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Reading your post yesterday about Joydens Wood and the Bexley borough/Dartford boundary, I wondered whether you had ever thought about circumnavigating the capital. Now I know you have and why you won't be. Maybe beating the bounds of some of the oldest London parishes might be an easier undertaking.
Waterhouse | 08.08.23 - 7:26 a.m. | #
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I'm still trying to walk (or cycle) every road in Dagenham. It's a task that gets longer every few weeks as a new build street opens up.
I'm over halfway now and really should write up progress so far.
In theory it'd doable in a few days, but the time I had off work to really get the job done was the hottest few days of the year so far, when tramping tarmac streets didn't seem like a great idea.
David @DTL | Homepage | 08.08.23 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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I've always thought, when walking described/waymarked routes (London LOOP, Thames Path, Chiltern Way etc) that there's a difference between routes which have to follow something (e.g. a river or an ancient trail or indeed a boundary) and routes which are purely designed to be interesting and visit nice places.
The former tend to be more frustrating, as there's always the nagging feeling that you're not going the most interesting way, but that the route has to follow that route for completeness. Which is what your London boundary walk would have been like, whereas because the London LOOP doesn't rigidly stick to the actual boundary, it's able to take a more interesting route, even diverting outside London if necessary.
Mikey C | 08.08.23 - 8:41 a.m. | #
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A little further out, granted, but I believe Iain Sinclair circumnavigated the capital on foot, keeping close to the M25, in his 2002 book 'London Orbital'.
Alan S | 08.08.23 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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Lots of people have walked round London, including Iain and those who've followed the London Loop or the further-flung London Countryway, but I'm not aware of anyone who's tried walking the boundary.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.08.23 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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Most things look good on paper but the reality often falls short.
I'm at the paper stage of investigating a new group project for the next few years and having mapped out the first year can already see some less than interesting sections. But then you always seem to manage to find something interesting about the most mundane places so I'm still at the hopeful stage.
Unfortunately, the reality won't kick in until after I'm committed.
Cornish Cockney | 08.08.23 - 10:12 a.m. | #
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How much of a completest do you want to be, is someone who's walked along the pavements on both sides of every street in Dagenham more of a completest than someone who's just walked along one pavement.
Once someone had climbed Everest, then it was climbing it on all sides, with or without oxygen, etc. There's something about humans where there is a need to collect things in some form or other.
Still Anon | 08.08.23 - 11:14 a.m. | #
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Walking the boundaries of the green belt might be interesting. London LOOP does some of it but it would be interesting to hear what has been saved. And if you ever want to walk the boundaries of Tooting Graveney parish, I'm your man!
south london lad | 08.08.23 - 12:16 p.m. | #
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You could perhaps find a more relevant/varied inner boundary to walk.. eg Around the city... circle line.. the edge of the congestion zone.. the north/south circular.. the N, NW, E, SE and SW postcodes..... zone 3..
though i'm sure you'll take the superloop in a day so that might cover something similar.
Alistair Twin | 08.08.23 - 1:19 p.m. | #
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I'm curious now how you'd have crossed the Thames to the east - or would the banks have been the start & finish points?
I believe there's supposed to be a shuttle that uses the Dartford/Thurrock crossings to get pedestrians over; maybe you'd have blogged about that and the probable trials of trying to find the correct place to be collected, and the mode of transport!
dg writes: cyclists only.
Penny | 08.08.23 - 2:43 p.m. | #
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Also, before setting out on a massive circumnavigational safari, it's well worth finding out that hardly anyone's interested.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.08.23 - 10:22 p.m. | #
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It is possible to cross the M1 while staying in London and close to the boundary. You need to go through the top side of Broadfields joining a trail starting by Meadfield bus stop then go diagonally through a field to M1 bridge over MML where there is a path that links into Scratchwood. That’ll then take you to Stirling Corner.
Unless it’s summer expect mud. Can share a Garmin activity if you like.
Dee | 13.08.23 - 5:44 p.m. | #
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