I completed my first walk today – 6 miles down, only 72 to go. I am going to keep these blogs short (always a problem for me…) but I just don’t want to bore all of you to death! You want to know more, come join me for a day and we can talk.
I took the DRL through East London and started at Woolwich Arsenal. I loved today! I learned so much London history – all about the old arsenal where guns were stored (there is a museum for those of you that like this sort of thing), the Thames Barrier – a fantastic feat of engineering that literally stops the water going up river, to keep London from flooding – should be useful for us as global warming bites and an inspiration for our American friends, after Sandy.
It was a lovely sunny day so I really enjoyed walking by the river, then through woodland and across Woolwich Common – a ‘fresh’ day, as my English friends would call it.
Highlight of the day – discovering London based sculptor Margaret Higginson’s gem in the Amnesty Peace garden of Charlton House (see image). This dignified and triumphant lady is called Portage – Representing Women’s Burden Overcome. A good omen, I feel, for this walk to raise funds for the Gambian children of Ceesay Nursery and Primary School.
Ceesay Nursery School 