This weekend we did 2 urban walks. The walks are the highlights of my weeks.
Saturday – Crystal palace to Streatham common
Crystal palace is very “family-oriented” which means a lot of miserable 30+ with strollers and sitting on the benches around kids’ playgrounds (I think we passed 3 of them).
The streets are not very interesting architecturally, but we spotted some cats and Rockery is a pretty garden within Streatham woods.
We didn’t walk up to the official end at Streatham common, but took a bus from Rockery to Tooting bec. There we had a tasty lunch in The green monkey.
Sunday – Capital ring walk section 5 Streatham common to Wimbledon-park
There are two train stations – Streatham and Streatham common. According to co-author measurements, getting from one to another takes less than two minutes of very slow riding. And our train stopped at both of these stations.
The walk is very urban or rather suburban, the same as previous one. But I liked it. The architecture of English row houses varies a lot in this part of London. How much do these houses cost? Millions, literary. Or, rather, the older the house, the more expensive it is. Edwardian period houses are all above a million. Mid 20th century small boxes can cost “as little” as 700k.
None of them represents a good choice to live in, in my opinion.
We didn’t go until the official end of walk at Wimbeldon part station (it’s hard to get home from there). Instead, we called it a day at Earlsfield station. We had a lovely brunch at Bean&Hop before going home.
