Introduction
This page includes pictures from three short walks, two in Staines and one in Twickenham. If you were feeling unkind, you might describe it (accurately) as ‘odds and ends’.
Staines, December 24th
Dad took me for a short walk around Staines in the afternoon. We started by walking along the Thames to Lammas Park.
Across the road from the park, we walked around the small gravel pit lakes, noting that all the lifebelts had been thrown helpfully into the water. The exit to a field opposite looked a little damp, so we took a different route across a plank bridge to one of the back streets off Moor Lane, and from there onto Moor Lane itself.
Beside a water outlet gate from the River Colne, Dad suggested climbing an embankment. I didn’t know what was up there, but after a bit it became clear that we were walking along the line of the old railway. Then it became even clearer, because there’s still actual track beneath the trees.
The tracks continued all the way up to the bypass bridge (and beyond, but we stopped there). Inside we found some excellent graffiti, although with the general gloom of the day, it was a little hard to see.
We backtracked to the road again.
Dad had intended us to walk across the moor at this point. After crossing the still-working railway line, we reached the gate onto the moor.
So we walked back along Moor Lane instead.
A footbridge runs across both railway lines and one of the rivers, taking us to another moor entrance - an underpass that has a new mural.
We didn’t actually go onto the moor, but walked back into town.
Twickenham, December 27th
We went to Twickenham to visit my sister-in-law’s dad, along with said sister-in-law, my brother, and their daughter. After a meal we took a walk to Richmond by the river, stopping at various play areas.
Staines, December 30th
With an hour and a half to spare in the afternoon, Mum and I took a short walk to Penton Hook Lock.
