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Hi DiamondGeezer,Thanks for covering The Ridgeway, the forgotten cousin of the Greenway.
For any your readers interested in finding out more about The Ridgeway, please join our Facebook group for Ridgeway Users
www.facebook.com/groups/RidgewayUsers
Or follow us on Twitter
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Or our meetup group
www.meetup.com/Ridgeway-Users-Group
We are organising a volunteer spring clean up this half-term weekend. All welcome.
Uy Hoang | Homepage | 16.02.17 - 8:22 a.m. | #
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For some reason I read 'bowlsworth' as 'bowelsworth'. Then it turns out...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bowlsworth
John DLC | 16.02.17 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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John DLC, I did the same as you and wondered at DG's choice of word ... but after I thought about it a bit it dawned on me that he was talking about flushing the toilet so it would be a "lavatory-bowls-worth"
must be kind of weird walking along with thousands of gallons of sewage swilling beneath your feet, proof that even the most unattractive and mundane can become a thing of beauty
Caz | 16.02.17 - 9:11 a.m. | #
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Oooh, ooh, are you going to do North Woolwich too, where my boat was built eighty years ago?
Sarah | Homepage | 16.02.17 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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When walking along the Greenway there’s the occasional whiff of what’s flowing beneath your feet. Is it the same on the Ridgeway?
dg writes: I didn't smell anything.
M | 16.02.17 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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Fascinating. The Ridgeway is clearly visible on approach to London City Airport, but until now I had always assumed it was a disused railway line.
A couple of summers ago I walked the Thames Path, East from Woolwich and the old driving range with ponies grazing upon it was an unexpected delight. A shame these have now disappeared.
Michael T | 16.02.17 - 10:38 a.m. | #
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I did like the 'outstandingly ordinary' comment - unfortunately its also a Korean designer fashion brand.
Still anon | 16.02.17 - 1:49 p.m. | #
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... interesting....
In momentary pedant mode, perhaps "a warning that must have been either enacted or heeded" should be supplemented by "... or unnecessary".
Malcolm | 16.02.17 - 5:12 p.m. | #
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You're absolutely right in your assumption about the brambles. The blackberries to be found along certain stretches during the summer are some of the biggest and sweetest you'll find anywhere
RogerW | 16.02.17 - 5:51 p.m. | #
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You always manage to pick lovely clear days for your trips. Assuming you do them at weekends, it must be just my borough that's constantly blanketed under a cloud of murk and despondency!
Cornish Cockney | 16.02.17 - 8:22 p.m. | #
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Brilliant write-up about the Ridgeway, nice to see stuff written about my neck of the woods.
Should just add you do still frequently see ponies grazing on the Ridgeway near Southmere (also next to Southmere itself).
They're not there all the time, but have seen them many times in the last few months.
Ian Wright | Homepage | 17.02.17 - 8:55 a.m. | #
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It looks rather like an abandoned railway. I wouldn't rely too much on the CCTV cameras for safety as they don't always work, and are not always very useful after dark.
Adrian | 17.02.17 - 11:06 a.m. | #
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The horses are associated with the local traveller community which is long-established in this area.
There's actually a sculpture of a Cob (by Andy Scott) on the roundabout where the Bronze Age Way meets Picardy Manorway.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32293736@N04/25136837806
RogerW | 18.02.17 - 10:26 a.m. | #
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Bexley is supposed to be doing up its side of the Ridgeway at some point in the future.
Crowds were watching Woolwich Arsenal matches at the Manor Ground (on Griffin Manor Way) for nothing from the sewer embankment were part of the reason the club moved to north London, apparently.
Darryl | Homepage | 19.02.17 - 1:25 p.m. | #
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DG, thanks for this I walked the length of the Ridgeway today thanks to this post, apart from getting lost a few times towards the sewage works it's very straightforward. Good walk if you like urban decay and industrialist scenes (which I do!). Can confirm that on my walk back from the works to Belvedere station I came across a very friendly group of loose horses in the fields!
It took me about an hour and a half to walk from plumstead to Belvedere via the Ridgeway, including walking round the works, getting a bit lost and petting the horses and ponies.
Chris | 19.02.17 - 6:13 p.m. | #
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Hi DiamondGeezer, just to let you know that Bexley section of the Ridgeway is imminently about to undergo refurbishment
https://www.bexley.gov.uk/news/ridgeway-path-improvements-begin
You are very welcome to revisit the path again in the summer to see the refurbished path for yourself and update your readers.
Best wishes,
Uy
www.facebook.com/groups/RidgewayUsers
Uy Hoang | Homepage | 28.03.17 - 7:58 a.m. | #
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Hi DG,
Just a quick note to let you know that a Wikipedia Page has now been created for the Ridgeway, making reference to your recent blog about the pathway. Here's the link just in case you wish to reference it in the future. Please do feel free to correct any errors or add any additional information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgeway_(London)
Best wishes,
Uy
www.facebook.com/groups/RidgewayUsers
Uy Hoang | Homepage | 08.09.17 - 12:24 p.m. | #
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