This section of the walk walked on November 17th, took us past the meadows of Runnymede and Magna Carta island. It was also the darkest walk in terms of light and with daylight becoming shorter each week, we finished the final stretch of the walk entering Windsor in darkness. At the beginning of the walk we were so busy reading the paper and talking on the train that we missed our stop and had to wait for a train back from Wraysbury into Staines.
Raja and Ray are reflected in a mirrored swan in front of Staines Town Hall
Fountains in front of Staines Town Hall
The end of London. A coal post in Staines marks the point at which boats carrying coal and wine entering London had a pay a tax under the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act of 1861. The tax, which dates back to the reign of King James I, was finally abolished in 1889. Directly opposite this post is the London Stone which marks the limit of control of the Corporation of the City of London over the river.
Another half a mile upstream we pass another psychogeographical marker at the edge of London the M25.
Huge mast on this sailing barge
Yew tree in Old Windsor churchyard
Home of Dr Julius Grant on Friday Island the inventor of Marmite
Albert Bridge
Datchet Level Crossing at Dusk
Darkness falls on the final stretch to Windsor
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