{"id":9,"date":"2016-02-11T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T04:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.julesforth.com\/thamestrail\/?p=9"},"modified":"2016-04-12T11:48:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:48:35","slug":"hello-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/hello-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the Thames Trail .. backwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m now on the count down for starting the Thames Trail! I&#8217;ve bought my boots and\u00a0broken them in, the itinerary has been created with gorgeous people joining me for days here and there and I&#8217;ve read &#8216;Three Men in a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog&#8217;. I&#8217;ve done some training in hot and humid Sydney .. never\u00a0realised it was quite so hilly! Walking the Trail starts at the Thames Barrier in three weeks .. yes, I know .. I&#8217;m walking it backwards but what would you expect from a woman who gets Heathrow mixed up with Gatwick, can&#8217;t tell her Bangkok from her Chiang Mai and misses flights as regularly as Donald Trump gets new hair extensions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are a few of my pics from my walks in sunny Sydney, in The\u00a0Blue Mountains and in cool\u00a0Queenstown, New Zealand. Next post will be from Westminster Bridge, after the first day&#8217;s walk! Please join me for drawings and tales of each day of the journey.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2466.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2466-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View from the Harbour Bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2466-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2466-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2466.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the Harbour Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_33\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2467.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33\" src=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2467-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Balmoral Beach and the Heads on a blustery Day\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2467-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2467-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2467.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balmoral Beach and the Heads on a blustery Day<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_31\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2389.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31\" src=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2389-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2389-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2389.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0301.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"wp-image-27 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0301-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0301\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0301-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0301-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0301.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shoreline of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown in NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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