Today we ran from Andrew's house to meet friends in Highgate. We met Steve on the way and he gave us a running tour of Hampstead Health (you can run for 22 km on here without leaving it! But we were a bit late, so todays run was 6.9 miles). Have always wanted to go here, and now I know why, it's beautiful! Feels like the countryside. It has everything. Even ponds that you can swim in! Sunny day and a new route = good times. I think there is something in this running somewhere new every day, it sure seems to make things seem easier.
Amazing view of London from the top of the hill through the trees. It looks a bit tropical from here, a bit hazy and mysterious, but that's probably all the pollution. Anyhows, it looks nice.
Followed up by Sunday lunch in The Spaniards Inn, a cracking 16th century pub in the middle of Hampstead Heath. Legend has it that Keats wrote Ode to a Nightingale here. Whether this is true or not, is irrelevant as long as the food and wine and company is top class, which it is! Hazelnut profiteroles and caramel ice cream. Yabadabado.
Nice time walking along the streets in Highgate, choosing the house/ car/ dog/ security firm/ landscape gardener I would have if I was rich.
Stats
Days: 24
Total miles: 235.72
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