please empty your brain below
You might have to wear red, but £3.20 a pint seems quite good value for London

Ian | 21.10.19 - 7:28 a.m. | #

Glad you enjoyed the sunnyish South West. Our wedding photos were taken on the terrace at the top of Richmond Hill. The trees were midsummer green and the bins were avoided.

RosemaryT | 21.10.19 - 7:52 a.m. | #

I have never walked your journey but have done it there and back on a bicycle when I had a free ticket to Wimbledon tennis, I actually started from Twickenham so a slightly longer route.

Not a fan of autumns fading colours, roll on Spring and new growth.

John | 21.10.19 - 8:49 a.m. | #

Thanks for taking the walk on my behalf, but I spent an enjoyable afternoon at Apple Day at Stonebridge Lock on the Lea near Tottenham.

Caz | 21.10.19 - 9:05 a.m. | #

Wimbledon Parkside is the home of two buildings of religious importance for the United Kingdom,
Number 54 is the Apostolic Nunciate of the Holy See, the Papal Embassy in the country and until the move of the US Embassy the only embassy south of the Thames.
More interesting for the weekend walker is the magnificent Wat or Thai Bhuddist Temple in Calonne Road. It welcomes visitors and on Sunday especially it is teeming with Thai nationals and their families, providing food and entertainment as well as Thai language lessons and religious instruction

Kenneth Morton | 21.10.19 - 9:14 a.m. | #

I was in Cannizaro Park yesterday with requisite small child (no dog). My wife commented that the finches almost looked spray painted.

Geo_rich | 21.10.19 - 9:25 a.m. | #

I actually walked from Surbiton to Wimbledon yesterday!

Muzer | 21.10.19 - 9:52 a.m. | #

"Always walk that little bit further, it pays dividends" - DG, that should be the subtitle of this blog.

andy c | 21.10.19 - 9:56 a.m. | #

I can recommend the Beverley Brook Walk. Have you already covered it in your Unlost Rivers series?

dg writes: Yes.

Jonathan Wadman | 21.10.19 - 9:58 a.m. | #

I spent my wedding night in the Cannizaro hotel. It was in November, and when we went there the skies were clear. When we woke up there was a foot of snow, and children playing everywhere in the gardens.

Ken | 21.10.19 - 10:00 a.m. | #

Ugh, unrestrained dogs. I had an unwelcome greeting from a friendly pug-type dog on part of the Capital Ring, that left muddy paw prints all over the front of my jeans. "Sorry" called the owners in that 'well,if you walk in the woods you should expect this sort of thing' indifference in their voice.

It wasn't until I sat down in a pub
10 minutes later, I noticed on closer inspection, the paw prints weren't muddy - but something much worse. Nice.

Cornish Cockney | 21.10.19 - 10:42 a.m. | #

I'm sure those two towers are the new ones in Woking. You can also see them from Epsom Downs. Someohow they looks less impressive when you are in Woking.

Ian Brooker | 21.10.19 - 11:26 a.m. | #

I like the comment about Enid Blyton. As a child I loved her Enchanted Wood series of books. In fact I believe a film version is on the cards.

Rob Healy | Homepage | 21.10.19 - 12:07 p.m. | #

Wot - no Caesar's Camp?!!

A stonkingly pleasant walk. An appointment takes me to those parts at the weekend. Looking forward to perhaps hitting peak colour, or possibly not.

NickW | Homepage | 21.10.19 - 2:27 p.m. | #

I had a surprisingly similar walk elsewhere in London...photo subtitles could have been used on my set and no one would have been the wiser!

B | 21.10.19 - 3:05 p.m. | #

FENTON!

quin | 21.10.19 - 3:50 p.m. | #

The mighty Wimbledon FC's 1988 FA Cup winning team famously spent the night before the final at the Cannizaro Park Hotel. I harbour a belief that the Gouldian finches are actually named after Bobby Gould rather than some obscure ornithologist's wife.

Arlo | 21.10.19 - 5:03 p.m. | #

I was wandering around Osbourne House on Isle of Wight. Nice pad QV had, especially the golden drawing room, but I especially liked the Swiss Cottage, and the fort playground. Lucky kids!

scrumpy | 21.10.19 - 5:38 p.m. | #

Haile Selassie stayed at Parkside on Wimbledon Common when first arriving in UK to seek refuge, and there is a bust of him in Cannizaro Park to remember this.

James | 21.10.19 - 7:21 p.m. | #

I visited Bushey Park a week or so ago, and got a lovely view of a stag enjoying a mud bath

Mikey C | 21.10.19 - 11:05 p.m. | #











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