London June 2017 Day 12 – In Little Dorrit’s Footsteps

In the late morning we met our landlady Sue in a restaurant called German Gymnasium, close to King’s Cross Station. It was in 2013 that we had stayed in her holiday flat in Walthamstow for the first time and because we liked it so much we rented it again for our stays in 2014, 2016 and 2017 (we had not been in London in 2015). However, more than the flat we liked Sue. Whenever we met her (usually just on our arrival and departure) we found so much to talk about, but had so little time, so this time we finally agreed to meet during our stay and talk some more :)

Afterwards Hermann and I went to see the remains (that is one wall) of the Marshalsea Prison which became famous with Charles Dickens’s novel “Little Dorrit”.

From there we walked towards Borough Market where most of the stalls were already closed and from there to the Thames.

Underneath the bridge for the trains to and from London Bridge Station we found this sign. Hermann tried it, but it didn’t work ;)

London June 2017 Day 7 – Tottenham and Belmont Hall Harrow

The weather was beautiful, so we decided not to take a long tube ride but go just two stations from Walthamstow Central to Tottenham Hale. Close to the station is Hale Village, an estate which looks rather new and very clean.

Dogs are welcome there obviously :)

From there we took a foot path along the River Lea (or Lee, obviously both names are used). We had thought it would be rather quiet on a Sunday morning, but of course this is London, too, so it wasn’t. Many people (and animals) were already active along the river.

We followed the river to Markfield Recreation Ground where we left it to reach Seven Sisters Station to return “home” to Walthamstow.

In the later afternoon we went to Harrow for the evening service at Belmont Hall. After the service we were invited to stay for a little birthday party as one of them had turned 60.

London June 2017 Day 4 – Walking Bloomsbury and St. Pancras

From King’s Cross St. Pancras tube station we first walked in the direction of the University of London. As it was general election day we came past some polling stations.

We ended up in a park which turned out to be an old cemetery (much to the delight of a certain photographer ;) ). From there we returned to KCSP tube station.

The day ended eating pizza with friends (the same ones we had visited on day 1) at Sodo Pizza Café in Walthamstow.