I haven't written anything in a while but that is because the majority of my runs are rather boring, I leave my flat, run down to the river, around battersea park, back across the river, along the thames, back up to my flat... DONE!
(sometime if I am feeling CRAZY! I do it in reverse... it is out there, I know!)
I think it is worth noting at this point quite how tedious it can be, very tedious, so tedious in fact that it is impressive that I keep doing it, so impressive in fact that you should all donate lots of money to Asthma UK now, after all that is why I am putting all this time and tedious effort into running this ruddy long way!
Click on this link and it will take you to a marvellous place of donation-y goodness!
However, sometimes, if I have the day off work or for some other odd reason have an excessive amount of time I decide to run to places I have never run before.
It is actually a rather good way to see whole sections of London above ground that I would otherwise never see.
So yesterday (Friday the 1st of November) I decided to run towards a bridge in the distance (you know how much I love bridges)
When I got there it turned out it was just for overground trains so it could have been a bit of an anti climax if it hadn't been for all these other things I noticed on my run.
Firstly I saw this overground station
I feel 'Imperial Wharf' may be over compensating for something with this sign
It was this overground station that stood on the north end of the bridge I couldn't cross. The station itself seemed to mainly built into the bridge and had obviously been modernised recently with the use of much glass!
Fair enough, an overground station isn't the most exciting thing one can find in London... but later in my run I found this,
How fancy the rugby posts are in Chelsea!
The Lots road power station (also known as the Chelsea Monster) used to supply the power to the entire underground network!
It is just an empty husk now but it is a pretty epic building and surprisingly close to the fancier bits of Chelsea and south Kensington!
Still not impressive enough??? well there is just no pleasing you Blog fans...
What about this statue?
stop trying to steal my baby!
This statue is called 'In Town' and although I don't really understand why it is called that, or why it is placed where it is (relatively out of town) or why they seem to be playing a game of Baby Rugby but i can admire that the people do look like people and that must have been bloody hard to do! (I assume... I have never done metal sculpture myself but I don't think it is one of those skills that comes naturally!)
The last sight of the run was less impressive then some of the others but definitely the one I am most likely to visit again, although next time I will not be running.
It is like they looked inside my head and made my perfect place!
As you can see a productive run, for those who are interested here is what the run looked like
Leave comments of motivation and let me know what you think my last run looked like!
and thanks for reading!
Big Love,
Nic
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