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Just after arriving at Potters Bar. The cap was necessary to keep the sun off and the sunglasses for the hayfever (although that quickly disappeared within a short while of getting out of London). I look a bit suspicious here.10:35:25
The first bit of the walk went through a sort of industrial estate in Potters Bar, not the most scenic.10:36:17
...but was helped along by some pleasant blossom etc.10:36:19
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Forget me nots?10:40:50
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Passing through farmland now.
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More of these flowering hedgerows.10:49:48
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Passing under the A1 (M) here.10:53:15
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There it is.10:58:29
Bit blurry.
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More open fields. In hindsight should perhaps have taken a detour to take in a bit more woodland, the open fields eventually got a bit tedious.11:01:02
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Are these left over apples on the tree?11:01:57
Dandelions abound.
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Interesting lichen.11:06:34
More flowering hedgerows.11:08:10
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Hard to focus.
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I think this was a dead ladybird.11:14:16
Passed this pub but it was too early to stop for refreshment.11:15:14
So I plodded on.11:17:12
On the outskirts of South Mimms here.
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More footpath signs.11:21:25
About to go under the M25.11:22:32
Novel place to put a footpath sign.11:23:20
The people driving on the M25 never get to see this.
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A ford.11:37:26
Bluebells.
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A monument I passed.11:41:52
More flowering hedgerows.11:44:31
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More bluebells.12:05:47
Horses in a field.12:06:44
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Surprsingly large expanse of flowering meadow here.12:15:03
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Bluebells.
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Perhaps the nicest floral display of the day here - forget me nots (?) intermingled with dandelions.12:20:52
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These flowers obviously not wild.12:36:40
A pile of rocks.12:37:06
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Some kind of cherry blossom?13:15:14
Finally reached my lunch stop, the Orchard cafe.13:17:24
I discovered a Full English breakfast is perhaps not the ideal food for the middle of a reasonably long walk, but for some reason despite the hot weather this is what I wanted to eat.
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Feeling rather bloated I waddled off and continued on my walk.13:45:58
Woodhall Spinney.13:46:36
Bluebells.13:46:48
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It's nice to see signs like this as a walker and know they don't apply to you.14:00:11
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Another ford.
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Under the railway bridge which I'd be going over later on.14:28:43
Lime deposits?14:33:59
A funny track made of broken up bricks.14:45:13
Finally got to the outskirts of Radlett, and what I considered to be a well deserved pub break.
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The Cat and Fiddle was a little gem of a pub.14:47:58
Lots of booths and nooks and crannies.14:48:05
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Arrived at Radlett station to get the train back to Kentish Town.16:28:46
On arrival in Kentish Town I did some shopping with sore feet, including the new Gail's Bakery.16:29:43
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Back in my garden.
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Checking on the Alpine strawberry seedlings.18:26:32
Apple blossom in full bloom now.18:26:39
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Madeleines from Gail's.