Why walk the Tube when theres a whole world of gorgeous landscapes out there?
Because I love it! Over the past few years I’ve been walking the London Loop and Capital Ring, a day at a time, and when I finished the last day of the Ring, I realised just how much I’d enjoyed them. Sure, the countryside is glorious for walking and it’s hard to beat, but urban walking has its charms, particularly in the nation’s capital. I remember one particular day of the Loop – the walk from Kingston to Donkey Wood – which starts off in the home of royalty, and wends its way through middle class suburbia to the earthier world of the Heathrow flight path. Along the way the newspapers in people’s recycling boxes morph from the Times and Telegraph, through the Daily Mail and The Guardian to The Star and The Sun, and as an education in the class system it’s a perfect day. You don’t get that sort of experience in the countryside, and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
