tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753060585427167082.post6803850473444743397..comments2024-02-23T08:56:42.645+00:00Comments on Gingle lists everything: Epping Forest, 5th JuneGinglesnuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254189538193183395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753060585427167082.post-57441299611553656282012-07-11T17:11:44.111+01:002012-07-11T17:11:44.111+01:00Hi! Thanks for commenting on this. Reading this I ...Hi! Thanks for commenting on this. Reading this I was utterly perplexed, as even though I had expected it to be a lot bigger, I had looked up 'Epping Forest' on my Smartphone with Google maps on it, and we could literally trace our walk on the map, and it showed that we had walked around the whole thing. However, after reading your comment I typed Epping Forest into Google Maps on my desktop and it immediately showed me a massive green area that, indeed, stretches from Buckhurst Hill to Theyden Bois! How bizzare that my phone didn't show me this in the first place, instead of some little outcropping of it in Snaresbrook! I will have to go back, and update. Though it might not be for a while given the appalling and unpredictable weather. (I'm not that hardy.)<br /><br />Thank you!Ginglesnuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254189538193183395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753060585427167082.post-15988544042230164852012-07-11T16:56:39.213+01:002012-07-11T16:56:39.213+01:00Hiya
I saw a link to your blog via a comment on t...Hiya <br />I saw a link to your blog via a comment on this website:<br />http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/travel/36-hours-in-east-london.html <br /><br />And so it happened that I read this blog post of yours... and although I'm really not the kind of person to leave comments on people's blogs, I really felt I needed to as I was also once disappointed with Epping Forest but only because I also only saw a small part of the forest and didn't venture into the real "forest-like" bits.<br /><br />I live in the Epping area, and the Epping Forest is indeed a forest and not just a "big grassland park":) Unfortunately you only went as far as Snaresbrook, which is almost where the forest only starts, and you therefore only saw an extremely small percentage of it! <br />Epping Forest is actually the largest public open space in the London area, at almost 6,000 acres :)<br /><br />You should really go further out, maybe take the central line all the way to stops such as Buckhurst Hill, Loughton or Theydon Bois. <br /><br />Then venture out a bit, to High Beach, a well-established beauty spot from where you can watch the sunset from a little hill, or sit at the pub; also maybe check out Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge in Chingford. <br /><br />But go and see for yourself, hire a bike preferably, it's absolutely beautiful.<br /><br />Link to walks and maps of Epping forest:<br />http://www.walksandwalking.com/walks/walks-in-essex/walks-in-epping/<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com