Harold Wood Station
The adventure begins...
Edge of Pages Wood
There be farms.
Glorious Essex Suburbia
Tom enters the Forest
Dense Deep Forest
Tom hits the open country
Burnt Field
Horse
You can always guarantee a horse on the LOOP.
Upminster Bridge approaches
The Cafe One-Two at Upminster Bridge
Tom: "Do you have filter coffee?" Waitress: "What's that?"
Hornchurch Football Club
Outdoor Training Area
Hornchurch Country Park
Quite Big - Near David Winter's house.
Art
Who says Essex doesn't have culture?
Cafe 24 - Rainham
The scene of our Lunch
Rainham 'Village'
Level Crossing - Rainham
Look out for trains or you'll get squashed.
Rainham Scenery
New path through the wasteland
Tilda Factory
So much rice - so little time.
The River Thames
We finally reach the mighty River Thames!
Abandoned World War II concrete barges
Why were they left here?
The beautiful Thames
Art in the Thames
On the way to Coldharbour Point
Still on the way to Coldharbour Point
Nice bit of Landfill
The Dartford Crossing
Strange device on the Landfill site
Perhaps it lets all the gas out?
The Thames at Dartford
Aveley Marshes
The Home Straight to Purfleet
Purfleet RSPB Centre
Scene of Coffee and Cake. Yeah! Well Deserved.
Thames
Boat
Purfleet Station
The London Loop is now fully completed! No trains for an hour though :-(