The London Loop.

[Realfoodieclub]

Has anyone ever done part, or all of this, I am thinking it might be a good one to section into bite size bits for MrRfc and I to do on our days off together. I was reading about it in a running magazine ( we would be walking), and I got the impression it is part off road and part pavement but well signposted. If anyone has done any of it I would be really interested to hear what you thought of it.

Rfc x

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[HOBIEONE]

Good luck & well done for being positive !

[Realfoodieclub in reply to HOBIEONE]

Thank you. Rfc x

[Effr]

hello Realfoodieclub. I've walked the whole of the London loop -took me a long time as we just did a section every few months. in each section there is a bit of pavement but nearly all of them are mainly off road and some are very isolated. occasionally I was nervous as you can walk for a long time without meeting anyone else which can be rather disquieting in the woodland walks. For nearly all of them you feel you are miles away from London though actually usually only minutes away from major roads and railway lines. It is so surprising to find such quiet areas within the Oyster card zone. I don't think it is very well signposted but that is often because people have vandalised the signs, or naughtily turned them in the opposite direction, or else they have become overgrown and hidden. We lost our way nearly every time but always managed to get back on track in the end. We always said that next time we'd take a compass but then next time always forgot. I think this must have been before compasses were in the operating system of phones or else we hadn't got round to noticing that our phone could tell us which way we were facing. From memory the longest walk is about 14 miles and the shortest about 7, with one train station at the beginning and another at the end but most of them are planned so they pass intermediate transport links if you don't want to do the whole walk in one go. I would buy the book not rely on the signs but I think you may be able to download parts of the book free. We really enjoyed it and are currently thinking of doing it again in the reverse direction. I definitely recommend it if you are interested. Hope this is useful info!

[Realfoodieclub in reply to Effr]

Thank you so much for such a detailed reply. I will look for a book as that seems a great idea. If I can get a GPX file I can put in on my phone in View Ranger, we often do that for off road walks and a quick check with gps tells us if we are off course. I think it will take a long while for us to complete as days off together with any length of time are few and far between in the summer, (Bowls season, which is MrRfc’s passion). I like the idea of ticking off the walks and we have been looking for off road walks, sometimes you just don’t realise what is on your doorstep. Oyster cards make such a difference for getting around as well. Rfc x