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although it's by far the nicest/safest route from city to east
Really? Regents towpath is such a fucking mess; slow, aggravating and indirect to most places in East.
And as recent events have shown, not really that safe. Either from perspective of yoots mugging or going shoulder to shoulder with peds not feeling inclined to share the towpath - for which I don't blame them given the towpath isn't really wide enough for shared use
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I guess it really depends on your exact journey and time of the day. I do 6.30am and 5.30pm barely anyone on there. And yes from leyton to city I personally think it's the safest and nicest route (gangs aside...). I would rather add 5-10min to my journey if it means I don't have to juggle between buses and cars and inhaling their exhaust smoke. But yeah if you commute after 8am and come back 6/7pm in the summer I can see how runners and tourist might fuck the all peace thing up.
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yeah all depends on what your concerns are. I see where you are coming from. Got hit by a car and lost a kidney in the past so I would rather deal with pedestrians than running the risk of another major accident...in 3 years doing it daily I never really had any issues apart from the odd "fuck off" comments which happens on the road too.
But this all gang thing is making me reconsider my winter route atm...
Aldersbrook
You guys seen this?
Been using that exact same route for the last 2 years....makes me a little bit worried must admit although it's by far the nicest/safest route from city to east.