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6.8.2016 Section 10

After several attempts to start the walk this year I finally made it.
Hundred-and-one reason prevented me so far to commence and now I
hope to do at least two/three sections in 2016.

Saturday morning, 7:00, bright sunshine.
On my walk to Sidcup station I was surprised by a balloon moving
slowly almost across my house.
He landed on the nearby golf-course my neighbour told me upon my return.


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Did he make the wrong turn ?
I will never know.

By train and tube I headed to Moor Park Station where todays walk starts.

This little map I found right next to the tube exit showing todays section from Moor Park to Hatch End.

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Actually I walked a bit further to Stanmore as the return connections are better fron Stanmore.

Almost behind the station nice open woodland and a golf course greet the walker.


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Like this the path continues for quite a long time
crossing a golf course ( mind the ball ! )

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passing the Moor Park Conservation Area


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and then the path almost disappears in dark dense woodland

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passing through the Oxley Woods Local Nature Reserve

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A lovely walk with an almost permanently changing scenery, almost no houses and only occasionally a fellow walker

or some horses sheltering under a tree

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This “lovely” bridge crossing the London - Scotland mail railway line

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and the path then ( again ) crossing a golf course.


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From a little hill a fantastic view of London

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An “ ancient” pub ( “ The Case is Altered “, in this case a corruption of the Spanish “Casa Alta” or high house )
invites the walker ( and not only walkers ! ) for a rest.

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Heading on the Bently Priory Open Space is reached where an old little bunker indicates the nearby old
priory areal, still owned by the MoD for the RAF. The command of the Battle of Britain was once housed here.

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Shortly afterwards a cross-road is reached and the path disappears again in nice woodland sheltering
from the bright sunshine


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to emerge right next to a cricket field where the local enjoyed a Saturday Afternoon match

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The path now meanders alongside a little lake

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leading to Stanmoor Common

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only a short walk away from Stanmore Tube Station where todays walk finishes.


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Some more pictures of this section can be found here and a map with todays waypoints can be found here

This concludes the 10.section: 8 3/4 miles, 69 1/2 miles still to go.

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