Tuesday, August 22, 2006
INTRODUCTION
Capital Ring is a walk around the edges of London, about 4-5 miles out from the centre and mainly along waterways and through park land. Check out the link to the left for more info. We decided to (a) do the walk and (b) blog the whole experience
Most of the blogs we've read on the Capital Ring have made it sound as dull as dishwater (sorry) and honest, we’ve checked!
If you’re looking for a blow by blow account of each section of the walk you’re in the right place. If you’re looking for an account which will send you into a coma and “bigs up” the achievement of us walking each section (plus the usual moans about the weather) best stop reading now and look elsewhere.
Me & Mark are into walking and though we’re strongly committed to finishing the Ring we’re gonna be taking our time – the desire to stop for coffees, cakes, drinks and chat is just too strong and we just can’t help ourselves. This is where you (devoted reader) will come in so useful - we’re desperately sick & tired of checking websites that claim to be the fountain of all knowledge when it comes to recommending must visit bars and cafes and eateries en route (no sites slagged off case people find out where we live! We are on the lookout for must visit places on the walk (not too far of the beaten track mind!). The very last thing we want is to be walking round the deepest parts of Hackney Wick in search of some place we might never find.
So what’s in it for you? Well besides getting us to rave (or diss) your favourite local place we're gonna try and bring the idea to BBC London 94.9 where we’ll be able to openly talk about it to BBC Londoners. Help us out – you know you want the fame! Just make sure the places you recommend are close to the Ring path and that you give us good directions for them. I think it might also be fun to throw the gauntlet down to those people who think they might know some of the truly awfulest places in London (again they definitely have to be close to the Ring walk path). Please tell us what’s so truly awful about them and I promise we will make an effort to go there and rate it on its scale of terribleness (note to reader – we don’t mind awful as long as we’re likely to see the light of day after frequenting the place!
It couldn’t be easier to get your suggestions to us – we’re doing the walk clockwise from Highgate>Hendon. We’re taking the sections bit by bit – we’ll aim to give you some idea when we’re about to complete the next section so here goes….
Capital Ring is a walk around the edges of London, about 4-5 miles out from the centre and mainly along waterways and through park land. Check out the link to the left for more info. We decided to (a) do the walk and (b) blog the whole experience
Most of the blogs we've read on the Capital Ring have made it sound as dull as dishwater (sorry) and honest, we’ve checked!
If you’re looking for a blow by blow account of each section of the walk you’re in the right place. If you’re looking for an account which will send you into a coma and “bigs up” the achievement of us walking each section (plus the usual moans about the weather) best stop reading now and look elsewhere.
Me & Mark are into walking and though we’re strongly committed to finishing the Ring we’re gonna be taking our time – the desire to stop for coffees, cakes, drinks and chat is just too strong and we just can’t help ourselves. This is where you (devoted reader) will come in so useful - we’re desperately sick & tired of checking websites that claim to be the fountain of all knowledge when it comes to recommending must visit bars and cafes and eateries en route (no sites slagged off case people find out where we live! We are on the lookout for must visit places on the walk (not too far of the beaten track mind!). The very last thing we want is to be walking round the deepest parts of Hackney Wick in search of some place we might never find.
So what’s in it for you? Well besides getting us to rave (or diss) your favourite local place we're gonna try and bring the idea to BBC London 94.9 where we’ll be able to openly talk about it to BBC Londoners. Help us out – you know you want the fame! Just make sure the places you recommend are close to the Ring path and that you give us good directions for them. I think it might also be fun to throw the gauntlet down to those people who think they might know some of the truly awfulest places in London (again they definitely have to be close to the Ring walk path). Please tell us what’s so truly awful about them and I promise we will make an effort to go there and rate it on its scale of terribleness (note to reader – we don’t mind awful as long as we’re likely to see the light of day after frequenting the place!
It couldn’t be easier to get your suggestions to us – we’re doing the walk clockwise from Highgate>Hendon. We’re taking the sections bit by bit – we’ll aim to give you some idea when we’re about to complete the next section so here goes….
