Day 134: Forest Adventures

“First you must find... another shrubbery! (dramatic chord) Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle. ("A path! A path!") Then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest... with... a herring!”
Monty Python, Search for the Holy Grail, 1975


Today we walked 7 miles through some of the 2,476 hectares of Epping Forest, and made the longest journey you can make on one line of the tube (I know, we're geeks).

The amazing thing about Epping forest, is that it's still the coporate of London - still the city of London!

The days supplies - I couldn't say no to 'ouch' plasters!

We made some friends, a family of Canadian Geese:

(This is SO close, especially with babies)

Bye guys!

One of the Epping Forest hunting lodges;

The longest trip you can make on the London Underground goes through 2 hemispheres (east & west, over the meridian line), 3 counties and takes an hour and a half. It

nb: part of the forest contains the ruins of a fort where in AD.61 Boudicea was rumoured to have taken the last stand against the Romans, then poisoned herself and her daughters. NEW ZEALAND has worked it's way into Boadicea's Wikipedia article; Various female politicians, including former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark have been called Boadicea.<sup>[45]

Total cost of todays wander: £20 and sore feet.  I LOVE london.</sup>