Thames Walk: Putney to Richmond
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- Tagged: putney, richmond, thames, winter
A short circular walk at Goathland (aka Aidensfield), from the Mallyan Spout hotel out to the railway, and back. Mostly on the roads, but the short moorland section very wet underfoot. Returned to Mallyan Spout for a pint of Black Sheep to round off the walk.
Al & Gini took part in the Ottawa City Chase, an around city scavenger hunt with all sorts of challenging activities at checkpoints. All too active for us, so we occupied ourselves for the day in Ottawa. After a bit of a trip round the shops we got itchy feet and decided to go exploring, […]
Whilst visiting our friends Al & Gini in Canada, we discovered the existence of the Rideau Trail: a long distance trail from Kingston to Ottawa. The trail is 300km in length and was created in the early 1970’s. I find the story of its creation quite interesting, especially the enthusiasm of the student volunteers turning […]