A lovely sunny day in May. The sun perhaps a little bit too hot but I had my suncream and hat so was hoping all would be well. The journey to Fulwell is a bit of a pest. I took a train from Sydenham to Crystal Palace then the Victoria train to Clapham Junction and then the Shepperton train to Fulwell so I got here at just about 12:20 in the afternoon .
There was initially quite a lot of walking on footpaths by
the side of houses, although the roads are reasonably quiet and leafy. There’s
a small leafy path section just round the back of a tennis club but then you’re
back on the main road and heading along the sidewalk again and threading your
way through a housing estate.
Once you get to the river Crane things change completely.
It’s a very pleasant wooded path along the side of the river with birdsong,
grass, brambles and all manner of things. Really very nice.
Oddly, though the skies were completely clear and blue, as I
stood beneath a tree on the banks of a little river in Hounslow Heath just
passed the second bridge, it seemed like I was getting rained on with fairly
large drips of plain water from the tree above. I have no idea why or how
that’s possible, but it did seem to be the case . The tree might be a willow. It
had leaves a bit like a eucalyptus but I took a picture of it anyway for later.
I think this section of the London Loop is one of my
favourite sections. It’s true there’s a lot of aeroplanes overhead, but it
really is lovely through the heath
Something odd to note is that I’ve seen so many people today
in these lovely wild looking natural places with headphones on or talking into
their phones and absolutely having no interest in the places they are walking.
Very strange
Quite soon after that by the river, it looked like there
were huge patches of giant hogweed. I took pictures just so I could have a look
later. Pretty sure that’s what they are though.
It seems like Donkey Wood is right underneath the flight path.
So you get to see and hear a LOT of low aircraft. And it also seems like since
I was here last, they’ve laid a gravel path all the way through which is
welcome as it makes walking very easy.
I am noticing that my left boot is rubbing on the right hand
side of my left big toe. Not sure if the toenail needs a clip or if it’s over
clipped or if my feet have spread where if the boots are too small, but
something is not right.
I made it okay to Hatton Cross but was quite glad to get
there really. I lost the glow a kilometre or two before so I guess my
comfortable limit is about 10 K at the minute. It needs to go up but little by little
will do it.
In passing on the train, I wondered what all the aggregate
works are for at Acton mainline station.
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