London River Walk Seemed Like A Good Idea Part 2

I was ready to begin the so called rural London river walk. It had been a fucking journey and a half to get to Kew Bridge. But never the less I had finally made it to the start point. Only 90 minutes later than I had anticipated.

The walk got off to a great start. I had only walked about 50 metres when I noticed a couple of low life scum bags sitting on the verge of the river, giving me the evil eye. I did what I always do and gave them the evil eye back. I walked past the younger one who had looked away and the older one then asked me for a cigarette, “No” and off I went.

As I later read the start of the walk at Kew Bridge is called Strand-on-the-Green, an ever popular place for a Sunday stroll. It was nothing spectacular, a reasonable place with a scenic view of the River Thames, a couple of pubs, a few old drunks drinking some cheap cider and plenty of people talking about getting out the box (most of them wouldn’t know where to begin) and an assortment of other rich twats.

I thought if this is as good as this so called Rural River Thames Walk gets, I would have been better of wandering around the local Park, with the wannabe Gangsters smoking weed, as there Staffie takes them for a walk.

In all fairness the walk was slightly better than the local park. However I was looking for my version of rural, which is I suppose a million years away from what I was getting on this walk. If walking past fancy houses and Aston Martins is your sort of thing, this is the walk for you.

Another aspect of this walk, which I didn’t like, was that more often than not, the walk along the river would end and you would have to walk through a residential area for bit before you got back onto it. Also having to dodge cars, wasn’t fun as I walked down a rough road between Chiswick Boathouse and Duke Meadow golf club.

As I passed the golf course I was really starting to get bored of this walk along the River Thames. I stopped at a seat and got some fuel in me courtesy of my energy drink and mars bars. If only I could have seen the river from my seat, that would have chilled me out a bit. But alas the bushes and weeds at the river bank were so high that they were blocking my view.

As I walked through Chiswick I realised that I would never make it to my intended finishing point of Albert Bridge in Chelsea. I wasn’t enjoying the walk and it would be dark before I finished. Chiswick was fairly scenic, picturesque and it had a sort of rustic feel to it.

I decided at this point that I would end my journey at Hammersmith. There was of course a good reason for finishing in Hammersmith and that was a historic pub called, The Dove, which I have been meaning to visit for some time.

It sure was a heart warming sight when I seen Hammersmith Bridge in the distance. My journey was coming to an end and it sure had been a long afternoon. I had started out thinking I was going to experience a rural River Thames walk. I maybe experienced a river walk, but it sure as heck wasn’t a rural river walk. Maybe in comparison to central London it was.

I don’t think the word rural should be used to describe this part of The Thames Path, from Kew Bridge on the South Bank of the River. I would change it to River Thames Walk .

After a few pints in The Dove, I came out to the most beautiful and inspiring part of the days journey and that was watching the sunset. Now that was a sight I wont complain about. In fact my visit to The Dove and watching the sunset made the day all worthwhile.

London River Walk Seemed Like A Good Idea Part 1

 

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