London Wanderings - Little Venice Canal to Primrose Hill - Sunday 31 Jul 2016

Day Two of the RideLondon Festival and more traffic restrictions, as we headed to the LIttle Venice Canal starting with a call into a Cafe on, or near a road bridge at the start of the canal where there is a tow path to walk along. From what I remember the cafe was rather busy and we couldn't get right inside to see the layout that shows on their website You can hear Barb telling Jeantine that Larry Chamley is going to be taking us on a longboat ride up in Manchester. I don't recall going past the London Zoo but this YouTube video of Regent's Canal Litte Venice shows the part of the Zoo where it meets the canal - about 17 mins in.

Jeantine's bare legs showing in contrast to the burka wearing women sitting on the bench seat.

We were heading to Primrose Hill and I hadn't realised, until I saw the video, (with the link above to You Tube, which shows from Little Venice to Camden). that I was later to go on the other end of Regent's Canal, from the Thames, taking the path under the river from the Greenwich footway tunnel to Limehouse Basin and then following tow paths to head up to Camden.

When living in the confines of a longboat, I imagine getting outside when the weather allows does have its appeal. The slide show of photos does show the electrical connections, although I'm not sure how they do a sewer connection? Some areas of the tow path have fenced off gardens and sheds between the path and the bank up to the land above.

This is near where we left the canal path and headed up to Primrose Hill

One bright cloud

Lots of people enjoying time out, looking at the view, enjoying the company of others, or reading the paper. Finding a place to sit was a changing rotation and Barb managed to find a spot and Jeantine was checking her smart phone, maybe for the best route away from Primrose Hill.

Another attempt (after outside the Centre Georges Pompidou) of a selfie, not quite getting myself enough into the frame.

Lets head down that path where the jogger is going

The sun was coming through giving a warm glow to the dried grass, whereas the sky offered dark tones

Back on a Bus and stopping at Green Park, at the end of the second day of RideLondon. You can see some of the 'Boris' hire bikes on their stands.

The camera's GPS marks this as Duke of Wellington Place