Nipping in between the continuing flood of awards related emails and the repeated torrential downpours, I only managed a quick half hour on the heath today. But I was staggered how quickly the rain had converted the rock hard clay paths of Monday into the quagmires of March! The skies were lowering so I moved …
Hampstead Heath
Post party….
I am sorry that the heath got squeezed out by our virtual party yesterday – and the lines are are still very much humming! But the rain is also clattering down and the winds blowing, so I don’t feel as bad about being tied to my desk as I otherwise might! However, yesterday I did …
Rain……
(If you want to see the video you will need to click onto the blog as the email notification does not include the video.) Yes, real, live rain – can you hear it? Well, to be honest, we didn’t get that much rain – nowhere near as much as our parched gardens need, but still …
Trees from Hamsptead Lane
Today is Sunday so, since we are still in lock down I am trying not to go to the heath. But as I was having breakfast this morning I looked out of my study window and realised that, whatever about the heath, we have some pretty darn fine trees up here in Highgate. Well, to …
Hampstead Heath Trees….
The heath is home to the most amazing selection of trees. You have already seen a number of them on this blog and I am sure will see many more. although, I am ashamed to say, that I do not know what most of them are…. This beauty, with a crow perched on its topmost …
Beautiful – but dangerous…
Yes, those horse chestnuts are beautiful but – for those who suffer from pollen allergies, as Jacquie pointed out in a comment, they are lethal…. Normally it is male plants that are particularly dangerous for pollen sufferers. But horse chestnuts have perfect flowers, which mean that they are both male and female – so are …