Back in the early December last year (2015) I decided to walk a bit through London, so I started from Leytonstone, went to Piccadilly Circus and then came back at the starting point. The distance was about 40 km (25 miles) and it took me 7 hours to cover it (average speed 5.8 km/h), but I feel that this is kind of limit for me and if I want to be comfortable and walk more hours I'll have to drop the walking speed to something like 5km/h (3.1m/h), which while far from what the athletes do its not really bad for a starter. On the bright side I didn't have any signs of tiredness or muscle fevers in the next days and this is when I decided to start preparing physically myself for long distance walks.
While walking I managed to snap few photos with my phone, which may be mildly interesting for people from other countries :).
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| Something interesting - "Public Baths", only I am not really sure its still operational |
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| Parakeets (possibly Psittacula krameri) in Victoria Park. Even these fluffy balls of tropical colours look drab in London in this time of the year |
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| Idyllic view of channel in London |
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| Mildly interesting mix of modern and not so modern buldings |
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| Kind of typical for London indie cafe. I like these very much, generally the ambient and the people are really nice. |
Nearly forgot to mention it, my Vibram shoes. I decided if the weather is bad to do my walks with them and so far I find them exceptionally comfortable. I think I made by now something like few hundred km in this particular pair and it doesn't show any signs of wear and tier yet.
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| Wearing my vibram shoes. |
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