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Thanks DG, this is the sort of blog posts I think you do so well. Somewhat off the normal tourist path.
Gene

Sad that so little has survived of the Harland and Wolff yard where my boat (yes, they built narrow boats too) was built. I keep meaning to make a pilgrimage, at least to see the gates in Lyle Park.

The boatyard at Woolwich only went relatively recently as well - 10 years ago?

The children's zoo in Maryon Wilson Park is now sadly under threat from Greenwich Council cutbacks: http://charltonchampion.co.uk/2010/12/07/council-cuts-maryon-wilson-animals-under-threat

that bingo hall in Woolwich - you REALLY should go inside. the interior is by Komisarjevsky (like the Tooting Granada). I could send some old pix - but might be a bit on the copyright side

I'm about halfway through walking the entire Ring (and am also walking the Loop) and I have to say this stretch has been one of my favourites so far. Some fantastic views and such a range of historic buildings. I started on the north bank, but by the time I reached Oxleas Wood it was easy to forget I'd begun by crossing the Thames on the ferry, such is the variety of landscapes encountered.

Ah, my teenage stomping ground. Early Sunday morning dips in the Hornfair Park lido - sometimes breaking the ice, using the library in the Inigo Jones designed Charlton House, learning what a ha-ha is from the road across Woolwich Common, and riding my bike, with great difficulty, up Shooters Hill to enjoy Oxleas Woods, especially in bluebell season.

I've always thought how lucky I was to have all that - apart from the cold dips!

Thanks for the memories DG

I was disappointed in having to leave the side of the Thames quite so soon after we had started, but Oxleas Wood Cafe more than made up for it.











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