Sunday, 15 May 2011

Capital Ring

Wimbledon Park → Hanwell

river-brent.png Distance: 12.4 miles
Ascent: 101 metres
Duration: 4 hours 6 minutes

West-southwest
« Not walked | Not walked »

The Capital Ring is a very liberating walk. London is so well served with public transport that little planning is required; there's no need to decide in advance how far to walk since the route is never very far from a bus route or railway.

deer.pngToday though, we did plan. I made a list of suitable railway stations to stop at with Hanwell being the most likely candidate, giving us a reasonable walk across Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park then down the River Thames and up the River Brent.

Here's today's lesson then: even though London's transport network is the best in the country, there are still some railway stations which don't have a Sunday service. At least an alternative bus was only a couple of hundred metres away.

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