Get outta town

We spent a night in the big city and that was enough for us. After breakfast we set off into the heart of London. We went out through Mile End, Hackney and Islington.

Then Camden town and it's famous market.





Then Regents park with it's grand houses



and london Zoo


I was hoping for Lions and Tigers or even monkey or two, alas no just some rather dull black and white birds and the African hunting dog pound and they were hiding.

Then past Paddington, Wormwood scrubs skirted Wembley and Northholt. Passing Southall and heading for Uxbridge to get us as far away from the city as we could. Stopping briefly for supplies, we decided to press on and find somewhere green. Which we found near Denham.

Today we teamed up with a boat we met in Limehouse basin. They were waiting for an incoming tide as we arrived on the ebb tide. Each of us going the opposite way around London.

We made good progress but it was a very workman like day, nothing of real interest just covering the ground has got us out of the M25 ring and just south of Hemel Hempstead. Tomorrow we keep heading north and hopefully the summit pound.