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Good decision. If you were to actually write about this I think you might as well well do a boundary walk around London. But that would mean a lot of road walking. This would include whole stretches where one has to walk along a road just to keep deviating to traverse a short distance along a path or other road joining the road you are walking along.
Not only dull but, although the individual risk for each crossing is low, the cumulative amount of roadwalking probably becomes a significant risk. dg writes: already discounted. |
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It had occurred to me that I've crossed the M25 an awful lot of time, whether on foot, train, bus or car. Then looking at the map I realised how many more crossings there were to go and didn't pursue deliberately going after them!
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It is also interesting (I think) to speculate exactly where across the width of M25+A282 the actual boundary runs. Or whether that is even defined, or indeed whether it actually matters. If it is midway between the two carriageways, then many slip roads cross it, which can only be legally used by a motor vehicle.
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Unsurprisingly, Malcolm, the Greater London boundary is accurately defined. Through Enfield the boundary follows the outer verges of the M25, not the middle of the carriageway.
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Could we have a Meta Post where DG talks about how many times he’s mused or written the phrase “So I wondered, how many times…” and list them all?
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I'd be interested in a focus on the most different (nearly unique if unique wasn't an absolute). What's the newest and oldest way out from each border borough?
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The bits to the north of Chingford plain would be interesting, and squelchy, as what is a path within the Forest?
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The London Borough with most/least entrance and exit points from Greater London by road and/or public right of way could be something to explore.
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...it all depends how you count them.
What is an exit anyway? But the borough with the fewest is Richmond, with maybe not even ten. |
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There is an informal footpath beneath the M25 linking Rammey Marsh open space with New Ford Road. It follows the Small River Lea. Many dog walkers living on the Holdbrook Estate regularly use this path. They do so as Rammey Marsh is their nearest open space. Attempts made by The Enfield Society, to Enfield Council, to get this path recognised as a Public Right of Way have been unsuccessful even though the Lea Valley Regional Park and Herts County Council are supportive
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The Waymarked Trails website might give a more manageable list of boundary crossing walks. I was on the Darent Valley Trail from Sutton at Hone to Dartford this week and inside the M25 it's a weather proof delight. Even outside the fields were dry.
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