UNOFFICIAL WALK - Downe on the Downs - An Origin of the Species walk from Zone 6

 I was in London for the weekend with a plan to walk with meetup on the Saturday then watch the London marathon on Sunday.

Downe on the Downs - An Origin of the Species walk from Zone 6 (14 miles) | Meetup

I woke up Saturday morning to find the walk had been put forward to Sunday due to the heavy rain forecast for that dinner time. Since I had nothing planed as most of the standard tourist attractions I'd seen or now required pre booking.

I choose to do a modified version of the walk myself with the plan of bailing out as soon as the weather got bad.

I got the train down to Orpington then walked through High Elms country park avoiding stray balls from the golf course. I walked past Charles Darwin's house pictured above before taking a footpath in the general direction of the nearest train station.

I ended up in a small village called Hazelwood where the road was fast and a bit dangerous. By this point the rain was slowly getting worse. 

 I managed to find another footpath running parallel to the road before bailing out at Chelsfield station and heading back to the city.