According to Google maps, this was an 11 mile (17.5km) walk - a lot further than I've been in a while!
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| DSC_2029.jpg Angel, Islington | DSC_2030.jpg Angel was the first stop on the Great North Rd | DSC_2031.jpg By Angel tube | DSC_2032.jpg Looking north to Islington on the Great North Rd |
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| DSC_2034.jpg The dome is on the former location of the 17thC Angel Inn | DSC_2036.jpg The current Angel next door is pretty disappointing | ||
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| DSC_2037.jpg Memorial to Thomas Paine at Angel | DSC_2038.jpg Shopping center at Angel | DSC_2039.jpg Old pub in Islington | DSC_2040.jpg Town Hall, Socialist Republic of Islington |
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| DSC_2041.jpg This is where New Labour gestated | DSC_2042.jpg I like the idea of a pub called the library | DSC_2043.jpg Church in Islington | DSC_2044.jpg Highbury Stn, further up Great N Rd |
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| DSC_2045.jpg Holloway Rd, the next stop | DSC_2048.jpg Sign at Nag's Head. I love the English road signs with directions simply to "The North" | ||
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| DSC_2049.jpg Looking back on the road | DSC_2050.jpg GNR at Nag's Head | DSC_2051.jpg Looking back S towards Islington from Archway | DSC_2052.jpg Base of Archway tower |
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| DSC_2053.jpg Pub at Archway | DSC_2054.jpg Archway area | DSC_2055.jpg Archway tube | DSC_2056.jpg Archway tube |
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| DSC_2057.jpg Archway area | DSC_2058.jpg Archway | DSC_2059.jpg Hospital at Archway | DSC_2060.jpg |
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| DSC_2064.jpg Pub next to the Whittington Stone | |||
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| DSC_2065.jpg Whittington Stone | DSC_2066.jpg Whittington Stone | DSC_2067.jpg ... with cat | DSC_2068.jpg Bridge over the GNR at Archway |
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| DSC_2069.jpg View of Great North Rd approaching London, from Archway | DSC_2070.jpg | DSC_2071.jpg | DSC_2072.jpg |
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| DSC_2073.jpg High bridge over GNR at Archway | DSC_2074.jpg Heading up Highgate Hill | DSC_2075.jpg The Gatehouse at the top of Highgate Hill | DSC_2076.jpg Church at top of Highgate Hill |
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| DSC_2077.jpg North Road at the top of Highgate Hill | DSC_2078.jpg Starting off downhill to the north | DSC_2079.jpg Park on Highgate Hill | DSC_2080.jpg |
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| DSC_2081.jpg Heading back down Swain's Lane to Highgate Cemetery | DSC_2082.jpg So long, and thanks for all the fish. | DSC_2083.jpg I added my own memorial pen. | DSC_2084.jpg Highgate Cemetery (the eastern part) |
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| DSC_2085.jpg George Eliot | DSC_2086.jpg The more famous grave | DSC_2087.jpg Marx memorial detail | DSC_2088.jpg Marx memorial detail |
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| DSC_2089.jpg Highgate | DSC_2090.jpg Opposite Marx, the grave of philosopher Herbert Spencer | DSC_2091.jpg JCM and Karl | DSC_2092.jpg Douglas Adams' grave in context |
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| DSC_2093.jpg Entrance to west cemetery | DSC_2094.jpg Entrance to west cemetery | DSC_2095.jpg Base of Swain's lane | DSC_2096.jpg View of central London from Parliament Hill |
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| DSC_2097.jpg Parliament Hill panorama, part 1 | DSC_2098.jpg Canary Wharf skyscrapers from Parliament Hill | DSC_2099.jpg Canary Wharf to the City, with Nat West Tower and the Gherkin | DSC_2100.jpg The City and St Paul's |
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| DSC_2101.jpg St Paul's to the Eye via St Pancras | DSC_2102.jpg Euston and the Telecom Tower | DSC_2103.jpg Battersea Power Station | DSC_2104.jpg Belsize Park and Hampstead |
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| DSC_2105.jpg More city views from Parliament Hill | DSC_2106.jpg | DSC_2107.jpg | DSC_2108.jpg |
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| DSC_2109.jpg | DSC_2110.jpg Looking the other dir, to Highgate | DSC_2111.jpg Highgate Hill | DSC_2112.jpg Hey, I just walked over from that TV tower! |
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| DSC_2113.jpg Now I walked to the very top of Parliament Hill | DSC_2114.jpg .. so we start over again with the city views from that spot | DSC_2115.jpg | DSC_2116.jpg |
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| DSC_2117.jpg | DSC_2118.jpg A nicer shot of the City and St Paul's | DSC_2119.jpg and back again towards Highgate | DSC_2120.jpg Onward towards Hampstead |
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| DSC_2121.jpg Bathing lake on Hampstead Heath | DSC_2122.jpg A nice day for swimming. I did not partake. | DSC_2123.jpg | DSC_2124.jpg |
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| DSC_2125.jpg Uphill again towards Hampstead | DSC_2126.jpg Looking back at the pool | DSC_2127.jpg and a distant view of the city | DSC_2128.jpg |
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| DSC_2129.jpg | DSC_2130.jpg Civilization must be around here somewhere... | ||
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| DSC_2133.jpg The home of the r statistic | DSC_2134.jpg Pearson's house | DSC_2135.jpg View from Hampstead | DSC_2136.jpg Hampstead, the Mount |
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| DSC_2137.jpg Street high up in Hampstead | DSC_2138.jpg Looking down towards the high st | DSC_2139.jpg Hampstead tube | DSC_2140.jpg Heath St, and tube station |
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| DSC_2141.jpg Looking up Heath St | DSC_2142.jpg Further down the hill (after a stop for tea) | DSC_2143.jpg Belsize Park | DSC_2144.jpg Shops at Belsize Park |
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| DSC_2145.jpg Belsize Park | DSC_2146.jpg Yet further downward | DSC_2147.jpg | DSC_2148.jpg Church at the base of the hill |
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| DSC_2149.jpg Kebabs and fish'n'chips - trad Britfood, away from swanky Hampstead | DSC_2150.jpg Chalk Farm station | DSC_2151.jpg Stables market at Chalk Farm | DSC_2152.jpg Approaching Camden |
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| DSC_2153.jpg Entrance to Stables market | DSC_2154.jpg Inside Stables market | DSC_2155.jpg | DSC_2156.jpg Lots of yummy looking food |
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| DSC_2157.jpg | DSC_2158.jpg | DSC_2159.jpg Deeper in the market | DSC_2160.jpg |
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| DSC_2161.jpg Camden patriotism? | DSC_2162.jpg Camden Lock Market | DSC_2163.jpg Camden Lock | DSC_2164.jpg Camden Lock |
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| DSC_2165.jpg Camden Town | DSC_2166.jpg Camden Town | DSC_2167.jpg Back at Mornington Crescent, I win again | |
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| DSC_2001.jpg Mornington Crescent | DSC_2002.jpg Plaque for Willie Rushton |