Today, I am glad none of you were with me because as a tour guide, I would have been awful. My plan was to get lost in the walkabout way, but I ended up getting lost in the literal way and walked miles and miles on Hampstead Heath. Ray Davies, of the Kinks, grew up just east of here in Highgate and it's been one of my favorite places to explore in London. On a clear day you can see all the way to London town.
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| Slightly smaller than Central Park in New York, but much wilder |
360 degrees of peaceful woods
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Canary Wharf is on the left and St. Paul's & the Shard are on the right.
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With all the walking I did today (a good five hours at least) the train ride home never felt so good. When I am driving across Kansas, I think about each of the stops the train makes from Tunbridge Wells to London Charing Cross. High Brooms, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Orpington, London Bridge, and Waterloo East always sound much more appealing than Topeka, Salina, Russell, Hays, Oakley, and Sharon Springs. What saved me from total exhaustion was the fantastic bicycle system they have in place. For just £1, you can take a bike from one location, ride around London, and drop it off somewhere completely different. The first 30 minutes are free and it was really fun racing around traffic on a Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow's Grand Prix had nothing on me!
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| Under 30 minutes, you don't have to pay! |
Looks like a fun nightmare to have. Being lost in a place you love is not a bad thing at all. Being lost in Kansas is not only a Greek tragedy, but an absolute nightmare. I've been watching the tour and people are writing stuff on the roads in chalk. It might be impossible to see you, but a quick thought... Write down "The Year of Cal" down on the road and let the world know.
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