A sweltering hot day today. And some weirdness with our water supply today. It stopped, started, went brown, then cleared, but was much more cloudy than expected. Can see around 4 different pieces of work being done by Affinity Water in my area with the description “Relay Short Service Pipe” and with “Urgent” on one of them. So possibly that’s related to what we’re experiencing.

A hot day, slower walk, sweaty return.

Sunny day, not much wind, so a t-shirt-and-shorts weather walk

Late walk today, windy but after a few kms again, it was not noticeable.

Slightly cooler today, a bit windy but after a few kms walking, it wasn’t noticeable any more.

A nice hot sunny day, t-shirt and shorts walking weather.

Back to mid-20s today so a t-shirt walk.

Comfortable walking today. Cloudy but not raining.

The Tesco Express I always walk past has now closed until November. Not sure if its for construction or something more serious….

Went a different route for a change and added an extra km onto the distance. Grey skies but no rain

Decided to test the time it takes to walk from the prospective new house to the nearest Piccadilly Line station and see if that’s any different to walking to the nearest rail station.

Turns out it takes 15 minutes using two different walking routes to get there, which is about the same time it takes to get to the rail station. The only difference is that the rail station is in Zone 4 and the underground station is in Zone 5.

A single from the Zone 5 station costs £4.70 peak, £3.10 off peak.

A single from the Zone 4 rail station costs £6.00 peak, £4,70 off peak — so it costs MORE to start my journey FURTHER into London. So why do I do it?

Well, if I cap the journey for the week, I pay a 1-4 weekly travelcard, and not a 1-5 weekly travelcard. Plus, the daily cap for a 1-4 is £10.40, and I’ll hit that with two journeys, versus the 1-5 cap of £12.30