19.37km
13/05/23
💁💁
★★☆☆☆
The route starts at Yio Chu Kang and goes through AMK Linear Park, then Punggol Park, then Serangoon River, then Defu and finally following the river to Boon Keng. This is part of the Central Urban Loop.
We had Subway at BreadTalk HQ at Tai Seng. And we took a train to Woodleigh Mall for it's first weekend of opening.
This was the hottest day in Singapore's history. So we had to cut it short. The journey was so unpleasantly hot, even with an umbrella on. Punggol Park was nice, very lively with people playing all sorts of things like Devil Sticks, but even at 9am it was already very hot. Moving onto Defu, it was obviously boring, with the main attraction being the numbers on the buildings counting up. The river was also average, and hot obviously. So overall, I'm not quite sure why NParks considers this a good urban loop to follow. Probably just spend some time in Punggol Park and you should be good to go. No need for the rest of the journey through industrial estates. Plus this Donovan keeps complaining that his legs tired haiya.
IDK maybe don't go on a hot day? Places like Serangoon River legit had no shelter from the sun.