Any of you Wind in the Willows fans? If so I am sure you will know that Ratty (seen here chortling away with Mole in Philip Mendoza’s delightful sketch) was a water vole, not really a rat at all although water voles were often called water rats – or water dogs! But Ratty’s descendants are …
Funghi
I came across these images of funghi that I had found while out and about around the heath over the last few weeks – and wanted to share. Most had vanished within 48 hours, often within 24.
A day out in Greenwich
Tuesday was such a perfect late autumn day that I decided to down tools and go on an expedition. Where to go? Somewhere which would offer both nice walking and something interesting to see. Greenwich seemed a no brainer. In fact, Greenwich offers so much to see that I could have been there a week …
Kenwood gears up for Christmas
No, this doesn’t look very like Christmas, does it. The last flurry of autumn colour on the Kenwood lawns soon to host a serious Christmas show. But all around the house, preparations are well under way. Up by the Stable block, a huge lorry park has been created. At the entrance to house massive wooden …
Early November on the heath
Although the colour has not been at its best this year, with the sun behind them some of the trees can still look pretty spectacular. This one above is in the glade just north of Parliament Hill. And below is the ginko that grows outside the window of the Golders Hill Park café. And this…… …
Bracken and ferns in Highgate cemeteries
Did you know that although they look almost identical brackens and ferns are very different plants? In my ignorance, I didn’t, until I showed up for last week’s gardening session at Highgate cemeteries. This is a fern, all of its leafy stems shooting up, fountain-like, from a central bole. While ferns do spread they are …