After breakfast near our hotel with Carlin and Kent, who had arrived the evening before while we were hashing, we took public transport to Richmond, a beautiful suburban town in southwest London. Here is Richmond Bridge, a stone arch bridge built in 1777, the first of many bridges crossing the Thames that we’d see over our three-day walk across London.
We picked up the Thames Path where Carlin and Kent had left it near Richmond Bridge: The White Cross Pub from 1840.
The path ran along both the north and south shores of the River, but we stuck mostly to the southern shore as it had less diversions into the surrounding neighborhoods.
Richmond itself has lots of interesting history, including that it is where Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603. However, we actually didn’t see any of those sites as they weren’t along the riverfront, but did enjoy seeing some beautiful buildings across the river.
We didn’t mind missing some history as this leg of our walk was definitely the prettiest as it was the most rural section with the path running alongside many parks.
There were so many lovely tunnels formed by trees, I eventually had to stop myself from photographing yet another tree tunnel. It was fortuitous that we were walking along the river during low tide, as it was surprising to learn that parts of this path can be underwater during high tide.
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