Everything London

Yes, this is still London. Pic Credit Hina Pandya 2016©️ When I had a rather hectic time at work my friend suggested I take a hike. Literally. Now, I love hiking, so it wasn't hard to say yes. But I couldn't really travel far to the hills of the Brecon Beacons in Wales or to the beautiful Ben Nevis in Scotland. I live in London, a city, buildings not greenery... or so I thought. I was wrong . Apparently the London Loop which has long been in existence is signposted and has trails you'd never know existed. Secret alcoves with nesting birds, Pic credit Hina Pandya 2016 ©️ Straight off the tube we hiked 10 miles through trails of trees, besides waterways of the Grand Union canal, down across field of cows, through corn fields- yes I said corn fields, across deep forest where we were quiet enough- and slow enough- it was uphill to see wild deer, and all in London. The instructions to find the paths can sometimes be very obscure like "find a...

You've heard the nursery rhyme, "London's burning, London's Burning.. fetch the engines, fetch the engines. Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Pour on water, pour on water" Well, it was no nursery rhyme. It was a true story... Barge on Thames w Shard in background. Pic Credit Hina Pandya 2016©️ Walking down the river on the 1st of September, I came across this barge by Blackfriars bridge and near the Temple buildings, if that walk wasn't beautiful enough, this barge appeared and shows the beautiful skyline of London in 1666, when of course the great fire of London happened. It started across the river in Bakers Lane and destroyed much of London, to be rebuilt and of course took many lives, but it also took the lives of the plague infested rats that spread disease to people like wildfire, if you'll pardon the pun. Close up of the skyline of London in 1666. Pic Credit Hina Pandya2016©️ It also created The Monument - another landmark of London also...