A Walk to Remember

The English love their long walks and the sunny weekend gave Londoners all the encouragement they needed to stretch their legs and have a gambol.

On Sunday, Mat and I invested the morning in writing job applications, then spent the afternoon walking the length of the Regent's Canal - from its starting point in Islington to the finish line at Little Venice.  In all we walked about six miles (almost 10km) along the canal's towpath, sharing it with other walkers and many bicyclists.  

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(pub at Islington underground, London)

Lock-keeper's house

Old gasholder at King's Cross

In case you want to know what a gasholder is ...

I couldn't help but take this couple's picture ... how sublime to be dining on the roof of your canal boat, with crystal glassware no less.  We had a late lunch/early dinner at an Italian restaurant in St John's Wood and then continued walking along the canal, up towards Little Venice.

Little Venice, end of Regent's Canal

No photos from today, but we did stick to the same schedule: breakfast, work on job applications, a walk (this time around Highgate Wood and town) and then lunch out.  I'm getting a little over not being able to cook for myself and having to eat in restaurants every day, although today's burger at a pub in a converted church was very yummy.  The upside is we don't eat past 4pm so we're using up the caloric intake when we need it most ... a good thing, otherwise I'd have to buy an extra seat on the plane for my return journey.

Keep the peace,

M