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August 13, 2005
Walking Along the Thames
It was yet another fine, partly cloudy day here today. Where is all this rain and drizzle I was promised? After working for an hour or so on a space capsule model for the offspring, I went out for yet another walk along the Thames. I’m doing that a lot but in this area, it’s worth doing whenever you can. It really is quite nice. It’s no wonder Turner spent so much time around the area splashing paint about.
Today I went much further upstream along the Thames Path than I had done before; down to past Eel Pie Island. The path through most of this route runs through a wonderful quiet wild land called the Ham Riverside Lands. This area has a bit of interesting history, according to the plaque at the southern entry. It was dug for gravel up to the turn of the last century and then became a sort of dumping ground for rubble from WWII London, and there was no doubt plenty of that to go ‘round. The result is that there are all sorts of different micro soil zones that give rise to a great variety of plants and, consequently, birds and such that live in and on them.
A good stretch of the legs on a cool, quiet morning. I recommend it.
Filed under Life in London.
Posted by eric at August 13, 2005 04:28 PM