km in 41m56s
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