Church, Old Bexley

<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="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Loop, River Darent"><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="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The London HalfPints"><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> Church, Old Bexley</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Three Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="8c421330.jpg" border=0 width="545" height="819" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The final part of our segment of the London Loop led us along the edge of Church Wood</div> <div>  and into old <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Cray" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Cray"><U>Bexley.</U></A>  We could see the church spire for some distance as we </div> <div> approached the village, now part of Greater London.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="860eee50.jpg" border=0 width="494" height="741" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> St. Marys, Bexley.  The octagonal cap on the pyramidal tower adds</div> <div> a degree of interest to this very old building.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="89f754e0.jpg" border=0 width="885" height="590" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bexley Village was our final destination for today.  After finishing our long walk from Erith, we found a lovely pub and settled in to rest </div> <div> our weary bones and quench our powerful thirsts.  It was St. Patrick's Day, and most pubs were decked out accordingly.  These</div> <div> homes are on the High Street approaching the train station, from where we would soon be on our way to Greenwich.  From there </div> <div> we would continue on to Caroline's for champagne and a lovely home-cooked vegan dinner.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>