My birthday.

And I celebrated by runing futher than I’d ever run before, training for my virtual London marathon for local charity South London Special League.

28km or 17.4 miles (and I really did feel the final two km….!)

Accompanying me on my run was Zero Point, a rather fine deep house mix by Duncan Marley, including tracks from Omar S, Small People, Super Discount and Francoise K.

I discovered new parts of London via the Green Chain and Capital Ring routes, picking these up at Beckhenham (after coming off the Waterlink Way) getting slightly lost in Beckhenham Mansion grounds and then finished at Eltham Palace. What I should have done here is continued along the quiet routes to Oxleas Woods and Woolwich.  Instead, I headed down the relentless South Circular just as I was starting to feel the miles and needed maximum distraction.

The no filter photos –  just the quick snap with my iPhone 7  as I run past:

Blackheath. Welcome to your birthday.

Discovering a new building – Beckenham Mansion. Turned a corner and there it was.

Photoshop out Canary Wharf and I could be deep in the countryside.

Panoramic view – central London in the distance on the left, Canary Wharf and Greenwich to the right. Eltham Palace a couple of miles ahead.