Walking the Capital Ring - Section 13
Section 13
This section starts at Stoke Newington going along some residential streets. After coming through Springfield Park, it follows the river Lea for the rest of the walk.
When crossing the bridge over the river, you have a fine view of the Lee Valley Marina, as well as the river itself. At the point where we crossed, there were many canal boats moored.
Note: I didn't misspell Lea or Lee. There is a naming confusion (caused by parliament in the 1760s). The distinction is made between natural features (Lea) or artificial features (Lee).
With the river Lea on the right, and the Walhamstow Marshes on the left, we had a pleasant stroll along the tow path, although it was rather busy. Combined with some inconsiderate cyclists it wasn't particularly a relaxing walk. As there is space enough, it would be better if there were two separate paths - one for cyclists, and one for pedestrians.
We walked underneath the A. V. Roe Arches, named after A.V. Roe, who built his first powered air planes here to fly over the nearby marshes. There is a blue plaque to dedicate this event. It is however slightly hidden, and you need to cross patches with nettles.
After the Lee Canal split off from the River Lea, the Walthamstow Marches were replaced by the Hackney Marches on our left. Apparently they are in the Guinness Book of Records as having the largest collection of football pitches.
The walk ends at the Olympic Park, or rather now, The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is still very much under development, but at least the park is open now. The section itself stops right at the Crate Brewery. Unfortunately we only found out after having left the canal, while enjoying a pint at Tap East.
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Route (with GPX) |
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Time |
1h 08m 52s |
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Distance |
6.35 km |
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Average Heart Rate |
106 bpm |
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Calories Burned |
571 cal |
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Life Line
I've finished reading Children of Memory, the third book in the series.
Another interesting take on forms of intelligent life.
A fourth one is going to get released later this year.
Updated a post_box, a beauty shop, and a restaurant; Confirmed 2 clothes shops, 2 pet shops, and a restaurant
I walked 5.9km in 1h40m39s
Updated a bicycle_parking
Updated 2 waste_baskets
I walked 7.9km in 1h37m12s
Created 3 waste_baskets; Updated 3 bus_stops, 2 benches, and 2 waste_baskets
I walked 8.1km in 1h25m53s
I walked 1.2km in 9m31s
I walked 9.4km in 1h39m05s
Merge branch 'xdebug_3_5'
Merged pull request #1071
Fixed issue #2411: Native Path Mapping is not applied to the initial …
Created 2 waste_baskets; Updated 3 waste_baskets, 2 benches, and 2 other objects; Deleted a waste_basket
I walked 7.9km in 1h45m36s
RE: https://phpc.social/@phpc_tv/116274041642323081
Now that phpc.tv and phpc.social are part of the same umbrella, I've upped my yearly contributions to their Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/phpcommunity/projects/phpc-social
Merge branch 'xdebug_3_5'
Merged pull request #1070
I walked 7.2km in 1h10m26s
Fixed issue #2405: Handle minimum path in .xdebug directory discovery
I've published a new blog post: "Human Creations", on the difference in content generation by LLMs, and the creation of text, art and code by humans.
You can find it at https://derickrethans.nl/human-creations.html or at @blog
I walked 7.8km in 1h38m32s
RE: https://phpc.social/@afilina/116274024588235234
It's good to see that more and more people are realising that the Web can be for-good, without all the enshittification.
That's why I'm happy to see endeavours like phpc.tv springing up, and helping out where I can.
Taking back the control of how the Web is for people, by people, without big tech making it all shit.
Created a waste_basket; Updated 5 crossings and a bicycle_parking
I walked 10.7km in 2h35m10s
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