The Capital Ring Walk consists of fifteen segments that completely encircle London. The total distance is about 125 km, with each segment consisting of from 7 or 8 km to 15 km or so, easily manageable in two or three hours. The start and finish of the segments coincide with Underground or rail stations. Maps and guides for each segment are available here.

We will organise this as a group, walking every two or three Sundays, weather permitting, with an 11 AM start, and either conclude with a lunch somewhere at the end of the walk, or stop along the way. Perhaps in the warmer months we can plan on a picnic.

We will not walk in the rain, or if there is a strong likelihood of rain or similar foul weather.

Participants are encouraged to make comments and post photographs. If a walk is to be postponed because of bad weather, this will be announced on the blog a few hours before the start.

27 February 2012

More photos of the first walk









These photos were taken by Sandra Schulberg on yesterday’s walk.
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18 February 2012

The first walk: 26 February from Hendon Central to Highgate


We did the first walk, from Hendon Central underground station to Highgate, on a gorgeous February day. It was about 11 or 12 degrees with the sun shining. A great beginning. The group consisted of Penelope Soteriou, Nadia Bernaz, Sandra Schulberg (who is visiting from New York City) and myself.
From Hendon Central we walked to Hendon Park, to the path itself. This is where we will finish, 15 Sunday afternoons from now.
Sandra, Penelope and Nadia under the waymark where we met the path, in Hendon Park
While in Hendon Park, we met a man who was setting up an elaborate amateur radio antenna. He is an inventor, trying to develop a better, lightweight antenna.
Our inventor friend, explaining how his antenna works.
Sign at the exit from Hendon Park.
We left the Park and headed towards the North Circular Road. There is a short stretch on the footpath beside the busy road (said to be the noisiest road in the UK), and then we left the road into Brent Park. The path follows the River Brent, and then a succession of other little brooks and rivers until it reaches the northern part of the Hampstead Garden Suburb.
Two male mallards chasing a female. There was a lot of this sort of thing going on in the River Brent. Something to do with spring, it seems.
Pit stop at the Chestnut café, in the Marketplace.
We continued through the parks that line the Garden Suburb. There were many lovely displays of crocuses and a few daffodils, although it is still a bit early for them.
Patch of crocuses.
The path continues through the Lyttelton Playing Fields. The parks end for a little while, and it passes through a lovely residential neighbourhood near East Finchley tube station. From East Finchley it is back to the parks: Cherry Tree Wood and Highgate Wood.
Metal gates at the entrance to Highgate Wood.
The parks are remnants of the ancient Forest of Middlesex. The walking was quite strenuous in parts, and a lot of climbing to get to the official end of this segment of the path, at Highgate underground station. All told, it was 5.5 miles. It took us nearly three hours, including a nice stop for coffee and cake.
Windowshopping in Highgate village.
We finished the afternoon with a leisurely lunch in Highgate village.
Please join us for the next walk, on March 18. We pick up where we left off, at Highgate underground station, at 11 AM.
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