From Wimbledon to Richmond

We did this part of the Capital Ring Walk on Saturday, and it was really good. Despite being the longest single piece of the route, it was not as long as our previous walk, so I was not as tired at the end. The views were amazing. I especially liked the fern valley, really really beautiful place.

The Fern Valley

Richmond itself is quite a unique place in comparison with other parts of London. It was my first time there, and I couldn't get rid of a feeling that I'm not in London, but in some Mediterranean seaside resort. Or, at least, in Brighton. There are a riverside promenade, many somewhat-expensive restaurants, dozens of shops packed into few narrow streets, and generally it looks like most of the people there are on holidays.

Initially we wanted to reward ourselves for finishing the walk by buying something from William Curley shop, but their chocolates were way too expensive. If there would have been only two of us, we'd buy some desserts (which looked delicious) or ice cream. But we were there with a couple of friends who are not such fans of sweets (and expensive sweets in particular) as we are. So we had to go to the train station instead.

Anyway, it was a good day.