Cor, I’ve just walked the entire 8 miles from my work place in Central London to my front door!

Route wise, that takes me from Leicester Square, through Soho, past Tottenham Court Road to Kings Cross, Camden, Kentish Town, Tufnell Park Highgate Village and up to Muswell Hill.

Basically I took the TfL suggested route for cyclists which can (hopefully!!!) be viewed on this link :o)

I decided to do it this morning as the sun was shining, I felt that I could do with the additional exercise and thought it would be a useful way to kill time. That said, I didn’t realise that most of the journey was up hills that were as steep as they were (yes I do live on one of the higher points of London… but still!).

Think I will aim to do the walk home once a week, dependant on weather and the kind of day I’ve had at work.

Really enjoyed it though as I got to see parts of London that I never knew existed, or if I did, I’d not actually been through/past them. I think I’ve walked past every friggin’ Royal Mail depot in North London now hehe! The area just south of Highgate Village was to die for – I so want to move there now! Also was amazed to see how well developed the cycle network is around London and how popular it actually is.

I also saw the exterior of the defunct and closed South Kentish Town tube station which is now a branch of Cash Converters it seems hehe. Been wanting to see the actual station for months – it’s one of those buildings that you just know used to be a tube station due to surrounding stations in Camden looking exactly the same.

Only took me two hours, and so I make that a fifteen minute mile – not bad considering I was walking at that speed when I was 16 too – I’m sure age will catch up with me at some point hehe.

Even worse, I’ve just realised that in total I’ve walked around 10-11 miles today… my legs and feet are so not going to be happy with me in the morning, that’s for sure!!

At least I’m home in time for The Apprentice and Desperate Housewives though – that’s the main thing!

Thanks for reading x