London Loop Start

<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="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset, Arlesey"><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="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Loop, River Darent"><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> London Loop Start</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Two Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="85edfcf0.jpg" border=0 width="479" height="719" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tuesday we walked the first segment of the<A HREF="http://www.walklondon.org.uk/route.asp?R=5&submit.x=11&submit.y=8" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.walklondon.org.uk/route.asp?R"><U> London Loop</U></A>, a trail that makes</div> <div> a vast circle around outer London, going way beyond the Capital Ring.  It is </div> <div> 150 miles all the way around!  The walk begins at<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erith_railway_station" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erith_railw"><U> Erith Station</U></A> near the Thames,</div> <div>  about 20 miles southeast of London.  We were in Transport Zone 6, so our </div> <div> Travelcards were still good.  No extra fares applied.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="892442d0.jpg" border=0 width="836" height="557" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Deb points the way to start the London Loop.  We are in Erith, at the very beginning, with the Thames in the background.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>