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Marvelous Scenic Walks Near London

There are plenty of walking routes in London. If you fancy something a bit more rural, then the green and pleasant land has plenty to offer.

If you’re in the mood for a gentle rural walk, the Thames Path is far from boring. The 5-mile footpath follows the curve of the river, winding past wildflower meadows (草地).

Post-walk pub: Pangbourne’s seventeenth-century pub The Swan serves high-end dishes. Bag a table on the riverside or keep toasty by one of its open fires.

To admire this spots rural views, first you’ve got to jump across 17 stepping stones and climb 272 steps to the top of Box Hill, where the path begins. The total distance is 6.8 miles.

Post-walk pub: The cavernous Tree on Box Hill has an attractive menu and huge beer garden, or sample a glass of Juniper Hill at Denbies Winerie.

If you’ve already done the classic Seven Sisters clifftop walk or can’t face all those hills, this is a long but lovely alternative. The route covering 14.3 miles snakes along a ridge and a river valley.

Post-walk pub: There are always 10 real beers at the old-school pub The Wellington.

Chess Valley in the Chiltern Hills isn’t home to any chess masters, but it used to produce a kind of water plant. This walk of 4.9 miles follows the river, winding through rolling meadows and woods.

Post-walk pub: The George & Dragon is a simple old coaching pub on the High Street with a log fire, real beers and giant burgers.

Known as boba, bubble tea (珍珠奶茶)has taken the world by storm, with its chains springing up like mushrooms around the world. 1． you’ve been living under a rock, it’s easy to notice this Chinese long-standing cultural food phenomenon.

It’s 2． (inspire) to see how this tea preparation has become a full-blown sensation in its land of origin as well as abroad. But 3．on earth came up with the idea of putting chewy tapioca balls in tea?

Bubble tea is said 4． (originate) in the city of Taichung. Liu Hanchie of Chun Shui Tang Teahouse, who claims to be the 5． (create), declares that in 6．early eighties, he experimented with cold milk tea   7． adding fruit, syrup, candied yams and tapioca bubbles.

A decade later, the 8． (addictive) tasty drink reached most parts of East and Southeast Asia with bubble tea shops 9． (pop) up in every mall and street corner. Since then, it 10． (spread) across the globe, including the US, Australia, Europe and South Africa.