A grey day turned into marvelous blue skies just as I happened upon “Little Manhattan”. My first real bike ride in London and I am excited! I just hope the weather holds for the next few days.
Here are a few of my favourite pics from the day:
(from now on if you want the full photoset just click one of the photos)
Went to the London Mela today with Katie.
Rode on an exciting rollercoaster, had excellent food, and listened to some great music and poetry. Torrential rainfall put an end to the day. I was wrong to suggest an umbrella was a waste of time!
I really like the fact that many cultures have their own, huge, festivals in London throughout the year. Inclusion inclusion inclusion!
So Egg and I set off from Basildon on our mamouth journey to Aragon Tower. The planning amounted to: looking on Google Earth to see how far it was (28 miles) and trying to memorise the route given. We soon realised when stuck in the middle of our first field with no idea which direction to be walking that this was perhaps not the most adequate of preparations.
Yes we had my GPS enabled iPhone which was essential, but the lack of a physical map for those times when GPS would not work was a great hinderance. The time it took to get the phone out of my pocket and then for it to locate us meant we only used it when in real need.
It was a brilliant walk. The one time it decided to rain heavily, we happened across “the best pub in the world” (their words not ours) which also happended to be in “the best village in the world”. Two places we would not have come across had we been using a map.
And that was what we wanted really: a great walk, roughly planned with lots of surprises.
Unfortunately the lack of planning meant we did not complete the journey despite walking the correct distance!
After having walked for 10 and a half hours we were still around half way to Aragon Tower and were being forced to walk in the opposite direction to London due to the frustrating layout of an industrial park.
Lessons to be learnt? If you are going to tackle a SERIOUS endeavour, plan it properly and take a map!
And maybe leave out the pub in favour of a raincoat!
As always the full photoset is available on flickr
Another great day out walking around the rocky shores of the River Eden. Here is the full set
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