Whether canoeing, horseback riding, lawn bowling - the Brits indulge in the middle of London, the capital of their outdoor life. Airy will be at the newly opened Baumwipfelpfad in Kew Gardens, while exhausting PowerKit with Lenkdrachen in Richmond Park.
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London - Fast landed a little water in the channel lap, his arms are already wet. "No sports" Winston Churchill would have at this point groaned, but who is Danny Gillard aufmacht, London from the water to explore, who knows that he is not with the comfort of a Venetian gondola must reckon. He must even tackle. That is the appeal of the tour, the times of England's capital, a very different side shows as described in tourist guides.
The kayak drag the participants of the trip on the Regent's Canal between Camden and St. John's Wood itself to investors and allow it to water. Danny puts a paddle in each hand. Sitting down, not swing, keep your back straight, shoulders forward - then even less vigorous forward expeditiously. After half an hour to work even turning on the spot. This also allows easy navigation along the quay walls and passing boats.
And so it is on its way past London Zoo and the gardens of the villa owners endure. Visitors to the British capital on the canal found peace and seclusion, as London is just a few places has to offer. On this day know about this one except the group paddles only a few joggers on the waterfront promenade, the ducks on the water and the canal dwellers. They live in small house on the edge, so-called Narrow Boats, the straight than eight feet wide. This is approximately 2.60 meters.
Under the old stone bridges and through dark side arms scrapped, the tour boats to the lock at Camden Lock Market and back. And even if the traps do not hindsight wonderful idea, because in the murky water in which one or other beer or sandwich packing slips past: From the water from the old warehouse buildings here probably only a few visitors to view London.
Olympic cycling path along the Thames
There are water and greenery in London outside royal conservatories. The Thames durchmisst the city from the southwest to the east. Who in the Parliament at Westminster City ferry climbs, looks back on the trip to St. Paul's Cathedral, renowned museums like the Tate Gallery and Tate Modern, the New Globe Theater and the Tower of London. And he passed the Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge.
In less than an hour day-trippers arrive by boat to Greenwich, where they are from investors between maple trees throughout the town and go to the park - a popular trip for Londoners in search of green. A piece of the hill takes visitors quickly to the famous zero meridian on the grounds of the Royal Observatory, the Royal Observatory.
In nice weather, the lawn full of strolling. A view from here on the Thames, the old docks and the Skyscrapers and the Olympic Park in the east. An approximately 13 km long cycle path through Woolwich and Charlton and leads along the River Thames under the name of "Ride the Games" by the District. In many places in the city is working under high pressure. London 2012 will be the Summer Olympic Games, this metropolis, the city of sport. The enthusiasm of the British football is already proverbial.
And in fact, is the jogging or cycling on the streets of the Londoners always a good topic of conversation. Only the tongue strike is different: Every resident of the British capital, it seems, has a story to tell, how harmful the fumes and the dangers of the dense traffic for sports fans can be. Many London therefore prefer to go the gym or play in a "Leisure Center" badminton and squash.
Baumwipfelpfad in Kew Gardens
Others take tourists, for example, on Sunday in Richmond. About half an hour by subway to the west of the city hinausfährt increases with some cyclists and triathletes from the train. They push their vehicles to exit and to make the nearby Richmond Park Visitors wheel without following them with the best bus route 85 or take about 5 pounds (about 5.50 Euro) a taxi.
Richmond Park is approximately five to six times as large as Hyde Park, he is more of a forest as a park and so large that it must be well trained in order to run once around. Walkers pass through it in about an hour and meet with a little luck on deer, woodpeckers, birds, ducks and squirrels, while at sea of ferns go along, between maple, oak and beech. Even riders cross the path on their horses, even in the rain here is usually not alone.
Nearly 40 percent of the city area of London to be green and water accounts, there are 148 parks and gardens as well as 8 large royal parks. One of them is Kew Gardens on the way back from Richmond in the city. The Royal Botanical Gardens have since the autumn of 2008, a new attraction, especially for families: the "Tree Top Walk". The strong current of 1.50 meters wide, in 18 meters height around 200 meters long by the crowns of chestnut.
Little black plates provide the generic name of trees, a small tree next to the customer entrance clarifies children and adults about what is in trees below the surface everything plays what pests they add and why trees in the city just as important. In the numerous greenhouses, on the 121-hectare green area are distributed, but also grow exotic flowers, palm trees and high cover coffee and olive trees - to see plants from all over the world.
Hang Gliding in Richmond Park
If such a visit too little sweaty, which probably in the wide green of the Richmond Park the right thing. Mark Parker has been here four years, "Power Kiting" with the dragon in flight. Anyone who posts an exercise unit, should the Saturday and Sunday free - depending on the weather mark the accessory pack in the one or the other day. Because if the fabric gets wet, it does not fly, but falls like a sack to the ground.
An e-mail with a map and a description leads to the interested agency in the park, where they mark under a seven-meter high flag can be found - in the summer near the entrance "Robin Hood Gate." Mark is the sport for 15 years. Fascinates him the "struggle with the wind," he says. Those who are challenged in this feels, should focus on muscles a day to adjust.
At a 30-meter-long rope can also tourists in two hours to learn how to deal with the dragon on wind hold. Advanced take a board or buggy added, then the sport is similar to the water-skiing or snowboarding. "Most are surprised at how much the train dragons developed - we need every muscle in your body tense up," explains Mark. There are no ideas more freely for annoying memories of the office.
Festivals, ankle-high shoes and comfortable, sporty clothes should bring interested. Ever have outdoor enthusiasts in London weather resistant. The photos of the city's tourism office seems always the sun. The cliché of London and the common sense to know, however, that this can not be true. And the statistics shows, for example, while Paris and Rome for a larger amount of precipitation - that it is raining in London but more frequently.
Bowling with rubber mat
Not that the Brits in a real house would hold: In the Mid-Surrey Bowling Club, for example, the tradition of lawn bowling maintained, a game similar to boules on the English proverbial lawn next to the Kew Gardens. White shirts and gray trousers are required in training, as well as a rubber mat. Her needs a foot rest, while the game is progressing towards the front leg and swing the ball there. According to ethics has a bar-towel before they dry and the right grip awarded.
Some people here have been playing for 25 years, and the list of club champion in the clubhouse is evidence of much longer tradition, as well as jackets with golden arms and the reverence with which the men on the green balls to throw. With Churchill's motto "No sports" Nobody needs this British coming.
