Barbara lives on the south side of Hampstead Heath so this picture she took for us yesterday is of Hampstead Pond No. 1, the first pond you meet when you walk onto the heath from South End Green. To the right of the pond is a causeway which separates Pond No 1 from the Mixed …
Birdsong….
But first, forsythia, harbinger of spring. Just breaking out on the way into Kenwood…. I did nip down my favourite path to the heath this morning, but I was rather later than intended so the rush hour, in as much as we have a rush hour these days, was already in full swing. As a …
Need a loo?
Today I recruited my good friend Barbara who lives down on the south side of the heath (where I used to live…) to get out there and find exciting things to photograph on the heath. And what did she find? A loo… A rather classy loo mind you…. but actually a pretty useless one as …
Kenwood
This morning, Tuesday, was brilliantly sunny so I set off early onto the the heath, meeting another new little white bell flower on my way down ‘my’ path. Any ideas as to what it might be? I thought I would just check that Kenwood, seen distantly through the trees, was still closed. So I was …
Social distancing on Hampstead heath
There was certainly no issue about social distancing on Hampstead Heath this morning, as the rain swept down…. However, the swans were enjoying it – although they seemed a little put out that there were so few people to offer them stale bits of Mother’s Pride. But all was not lost. One intrepid walker had …
Snow on Hampstead Heath…
Yes, there really was snow this morning! Only a few flakes but it definitely was snow – and it was certainly cold enough – with an east wind that would cut you in two. So this is a nice sunny picture of broom down by the tennis courts on balmy Thursday of last week. Although …