Capital Ring: Section 9 - Greenford to South Kenton

Weather: Warm and sticky, overcast with drizzle to start with.
Playlist: Last-FM Playlist
Decided to start with this leg as the route practically runs past my front door. I'm using the maps and directions from the TfL website as well as the guide book, the latter to have something to read and pretty pictures to look at as the maps and directions from the website seem to be a little easier to follow, although once out on the route the way marking is clea and easy to follow.

This part of the loop is on 'home turf' so to speak and the section up to Sudbury Hill tube station is a regular walk for me. I'll probably walk that part of the Loop along with the part from Greenford Station to home several times over the next year, and many more times when walking to and from work.

Once past the tube station I was into unknown territory. The path known as Piggy Lane from Sudbury Hill to Harrow was a pleasant change from the road walking. Harrow itself was very quiet and as attractive as you would expect, the school buildings especially. I didn't realise how much of Harrow the school and its associated playing fields took up, extraordinary. The leg from Harrow to South Kenton runs mainly beside the playing fields, apart from the crossing of the rather busy Watford Road, just before which is the only stile on the loop. The final section, which runs beside the Northwick Park hospital and golf course was quite overgrown in parts and felt very rural.

Next month I will tackle Section 10.

Walking the Capital Ring

Bilbo Baggins said "It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might be swept off to." This quote has inspired me to walk the Capital Ring a section a month over the next year as the route very nearly goes past my front door. Also it will give me a chance to walk on my own and see parts of London, a city I have lived in and have loved for twenty years, that I have never seen before. The twelve sections of the walk fit nicely into a yea and it will give me a chance to experience the changing seasons as well as unusual parts of the London transport network!

Instead of starting with section 1 I will be starting with section 9 as that is the leg that goes past my front door.