On a beautiful late summer day I decided to enjoy the River Thames by cycling along a path by its side, which offers beautiful scenery along much of its journey to the sea. I started my cycling tour in Twickenham, which is on the Thames Path. The route, mostly along the River Thames at its most dappled green, is flat and scenic, with only a short section on the road each way – and even then it’s mostly smaller residential roads with little traffic.
On the top of the hill you can see the Petersham Hotel, which has an amazing view of the river, a fantastic restaurant, and a delicious afternoon tea. If you can stay in this hotel you won’t be disappointed, and is not that far from central London as well.
Further along I stopped by Hampton Court bridge. This modern bridge is the fourth on the site. The bridge has three wide arches, is designed to be able to carry quite heavy motorised road traffic and is constructed of reinforced concrete, faced with red bricks and white Portland stone.
I also had the opportunity to admire the gate of Hampton Court Palace, and have a look at the palace’s surroundings. Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, 11.7 miles south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames. I’ll make a post about this Palace in the future, It’s a very interesting place to visit – and is reputedly haunted!
The river is beautiful and the palace complements the lovely natural setting.
Everybody seemed to be enjoying this lovely end-of-summer day. You don’t get many of these in London, so you need to make the most of them when they come.
On the way back from cycling on the Thames Path I stopped at Richmond Park. I had the opportunity to see the deer. There were a lot of them on this day. It’s incredible that in the middle of the city you have a park like this. The deer in Richmond Park are wild and unpredictable.
In the park there is a beautiful plantation. The Isabella Plantation is a 40 acre woodland garden set within a Victorian woodland plantation planted in the 1830’s. First opened to the public in 1953, it is best known for its evergreen azaleas, which line the ponds and streams and at their peak of flower in late April and early May are stunning and gorgeous in their colour and profusion.
This cycling itinerary is a very unchallenging one, on flat surfaces. You could spend all day doing it. I think that it is a good way to explore this area of London from a different perspective.
Have you ever done the paddle boating in the Thames? Or do they not do that over there? Beautiful and I would love to see it all!
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I haven’t done it, but they have paddle boarding. You can do lots of water sports there. Thanks you!
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Picturesque location ! Amazing clicks !!
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Thanks Megala your comments are always welcome!
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Este teu post está simplesmente sensacional em todos os sentidos. Você capturou Londres de uma maneira sensível e fantástica, em cores, vida, natureza e esplendor. Parabéns. Meu abraço.
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Obrigado Chronos! Um outro lado da cidade que muitas pessoas não conhecem. Seus comentários são sempre Observadores, e sempre positivos, obrigadi.Abraços!
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Estive em Londres no inverno então fazer o que você fez só em sonho. Repito: post sensacional. Abraço.
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Dá próxima vez venha no verão. Vai aproveitar de uma forma diferente. O in verno e muito frio, e chove muito!
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I am enjoying your beautiful pictures, it really show the attractive side of London superbly. You are right about Richmond Park and the deers…by the way, I fell for them right away.
It is all the beautiful parks that give such a big city the human scale.
miriam
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It’s a beautiful park indeed. It’s quite intriguing we can see all this nature in the middle of a city. Thanks a lot Miriam!
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Great story and photos. Here, in Texas, the end of summer is the start of the good cycling weather – going out in a few minutes.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you! Not the same over here.
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Wow! What a beautiful day you picked for your bicycle tour! The blue sky stands out in all your pictures. Great scenery and even wildlife in the park! Thanks for posting such a wonderful photo essay of a late summer day!
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It’s was always a pleasure to cycle by the River. Thank you so much for the nice commen Peter!
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A vida é bela! Parabéns pelo post lindo e obrigada por compartilhar os encantos que você descobre rodando o mundo! Abraços🌻🦋
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Muito obrigado você por ter gostado!
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Looks like a lovely way to get out and explore! Love all the beautiful nature around this area, I guess everything looks lovely when you have good weather. Definitely not the same weather you are currently getting now, right? 🙂
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The weather is not the same now. It’s definitely autumn, cold and windy right now. How is it where you are? Getting warmer? Thank for the lovely comment.
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It’s always hot here all year round…haha…but it’s been unbearably hot and humid this week…super unbearably humid….unfortunately…haha
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I love the hot weather. Winter is not my favourite season!
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I wish I can have winter for a few months so that it’s not always so humid all the time! I don’t mind if it’s just hot here but when it’s humid, it’s the worst! Hahaha
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What a beautiful trip you had
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Thank you!
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Great work ! Pictures well captured 📷
See some of my blogs as well hope you will like them 😇
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Thank you! I will check it out.
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Is it that warm in England? It was -1 here today. First frost of the winter, in Helsinki!
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That was late summer. It’s around eleven now, not as cold as Helsinki.
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Great work! Beautiful pics, btw.
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Thanks a lot!
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What a beautiful day and place for a ride!
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Thanks Sarah!
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Wonderful post! Loved the photos of the deer and the plantation. ❤
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Thanks a lot Olga!
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What a lovely way to spend the day. I wonder what it would be like to live on a houseboat. They look cozy. Deer at ease are so beautiful. And the swans! Thank you😊
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I think it would be so nice to leave in a house boat, and I could take my house on holiday with me. Thanks Ellie!
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Wouldn’t that be lovely!
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Looks good😈😇
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Thank you! 🤣
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Looks good😈😇
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Thank you!
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So beautifull pictures 😍😍😍👌😘
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Thanks a lot!
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Welcome😄😄
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Reblogged this on and commented:
Good experience.
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Thank you!
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Good experience.
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Thank you!
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