Stage 2: Woolwich to Canary Wharf

Dear Bertie,

Today you are 17 weeks old and completed stage 2 of our Thames walk. We headed back to Woolwich Arsenal and I had a delicious bacon brioche in the pub while you guzzled milk and did an enormous projectile poo while I changed you. 

Heading on to the path it was rather grey and blustery with clouds threatening rain! This part of London near Greenwich is more familiar now as it where Daddy and I have come to see gigs at the O2 and drink beer at the Meantime Brewery, our wedding beer! We pass so many landmarks on the way and I tell you stories about all of them.

The O2 where we once watched Britney Spears with our friends Anna and Kimmers. 

Cutty Sark where we had a boozy night out with the Royal Navy once.  Mummy got very drunk on jugs of gin before demanding that Byron serve us burgers after closing time.  They refused!

You woke up in Greenwich and looked at all the beautiful old naval buildings, you had a quick feed in a traditional pub down a rainy cobbled street.

And then for the most exciting part - The Greenwich Foot Tunnel. We took a big old wooden lift deep below the river and walked underneath the Thames.  It smelt old and dusty and there was an echo at which you looked around very perplexed.

Our final leg along the North side of the Thames took us to the tall buildings and sparkling lights of Canary Wharf, where lots of people wearing suits work in the banks.  We ended up in All Bar One for a nappy change - (no facilities, done on the toilet floor!) - and a feed with bemused city workers looking on.

You then joined the queues of commuters lined up very neatly on the Jubilee Line platform, (this is the only station in London which is organised in this way!), before heading back on the train for bedtime.

TOTAL DISTANCE: 17.01 KM
Breastfeeding stops: 3
Nappy changes: 3
Crying episodes: 0, yah!

GPS Link: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37898146

Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/1986061165

Logistics:
Home to Woolwich journey time: 1hr 10 
0830 leave home, Bertie naps in carrier 1.5hrs 
0850 Train CLJ to Waterloo - walk to Waterloo East 
0915 Train to Woolwich (bound Dartford) 
0945 Arrive Woolwich, walk to pub on river 
1000 feed Bertie 
1100 start walk from Woolwich to Canary wharf: 13.5k, 3hrs 
1400 arrive Canary Wharf, feed Bertie 
1600 Jubilee Line/ Waterloo to CLJ home, Bertie naps en route - 1hr 
1700 Home for feed

Feeding stops:

Guard House, Woolwich: https://www.theguardhousewoolwich.co.uk

All Bar One, Canary Wharf: https://www.allbarone.co.uk/national-search/london/all-bar-one-canary-wharf