London Loop, River Darent

<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="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Loop 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="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Church, Old Bexley"><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, River Darent</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Three Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="89b8c5d0.jpg" border=0 width="908" height="605" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Deb takes care of a blister in its early stages, while our path continues along theThames towards the River Darent, which feeds it from</div> <div> the south.  The wind was blowing a small gale.  The tide was still low.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="89392250.jpg" border=0 width="914" height="549" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Following the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Darent" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Daren"><U>River Darent </U></A>at low tide.  Fresh water was still flowing in the stream.  The river flows gently across 21 miles of southeast</div> <div> England, passing towns and villages.  Of course there is a walking trail that follows it all of the way.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="89d92610.jpg" border=0 width="914" height="609" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lunch is being served along the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Cray" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Cray"><U>River Cray</U></A>, which flowed into the Darent at this point.  This was Tuesday, and we had the trail mostly</div> <div> to ourselves.  The wind made us keep jackets on and zipped up, but the actual air temp was quite mild.  Despite passing through some</div> <div> Detroit-style industrial areas and scrap yards, the walk was often pleasant and somewhat remote.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>