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This is going to be a good series, I can tell.
orange | 09.08.18 - 7:06 a.m. | #
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Agreed! Looking forward to these, a couple of crackers so far.
Kevin | 09.08.18 - 7:17 a.m. | #
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This should be fun. The concrete barges may have been dumped as an anti erosion measure. The one observation is that your not going to get a job here if you rely on public transport.
dg writes: Plenty of people were walking across the marshes from Rainham station to their jobs on the Ferry Lane industrial estate. Coldharbour Point, though, petrolheads only.
Still Anon | 09.08.18 - 7:39 a.m. | #
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I enjoyed the Beeline quip.
Petras409 | 09.08.18 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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I spot a silo in the distance and I worked there for a miserable few months back in 2000
Lucy | 09.08.18 - 8:13 a.m. | #
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Excellent post, look forward to more in the coming weeks.
Waterhouse | 09.08.18 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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Any significance in the posting time ? (Also a song by The Who).
dg writes: Yup.
Half a physicist | 09.08.18 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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That footbridge on Coldharbour Lane looks more like a bridge for a pipeline....
dg writes: Updated, thanks.
Southern Heights (Light Railway) | 09.08.18 - 8:45 a.m. | #
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Interesting that you comment on the long distance London view at Wennington. I was on a St Pancras bound Eurostar before sunset the other day and was delighted to see a peachy orange city as we sped by there.
In fact top tip if ever coming back on Eurostar...Sit on the left hand side, facing the engine and you get a lovely sunset in northern France or even sometimes in the UK.
ap | 09.08.18 - 9:04 a.m. | #
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"mostly-uninhabited Canada"
It was only a year or so ago that I noticed my house in south London is further north (just a smidge, admittedly) than anywhere I'd even been in Canada in the 28 years I lived there.
Chz | 09.08.18 - 9:04 a.m. | #
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An interesting start to what promises to be a fascinating project,DG. I look forward to following your progress but not in your footsteps! 😉
Btw,I can't recall-did you carry on with the North Downs way after you reached Otford last year?
Jo W | 09.08.18 - 9:05 a.m. | #
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Re: the remark about "other places at 51½N", Europe is actually very far north, isn't it?
John | 09.08.18 - 9:19 a.m. | #
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Ah a regular running route. Down to Rainham, turn right at Tesco to avoid having to climb the stairs over the railway, pick up the board walk across the marsh, then onto the lovely straight Coldharbour Road, pass the man in the box by the barrier and along the path to the RSPB, fill up water bottle using outside tap and return, sometimes via the car park route. Happy days - no pesky pedestrians or bikes in my way.
Running_Correspondent | 09.08.18 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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Thanks for a fascinating look at hidden London. Flew into London City Airport last week and as we followed the Thames in I was wondering about what lay below.
Jim | 09.08.18 - 9:49 a.m. | #
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Excellent, really good stuff here, pity you don't put OS map extracts in but I'll be following your route on my own. The walk from Rainham station to the Thames is really good although I'd rather have not done it in the heat of the last few months because of the lack of shade.
dg writes: Each of the three placename titles is a link to an OS map.
Sir Biton | 09.08.18 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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in until the end of the 1950s , there was a country bus service 375 which went between Rainham Ferry and Rainham Crossing/station , route 375
david s | 09.08.18 - 10:24 a.m. | #
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I grew up in Haywards Heath. I had no idea there was anything that interesting about it.
Sarah | Homepage | 09.08.18 - 11:44 a.m. | #
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Talk about hidden Londom. I recently visited Erith Riverside and the whole industrial section North East of Belvedere, it's so secluded, I hope we get to see quite a bit of it
Ethan | 09.08.18 - 12:32 p.m. | #
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Another thought provoking post, thanks. I do like the orthogonality of the post: to heck with longitude, let's do latitude.
I've noticed the 0° sign at Sheffield Park Station on the Bluebell Railway. I think it I time for me to walk across the fields from there and stare at 0°0'0''E 51°0'0''N on my phone.
Tunnel Bore | 09.08.18 - 1:05 p.m. | #
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Ah yes, I remember now. I used to take intrepid trips through places no sane person would go to, ooooh, over 20 years ago now. I definitely wouldn't now and am impressed you continue to do so DG. I am quite satisfied to read about your exploits but please do be careful.
B | 09.08.18 - 1:56 p.m. | #
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This is already looking like it should be a good series!
As an aside, yesterday I did a typical DG-esque activity: Riding a London bus route from one end to the other (because why not). The route I chose was the 153, partly because 153 is my favourite number (it's a long story), partly because it's the lowest numbered all-electric route in London (as mentioned in a DG blog post) and partly because of the slightly amusing fact that it runs from Finsbury Park to Finsbury Square, which doesn't sound very far until you realise that Finsbury Park is a couple of miles to the north of the rest of Finsbury!
X-Plaistow | 09.08.18 - 2:47 p.m. | #
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I'm interested to note that the 51.5° parallel passes through Voronezh, a provincial Russian city where I lived for three months as a student in 1986.
Jonathan Wadman | 09.08.18 - 4:20 p.m. | #
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Agreed; it's going to be a great series.
Walked the Rainham/Tilda/riverside route following your post in October '15. It was brilliant!
MikeK | 09.08.18 - 5:03 p.m. | #
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What a coincidence that both the mouth of the Thames and the mouth of the (Bristol) Avon are at 51.5N
timbo again | Homepage | 09.08.18 - 6:07 p.m. | #
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Great post - I always wanted the Random Stations project to land on Erith, which would have included Coldharbour across the water. The reporting doesn't disappoint.
NickW | Homepage | 09.08.18 - 11:17 p.m. | #
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