Walking the London Outer Orbital Path from Elstree & Borehamwood station to Cockfosters – Section 16 – on 3 November 2019. Another okay but not especially exciting section of the route, with a diversion off-route to the memorial to the Battle of Barnet. The section running alongside, under, then back alongside the very busy A1 main road is really not great at all.
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LOOP footpath 10 – Hatch End to Borehamwood
Walking the London Outer Orbital Path from Hatch End to Borehamwood – Section 15 – on 27 October 2019. An okay but not especially exciting section of the route. Guides to the path talk up passing Bentley Priory, but you can barely see it behind the fence. The leg under the motorway then alongside a road is not great.
Autumn is now very much here, with the path being a bit muddy in places.
LOOP footpath 9 – Uxbridge to Hatch End
Walking the London Outer Orbital Path from Uxbridge to Hatch End on 7 July 2019. Sections 12, 13 and 14 are each relatively short and so can be done in one long-ish day. These sections start by more or less following the canal, then turn off through some countryside and into the woods and through a golf course. The Rose & Crown is a nice pub in Hertfordshire, and there was old US military lorry in a field, a fox on the path and then some horses as Wembley stadium and London came into view.
LOOP footpath 8 – Hayes to Uxbridge
Walking the London Outer Orbital Path from Hayes to Uxbridge – section 11 – on 6 June 2019. A canal, a diversion through a golf course, more canal, a river and back to the canal.
LOOP footpath 7 – Kingston to Hayes
Walking the London Outer Orbital Path from Kingston to Hayes – sections 9 and 10 – on 25 May 2019. Bushy Park is very nice. The environs of Heathrow airport… less so.