Maryon Park Benchwarmers

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=55 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Capital Ring Start"><U><B><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bull"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Trip 9 2009"><U><B><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=425 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> Maryon Park Benchwarmers</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Three Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="85631d50.jpg" border=0 width="817" height="725" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Our first sit down of the Capital Ring was at the entrance to Maryon Park, made famous by the brilliant '60s movie <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup"><U>"Blow Up."</U></A></div> <div> We had visited here eight years ago while walking the Green Chain.  These walks, including our present one, try to follow as</div> <div> many parks and woodlands as possible, minimizing the time spent on city streets.  It works beautifully!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="87e3d300.jpg" border=0 width="829" height="560" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This Tudor extravaganza was built in 1612 for a tutor to King James I's son.  It is now a library.  Note the sunken wall in the </div> <div> foreground (actually called a "ha-ha"), built to separate the house from the park.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="880412b0.jpg" border=0 width="833" height="555" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Deb strides purposefully across Woolwich Common, where we stopped for lunch.  The walk today connects 10 parks, </div> <div> meaning we rarely interacted with traffic and normal sidewalks.  Ahead lies Shooters Hill, the highest point of our walk.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>