BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
when i first saw one 8 years ago, i grabbed my wife by the arm and just told her to look at it
Croydon - nightlife, accommodation, things to do and general chat
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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There was or is a cupcake shop on the south Croydon restaurant road. Beware.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
sickening.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Where is this? My latest jogging spot is south norwood country park, is it near? I assume it can't be the the small lake into the park.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Ah cool, thanks, now I have a jogging mission for tomorrow.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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South norwood lake was a major disappointment.
Callie
Pivoting
What makes a good jog? I had a little walking route Railway Park -> Ashburton Park -> Escourt Road -> South Norwood Country Park -> Long Lane Woods -> Ashburton Playing Fields -> ?Glenthorne Avenue -> Bingham Road -> Ashburton Rd then along the alleyway to Canning Road.
Not amazingly scenic but a decent stroll in a circle. Havent found a nice circular walk from where I live these days yet.
boohoo
No.
I like the lake!
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I guess it is ok, but it's quite a long jog up some shitty looking roads (not that I really mind that) and then just a small lake with a concrete path around it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Probably the same things that make a good walk.
Personally I like to explore a bit, be on my own a bit, and have a fairly nice view.
At the moment I am sort of doing the railway park to Ashburton park then on to south norwood country park do a loop or so of that and back the opposite side of ashburton and through addiscome. Just a loop of Lloyd park can be interestingish, as there are flats, woods, exercise thingys. Sometimes a run though addiscombe up to the windmill, there is a little wood there to potter around, then down oaks road, coombe wood, lloyd park and home.
Sometimes I just give myself locations to run to just to figure out the lay of the land. Sometimes I just run until I get lost and then try and find my way home (a different way from where I have come).
What I have generally discovered is that nothing is as far away as it seems. I wish I had been more like this when I first moved to london. I remember living 15 minutes walk from Vauxhall tube and getting a bus, then a tube from there to Waterloo.
What an idiot.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
What I like about Lloyd park is that you can do a flat run or take to the hills or run though rough land or though crazy woodland style paths. There is a nice hill that you can see all around from, and nobody is ever around. It's nice to get there and just take a little break. Especially when it is cold but your running has given you a warm coat and the endorphins kick in making you feel like a superhero surveying your patch.
There is a bit off to the side with some obstacle course things in it. Wooden beams to walk along that sort of thing and blackberries to pick at least there was last time I went in the early 90s.
boohoo
No.
You could have gone up the hill along Auckland road then cut into Beaulieu Heights to get to the top of South Norwood Hill
Which roads did you take?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Yeah I looked at that but it was only a five minute jog so I thought I would save it for another time.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Railway park, ashburton park, portland road, Lancaster road, Auckland road.
Yes I should have checked that out, but I don't take maps or back up plans.
boohoo
No.
Create a back street route! How long are your routes?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I don't really have planed routes and I can't remember long lists of backstreets. Lately I do about an hour to an hour and a half in the morning.
boohoo
No.
ATOMIC SUPLEX That's a lot of jogging. I tried jogging once but I kept wishing I had my camera with me to take pictures of buildings. I did plan a route but was bored of it by the third time I ran it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Yes, its not sprinting. I've only really been doing that this week though because I'm not working. Plus its been fun exploring. Generally I'll only do 30 - 45 minutes.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I do remember thinking it great that I could run non stop to waitrose (5 minutes maybe), but honestly it only takes a very short time to build yourself up to jogging as far as you want. I am certainly not the poster boy for fitness. I don't think it has lost me any substantual weight or changed my physique, but I do have more energy and feel better in general.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
I was discussing fitness and stamina with a young smoker at work earlier. Its amazing how quickly your fitness levels increase with a little regular exercise, she agreed. I used to jog round the streets and after a lay if for quite a while, i am now going to a gym. I managed a straight 45 minute run in there yesterday, my longest ever in there and without assistance. I did not touch the sabutamol before, during or after and feeling very smug with myself 
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
matthews yard has gone into administration.
(i drove around broad green the other day and by GOD the level of fly tipped filth in that part of town is truly worrying. i don't like the word but it really has stared to look like a slum. i concluded that i had not seen a filthier place in the whole of the UK. very sad. who does it? why? why that particular area?? hopefully west field will give the place new life...and hope. it makes thornton heath look like an immaculate heaven!)
(i drove around broad green the other day and by GOD the level of fly tipped filth in that part of town is truly worrying. i don't like the word but it really has stared to look like a slum. i concluded that i had not seen a filthier place in the whole of the UK. very sad. who does it? why? why that particular area?? hopefully west field will give the place new life...and hope. it makes thornton heath look like an immaculate heaven!)
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