March 11: The Capital Ring (2)

I continued the Capital Ring anti-clockwise from Eltham Palace, where I had stopped the other week. The walk led through a succession of pleasant, though largely featureless parks and green spaces, and this area was not built up until the interwar period.

Early highlights included Beckenham Place Palace, now overlooking a municipal golf course, and a forbidding pre-1965 sign warning cyclists and tricyclists they could face a £5 fine for using the footpath.

Crystal Palace Park was the jewel of this part of the walk. The north end is particular fascinating, with the public architecture reminiscent of an English mini-Nuremberg. The whole complex now lies in sad decay.


Today: 12 miles
2006 total: 91 miles