Evening Walk: Exploring Chelsea and the Battersea Light Festival
Distance: Approximately 4 miles or 6 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 1 out of 10
Meet: Outside Sloane Square Tube (Circle/District line) at 18:30
Return: Battersea Power Station (Northern Line)
This short walk explores the storied streets of Chelsea….and the Battersea Power Station development where the Battersea Light Festival will be taking place with seven illuminated installations near the river. There are plenty of opportunities for food and beverage around the new Battersea Power Station development before heading home from the Battersea Power Station tube station.
More information about the route can be found here and a map of the light installations here. As in past years, you will need to alter the course slightly to follow the Thames Path along the River through Battersea Park then follow the option ahead to the Battersea Power Station complex (rather than crossing back over the River).
Enjoy the walk!
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3 comments:
I cant work out how to write up a walk report, in the proper place so I shall do it here, as usual.
There were 4 of us at Sloane Square underground, and we walked across the Albert Bridge taking the straight ahead by the Thames route to Battersea Power Station. We found four of the lights. The best one for me was the square-oidal bulbs above the piano inside the power station. An inside devoid of much interest apart from being a neo-liberal modern church with no soul, of sorts inside a historical building made famous by the Floyd on the Animals cover.
So, Adrian played some Lizst sounding stuff, and I tried to play Chick Corea, and you can see the lights responding. The ladies present declined to take part.
We tried to escape the area to find somewhere to eat, and the best we could find was the Duchesse Belle opposite the tube station. It did its job. I could see old clips of Scholes and co scoring for Man U, and the darts championship of the screens. The music was on the loud side. They did play Up The Junction, which reflected the area. The food was average to not that good and not especially cheap.
The weather was drizzly, however it was good to get out.
To add, this from my field reporter: "just n=4 on the walk on in w=wet-and-windy conditions. We saw some of the exhibits but eventually repaired to the Duchesse Belle Pub in Battersea for refreshments. Would not recommend the Pub."
Once a club walk comment has a # number or # weather (no space after the #), it and later comments are treated as trip reports. It's simpler than having to find out what time the walk finished
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