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These routes were made for walking

pring is coming, and my London strolls start early. Before breakfast, before the news, and before sitting at a desk all day. The human traffic is low out there, as I open the door in Maida Vale. It’s just after sunrise. Where to, today? Well, the mood might take me to Hyde Park; to Camden Town along the canal; to Marble Arch down the Edgware Road. Greenish vista or urban edge – to be decided. After an hour I’m circling back with a keen appetite and a

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