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.