Walking Regent's Canal (4th day)

Since I walked for long time everyday and was very tired, I was going to rest myself today without hard walking. But I was not able to spend all day without doing anything in the hotel. I decided to walk along Regent's Canal and, after that, be in the British Museum in the afternoon.

Earl's Court Station

Paddington

I took the 74 line bus to Earl's Court Station and transferred to an underground train to Paddington. After that, I walked north for ten minutes and arrived at Little Venice easily. I thought Regent's Canal walk started then. It would take 30 minutes to Regent's Park.

Little Venice

Paddington Branch

I continued to walk along the canal. I took a lot of pictures. I often checked my position by google map and a GPS. Everything was going well.

Paddington Branch






Paddington Branch

I've walked for a long time, but I haven't arrived at Regent's Park yet. I've walked for an hour. I checked my position by google map and a GPS again. The opposite shore was a huge cemetery and a railway ran close to the path of my side. I should have walked the north side of the canal to the east. But google map showed me that the north side was a cemetery and no path on the shore. I frequently checked my position, but I deluded myself and I came to the opposite direction for an hour. If I had been in the mountain, I would have died for sure. Belief is mightier than a GPS.

I knew later that the west part of the canal from Little Venice is called the Paddington Branch, not Regent's Canal.

I went back a little and found buses in front of Sainsbury's. But I didn't know which bus I should ride. So I decided to walk to the nearest underground station. I got on a underground train from Ladbroke Grove to go to Royal Oak and went back to Little Venice again.

I should have crossed a bridge once and turn right to the Regent's Park. But I had to walk on the road a little while because a part of the canal run underground from Little Venice to Regent's Park. As a result, I was able to enjoy the beautiful scenery while walking the wrong canal.

Regent's Canal


Regent's Canal
I could walk to London Zoo and Camden market, but I went into Regent's Park to find a toilet. It was very hot today, too. I had a chicken wrap and cafe latte for late lunch at a cafe in the center of the park. I've already been exhausted. The south part of Regent's Park was crowded, and the Broadwalk in the park was too long to Marylebone Road.

the Regent's Park

the Broadwalk

I took the 18 line bus to Euston Square, and crossed the road to the south side through a tunnel. I walked to UCL, Tavistock Square Gardens, SOAS, Russell Square and the British Museum. I was going to be here around noon and relax in the museum, but it was already 2:30 p.m. I was exhausted and sat on a bench in an absent sort of way in the lobby for a while. I decided to see only ancient Egypt and Greece exhibits for the time being at least. There were a lot of visitors and many people seemed to be foreign tourists.

UCL(University College London)

Gower Street

Virginia Woolf Bust in Tavistock Square Gardens

SOAS

Russell Square

The British Museum

in the Lobby

Rosetta Stone

Socrates

Holborn

In the evening, I returned to South Kensington from Holborn, and had dinner alone at the same pub as yesterday.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Writing English

Image
Four months have passed since I started this blog. At first, I wondered if I was able to write correct English. I managed to write all posts in English, but my English hasn't improved yet. The usages of articles and prepositions of English are particularly difficult for many Japanese, which, in many cases, come from Japanese language structure. This picture was taken by my younger daughter in Shanghai. Although this Japanese is a little funny, this might be better than my English. Writing English is frustrating for me. On the other hand, I feel, in a sense, an indefinable freedom as if I was liberated from Japanese language and culture that I grew up in for a long time when I write my blog in English.
Read more

Flowers at Dusk

Image
They say, in Japan, that cherry blossoms, the sakura, is the symbol of the joyful moment and the transience, which is associated with Buddhistic influence. The flowers in full bloom come suddenly and fall soon. It is epitomized as " mono no aware ". Cherry blossoms also can be the symbol of sadness. Ichiyo Higuchi depicted the saddest scene with falling flowers in her first novella, 'Flowers at Dusk' . Flowers at Dusk (Yamizakura) by Ichiyo Higuchi, 1892. Ryonosuke is 22 years old and Chiyo is 16 years old. They grew up together as childhood friends. At dusk on the Day of the Martial Guardian in February, they go out to enjoy browsing at community events. Chiyo clings to Ryonosuke's arm as they stroll along. And then her girlfriends see them and tease, "You two certainly look friendly! What are you up to?" Since this happened, Chiyo has become aware of yearning for him. However, Ryonosuke hasn't noticed her love. Chiyo gets sick. She s
Read more

The Shadow of the Wind

Image
“The Shadow of the Wind” is a novel by a Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The original version was written in Spanish. This book was published in 2001, and has been translated into more than forty languages, has been published in more than fifty countries and has sold over 12 million copies worldwide (by the author's website). I read the English version of this book. In 1945, in Barcelona under the Franco regime remaining wounds of the Spanish Civil War, a ten-year-old Daniel Sempere was taken to the secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books by his father. At the place Daniel was interested in a book, “The Shadow of the Wind”, and the author Julian Carax. He read soon the book and was impressed strongly. Daniel meets Clara who is blind and twenty-one-year-old beautiful woman and know the works of Julian very much, takes a romantic interest in her. One evening, he meets a faceless man, Lain Courbert, in the dark who is a devil in “The Shadow of the Wind”. The strange man asks Danie
Read more