Alongside the Capital Ring

Image: © Marathon Taken: 14 Oct 2015

The Capital Ring follows Brookside Walk, so named after the Mutton Brook which is to the left here, beyond the path which is followed by the Capital Ring. The Mutton Brook rises near Highgate Wood and flows into the Dollis Brook just ahead, which then becomes the River Brent. Much of the Mutton Brook flows in culvert through formal gardens but there are also some more natural sections. The busy and noisy North Circular Road is just behind, crossing the Capital Ring and the Mutton Brook on a bridge. One other point of interest is that this was the furthest point south reached by any of the recent Ice Ages in Britain (the Anglian around 400,000 years ago). Gravel hereabouts has been found to contain stones carried by the ice from as far away as Scandinavia. The Mutton and Dollis Brooks are remnants of periglacial features which were the means by which melt water was conveyed to the River Brent and thence to the Thames at Brentford.

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