Walking London's Walls

The students have started their walks class and we took the first walk too. We started at the Tower of London and walked the perimeter of the ancient Roman London walls and saw many of the bits that still remain. The Tube strike ended yesterday, but as those of you familiar with London will understand, the Circle Line was struggling to get up and running.

A short pause in a green and leafy church yard along
London Wall Street

The walkers checking the map - the Barbican is seen in the distance

Me with a chunk of the London wall

Postman Park with its memorials to young heroes
who died saving others

A poignant example of one of a few hundred plaques

This walk was fun because I even encountered some new places, like Postman's Park, a small pocket of green in the hustling, bustling City. Today we will walk through Southwark on the south bank of the river.