I walked toWandle Park tram stop to catch a Wimbledon tram, however, on arrival the information system said ther had been a tram failure and thus there were delays. Despite this there was a Wimbledon tram indicted in eight minutes so I decided it would be quicker to wait for that arrival. I was at Wimbledon station at 1200 and by 1209 I was aboard a No 93 to Puhne Heath. The timetable sggted it should take just ten minutes but reailty wasthat the roadworks on Wimbledon Hill meant it took lost double that.
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Strange time interval service of every 35 minutes.
Journey supposed to take 37 minues. |
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| WS86 of London General awaiting departure |
Once at Putney Heath Green Man bus terminal there was a No 424 in at bus stop B and I only just managed to be aboard for its 1229 departure. The bus headed off alone along Wildcroft Road with two other passeners who both alighted as the bus turned right into Telegraph Road opposite the cricket ground.
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| Wildcroft roadwit heath on left |
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| Cricket ground after turning into Telegraph Road |
Telegraph Road took us down to the main road of Putney Heath where be briefly joined a few other busroutes. However the bus soon left then by turning right then left down Carslake Road. There was next a good deal of wriggling around narrow roads made more difficult for the driver by all the parked cars.
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| Waiting at the lightsto turn left down Putney Hill |
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Crossroads between A205
and Putney Hill |
Eventully at the end of Chatfield Avenue we returned to Putney Hill and turned left to head for Putney Bridge. Progress towards the bridge was quite slow, we stopped a Putney railway station at 1242 but didn't reach the bridge until 1250. Once off the bridgewe took the New Kings Road accompanied by the No 22. It wasn't very long though before we turned right into Peterborough Road alone.
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| St Mary's church by Putney Bridge south side |
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| The duke by the Green |
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| The green Parsons Green |
This road took us towards the river and at Carnwath Road we went left to cross straight over Wandsworth Bridge Road into Townend Road. Here we joined other bus routes again but were soon diverted left along Byam Street and Broughton Road then Pearscroft Road so as to reach Bagley Lane, which we should have reached nearer the river.
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| Bulding works on river waterfront Carnwath Road |
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| Fulham old Town Hall |
This took us back to the New Kings Road at 1311 but only briefly as soon we took Harwood Road to Fulham Broadway. The bus then took Fulham road for quite a time before it headed off right on its own along MunsterRoad past the strangely named Reporton Road.
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| Reporton Road |
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| Church in Fulham PalaceRoad |
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Journey'sEnd |
This meant we reached Lille Road road rejoining with a number of routes and we followed this road until we turned left at Fulham Palace Road. As we reached Fulham cemetary the bus turned right into Lysia Street and was then on its own to the end of the route near Craven Cottage stadium in StevenageRoad which was reached at 1341. The journey had taken almost double the time on the bus stop at 72 minutes.
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Statue of Johnny Haynes outside
Craven Cottage stadium |
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River Thames high upstream of Putney Bridge,
4.63m at Richmond with 4.60 flooding level |
To get home I walked past the stadium to Fulham Palace and stopped there for lunch. I walked onward afterwards to Putney Bridge station to get an Underground train to Wimbledon and then a tram back to Wandle Park. I arrived home at 1515 catching for a short way a No 410.
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| Pill box gun implacement now at least 80 years old at northern end of Putney Bridge |
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