Friday, 14 December 2018

Stage 6: Richmond to Hampton Court

Dear Bertie

Another walk - 2 days in a row! Daddy requested the Windsor stage when your French Grandma is here for Christmas so we are cracking on to get two done this week.

Today we started back in Richmond. I didn’t check the met office correctly and it was drizzly as we arrived. We went to a rather smart white tablecloth restaurant on the river while you ate, pooed and vomited, and then we started on the river path. 

Next to the river, you saw a man was painting a very pretty watercolour of Richmond Bridge. 


We walked past the grand Ham house which was built in 1910. 


We saw a big lock at Teddington and more rowing clubs with very long boats.



This part of the Thames path is very familiar as Mummy and Daddy have done a lot of cyclocross rides along it, but we normally stop in Kingston and today you and I are continuing along! 

After crossing Kingston bridge I told you about the 2.5 mile swim I did from Hampton Court to the bridge here a few years ago. It was the summer and I didn’t wear a wetsuit and it was fun dodging the boats. Maybe you will swim in the Thames one day! 


On the barge path to Hampton Court Palace, we saw lots of squirrels climbing up the trees and hunting for nuts. The path runs alongside the posh golf course where Mummy did some filming once. 


You woke up just in time to see the very grand, golden gates of Hampton Court Palace where Henry VIII lived, but more recently, Mummy and Daddy watched the 2012 Olympic time trial and we ‘met’ Fabian Cancellara, our favourite time trialist! 




We boarded the train and I fed you while we headed home for tea!


TOTAL DISTANCE: 14.6 KM
Breastfeeding stops: 3
Nappy changes: 3
Crying episodes: 1 mid nap

Strava Link:
https://www.strava.com/activities/2013534566 

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