Re your last question, Northern: I recommend the 4.

A pleasant enough ride, most of the way, until you find yourself approaching St Paul's, and suddenly you are in heaven. Top deck front right is the de rigueur vantage point, one for which Sir Christopher might well have sold his eye teeth, assuming he had any, and that he knew which they were, because I certainly don't.

He would almost certainly have given away ALL his teeth for the highly privileged rush hour time slot. While bankers and w*nkers are gnashing theirs, and impatiently studying their watches, you and I and Sir Chris are wide-eyed, as 2 sides of St P's inch their way through your field of vision. At dome height, too - can you imagine anything more breathmaking?

Which reminds me: must ring dentist, in 2010.

And PPS: end of the noughties. What are we going to call the next decade?

Thank you very much Checkski and thank you very much to anyone else who contributes to this thread.

If you type "Stroud Green and Crouch End stations" into the search engine of this forum an old thread pops up for the trainspotters and parkland walk fans.It has photographs of Stroud Green station on the now parkland walk over Stapletonhall Rd.And steam trains.

St Paul's Cathedral - you mention Checkski. I went to Tate Modern then walked across the wobbly bridge across the Thames,then into St Paul's Cathedral walking all the way to the very top of the building past the whispering gallery where there is a balcony there at the very top outside and you can see the scales of justice on the top of the Old Bailey from this high up viewpoint.As I stood on Hampstead Heath at parliament hill I looked down on St Paul's cathedral standing alone,a stunning building.

Why do you call yourself Checkski are you a Russian or a Cech?

I called myself the northern heights because that is what I heard the series of hills on the parkland walk are called,I read that somewhere.

If anyone wants to stick some parkland walk information or history on this thread please do.Why did Steven King the horror writer do a story about Crouch End?

You can do worse than the W5 from Haringey Sainsburys or from further north on Oakfield Road to Waterlow Park for lazy walks and coffee then on to Highgate Cemetery. Walk back through park up through Highgate Village, right into Southwood Lane all the way to Archway Road to join the Parkland Walk again and home to N4.

We do this regularly when days are longer. Or you can do it in reverse and come home via W5. Love the W5.

I also love the train from Haringay station into Old Street or Moorgate. Home to City of London in 15 mins.

Could just walk this is from the Metro this morining

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/walking/default.aspx

David is there not a Vanilla, Chocolate & Hazelnut* extension that will parse any portion of a string and create the link automatically? I feel it's time we allowed TC to retire to bed. He must be knackered with the amount of yawning he's done of late.

* Mmm, Ariela's gelati! (Now available from Flask Walk, Hampstead.)

you don't need a bus or train for this stuff; here's our sunday walk.

The view of London by Kenwood House is great. It makes the city look really small and compact, and frames it impossibly with trees. If you stop at the flask be nice to my mate Glyn who's running it now. The view of London from Mount View Road across the reservoir ain't bad either, good for cloudspotting. Oh for one of those enormous houses on MVR that overlook the reservoir and beyond.