tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14585777.post3307238340176205064..comments2023-03-23T12:18:23.506+00:00Comments on Travels around London: Finsbury Park to Hornsey on the new river path.Richard london travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190879672512919421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14585777.post-23024259637178606392008-01-04T09:29:00.000+00:002008-01-04T09:29:00.000+00:00Happier than you sound, I wasn't making a circular...Happier than you sound, I wasn't making a circular walk but following the new river from source to head- and that path goes along Wightman Road, not green Lanes. There were no water birds that I saw and most of the new river is narrow and behind people's houses - that's no reason to close the path.Richard london travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11190879672512919421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14585777.post-29611234816518175112008-01-02T13:05:00.000+00:002008-01-02T13:05:00.000+00:00Richard, what a miserable little treatise. Was the...Richard, what a miserable little treatise. Was the only good thing you saw on this walk really the church? Yes, Wightman Road is a mare and the river isn't cleaned out enough. The section between FP and Wightman is closed because it's narrow and runs directly along the backs of people's houses. But in spite of the downsides, the parts you can access are a haven of peace and you often see water birds - swans, moorhens, geese and ducks are common along the stretch taht you can walk behind Wightman. If you want to avoid the drudgery of Wightman, walk along Green Lanes and get a pint in the wonderful time capsule of the Salisbury pub, then cross the road, walk up Hewitt Road and rejoin the river. Perhaps a pint would cheer you up a bit.<BR/><BR/>Then, if, after emerging by Hornsey station, you follow the road, the other side of the new flats, by the Great Northern Tavern, you come to Alexandra Park. You can then walk through that and come full (if long) circle back to Finsbury Park via Highgate Woods-Queens Wood-Crouch End-Railway Walk or Railway Walk all the way. 90% is off road - one heck of a Green walk for the outer edge of inner London.<BR/><BR/>Cheer up, chill out, get yer head outta yer proverbial and look for the good. Does anyone really wanna read your carping?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com