We walked from Upton Court Park across the M4, (noisy beyond belief), through the Eton fields and Eton town and across the bridge to Windsor. Almost a 3 mile walk. There is apparently a wonderful view of Windsor Castle from Upton Court but it wasn't apparent on the day.
Over and across the Jubilee River. There weren't many people around - most sensible people were still in bed, but it wasn't particularly cold. The fog softens everything and makes it quite mysterious and lovely. Besides the mud - that is.
The Spiders had been very busy and their webs were like shimmering diamond necklaces.
Out of the mist appears Eton College. Shades of Hogwarts.
But before walking through the school there is a slight detour into the King of Siam's garden. This garden was created in 1929 when Rama V111, who was at Eton before the First World War, paid for a garden to replace the Provost's stables. It was been replanted since then and is a lovely spot. I particularly like the statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa. It's a bit smaller than the one in Florence but just as gory.
Passing through the school we came out into the High Street in Eton. There is an amazing statue just off the main drag of a horizontal man. I can't find any information about it or who or what. Very bizarre.
Eton is a quintessentially British town with traditional shops selling traditional goods. Really quaint. Windsor town has lots of fast food places - MacDonalds, Nandos, Starbucks - which I found quite surprising. But Eton is old world.
Just across the Thames and into Windsor is a restaurant called The Chocolate Theatre Co. On weekends they do a roaring trade with cyclists and athletes. They also do spectacular hot chocolate drinks .. The scone wasn't mine!
There is a castle here somewhere ...
Instead of walking through Windsor we turned off and walked alongside the river for a while.
Through a golf course - there were people actually playing golf in this weather - and back to the cars. Time for lunch and feet up for the afternoon!
A pop of colour in a very grey day.
The mist's so pretty! Looking very wintery already, my goodness.
ReplyDeleteIt is! I'm trying the cold on for size and it's fitting fine, had to modify the wardrobe a bit though. I'm looking forward to the sun. Back on the 15th. Come around for tea when you've finished work?
DeleteYay! and yes, sounds like a plan!
DeleteI think the photos on the foggy walk are really much better than the actual walk we did last week end. Brilliant and I take it back about the cobnwebs!!
ReplyDeleteIt was the slowing down to take pics of the cobwebs on that walk, and the stopping for hot chocolate of course, which made it such a good walk :)
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