A few days ago I was walking across to Belsize Park and I came across this…. As they rightly said, what else are you going to do when the gyms are closed? We have just started some very pared down and socially distanced judging sessions for the FreeFrom Food Awards, so I am somewhat confined …
Magnolia, Nevada and a talking walk to Hampstead Village
It is not quite there yet, but the Kenwood magnolia is poised. One more day of good sunshine and those creamy silk vase shaped petals will have burst into full flower. Round a corner into the woods I came across a long fallen tree whose trunk had rotted and crumbled. Squatting down to look closer …
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Spring buds and blossom
Willows are always the last trees to lose their leaves and the first to come into leaf – and here they are, down by the Men’s Swimming Pond, blowing around on a vigorously windy day. Meanwhile, walking through the wood, the brambles are revving up for an energetic spring colonising the undergrowth. A bit further …
Do you think culling badgers is a good thing?
If you don’t then you might want to support the Wildlife Trusts efforts to ensure that culling stops and is replaced by bovine TB vaccination. There is currently a consultation out there asking for our views on the cull – but you only have 10 days to take part as the consultation closes on March …
Regent’s Park – and a kite
It has, on the whole, been a grey and blustery week so my second indulgent bit of socialising, with a school friend in Regent’s Park, was a bit drear. But I am delighted to say that the hellebores were totally refusing to be discouraged and were looking delightful. Likewise these really vibrant berries/berry-like flowers – …
Grand Union Canal
Those of you who follow our Instagram feed with recognise this. Yes, it really is a car welded onto the back of a barge! Seen yesterday on my first-escape-from-London spring walk along the Grand Union Canal with the lovely Catherine Rose (@catherinerosebloom) – an erstwhile FreeFrom Food Awards winner and FFFA ‘judging cook’ who now …