Is this little boy taking his life in his hands? That looks very much to me like a bony dragon with a curling tail – and could that be a crocodile creeping along his back? And down in Millfield Lane, what is this that looks like coarse brown lace hanging down from the tree branches? …
Hampstead Heath
Victim of the gales
A victim of the gale force winds that have been sweeping across the heath over the last few days, down by the boating pond. As you can see, the leaves have not even started to shrivel. Standing firm against mere gales however were these two veteran campaigners. How many people do you think it would …
Sandy Heath
These days Sandy Heath seems a total misnomer for the precipitous, shadowy woodland, scattered with giant trees, that runs from Spaniards Road down to the Heath Extension. But this is the ridge of Bagshot Sands which runs east to west across the heath. ‘The Bagshot Sands’, says Helen Lawrence in How Hampstead Heath Was Saved, …
Tenements and dinosaurs
Another very brief post as we are still busy working our way through face cleansers, serums, oils, hair conditioners and eye creams for the FreeFrom Skincare Awards judging. So a brief whip around Kenwood and its woods, dodging the decidedly torrential showers. On the way I passed this very bedraggled and disintegrating tree trunk. An …
Ducks….
Because we are now in the middle of the FreeFrom Skincare Awards judging…. (see Alex’s blog here and the shortlist here) I have not had that much time for wandering around the heath. I have been too busy making lunch for hungry, but socially distanced, judges! So here are two rather sweet little videos I …
Vale of Health
The Vale of Health is a tiny group of around maybe 60 houses, two blocks of flats and a fairground, tucked into a rather boggy area (originally called Gangmoor) on the east side of the heath. To reach it you have to go down this small country lane. (If you want to see the videos …