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Day 1 Woolwich to London Bridge 10 June 2023

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  All images for this section are on: Thames Path Woolwich to London Bridge 13 miles 10 June 2023 First day of what will be a completely new experience for me: a day walk on a Trail that is completely in a city for a day. Dave, Mike and I walked the part of the South West Coast Path that passes through Plymouth in February 2014, but the day ended outside the city limits. Matt, Dave and I have pledged to walk the entire 187 miles; that may take some time due to work and family pressures on Dave, and that Matt will shortly be living in Sheffield. Freya joins us for the first part, mostly in the buggy but she walks a short distance and uses her scooter as we find the start point at Woolwich, a mission that is more difficult than anticipated, as there is no way marker. That may be attributed to the fact that the start point has moved a couple of miles eastwards from the original start point at Thames Barrier, apparently so that it meets the England Coast Path at the same place. At the star