The Anonymous Widower

Visiting the Lee Valley Park

Today, I needed to get to Blackhorse Road station for lunch nearby, and as Arsenal were at home around the same time, and this would mean a lot of people at Highbury and Islington station, I decided to take a more roundabout route.

The plan was essentially simple.

1. Take a 73 or more preferably a 476 bus, as I hate the bendy ones, to Seven Sisters station.  
2. Take a National Express train from that station to Cheshunt.
3. Walk through the Lee Valley Park, looking at the new Lee Valley White Water Centre for the London Olympics.
4. Walk to Waltham Cross station for a train to Tottenham Hale and then to Blackhorse Road.

It wasn’t as easy as it should have been, as although the park was pleasant, there was an event going on and the public weren’t allowed into the White Water Centre.

But I was running late, so I had to get to Waltham Cross station.  But don’t go there on a Sunday, as trains are only one an hour.  I’d also been sold the wrong ticket at Seven Sisters, so I had to buy another.  but it was only £1.30, so it wasn’t a problem.

It does look though, that they’ve got a good venue for the Olympics, as set where it is, you could take a picnic there on a train from Central London.  I’ve put in for some tickets.

May 1, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | Sport, Transport/Travel, World | Buses, Olympics, Trains