05/03/17: Whetstone to Chipping Barnet

The morning rain briefly cleared for long enough to allow a somewhat unremarkable walk along Dollis Brook and up the hill to Chipping Barnet. The depressing sight of two crows eating litter at a bus stop was made even worse by the shards of glass from a car windscreen all over the pavement. (3). My spirits were slightly cheered, however, by the friendly "Chipping Barnet Town Centre Welcome" sign. (4)
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Following a brief but productive charity-shopping detour in Chipping Barnet, we walked back down the hill, taking the leafy lane past High Barnet tube (3) and back to the boggy terrain around Dollis Brook. 

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The fields were utterly saturated and I soon had mud on my shoes, coat and trousers. But the sun was out, defying the BBC's grim weather predictions for all-day rain. 

Miles walked: 4.25
Cats spotted: 0