Today I decided to walk the Regent's Canal towpath west towards Regent's Park. It was a beautiful day, sunny and a little cool. I joined the towpath at Granary Square where people were enjoying the sun on the green steps.

Just beyond this for a bit, the towpath was diverted out onto a floating walkway because of all the new construction taking place. Lots of cranes = more apartment buildings. I imagine they will be quite expensive.

I came across the first lock.

I walked past the Camden Lock, through the market, and took in all of the interesting street food for sale, from Louisiana to Thailand, they seemed to have it all covered. I was thinking it might be a nice walk for my daughters when they come in November, if we have a warm enough day.

Lots and lots of houseboats, and I had forgotten about that Feng Shang Princess restaurant on the canal, a place we have never tried and know nothing about.

The towpath also passes through the London Zoo in Regent's Park between the Snowdon Aviary and the back of the mammal section. I spent a lot of time, as did several other people on the path, trying to figure out what one type of mammal was. They weren't wolves, nor coyotes. Someone thought maybe they were dingoes. I researched it online back at home and discovered that they are African hunting (or wild) dogs. They were interesting to watch as they move in packs. The London Zoo has 14 of them. Next to them were two warthogs. My photos, sadly, did not come out well.

Then I walked along a section with the houseboats perpendicular to the towpath, row upon row of them. The owners of these houseboats also occupied space along the walkway, with lots of plants, little sitting areas. It was beautiful.

Beautiful, that is, until I came up onto the overpass and then viewed them from the other side. Above the beautiful walkway was a power plant, National Grid, in fact. It was so interesting to me that you had no idea it was there until you viewed it from afar.

I got lost, briefly, in a development of sorts--housing towers--while trying to find a main road, but I eventually made my way past the beautiful Marylebone Station to Baker Street Underground where I caught the subway back to King's Cross. That was a walk of 5 miles.

After dinner at home, we went to The George Inn in Southwark where we met up with staff and faculty from IES London. The Inn was built in 1677 and is owned by the National Trust. We sat outside next to the portable heaters that should have been turned on, since the night air was rather cold. But it was an enjoyable evening.

Before my canal walk, I stopped in at King's Cross Theatre to buy Julius Caesar tickets, but they were sold out. Bummer.

Total miles walked - over 6

Some more photos