It was a horribly grey damp day today so I fear I did not even make it to the heath. But, instead – how about these glorious beaches in the west of Ireland where I was last week. This is Mullaghmore – and amazingly, these calm flat beaches offer some of the best surfing in …
No sun today…..
There was no sun on the heath today – although belatedly I see a little bit of blue sky. But it was mild and amazingly, after all these years, I managed to get lost! It comes of having moved up to the heights of Highgate, far from the familiar lowlands of Parliament Hill and Belsize …
Keeping cheerful….
The one get-out clause from self isolation from COVID-19 seems to be ‘taking healthy exercise’. So, now that I am only a very short stone’s throw from Hampstead Heath, I intend to take full advantage so that I can deliver a daily diet of cheering , hopefully sun-filled, images…. So for today – my all …
Hampstead Heath in the sun
The media output at 8am this morning was filled with doom and gloom – but – the sun was shining for the first time in days. And, in my new residence, I genuinely am only 4 minutes walk from Hampstead Heath. How was I to resist. So, hopefully to cheer your morning…. A bank of …
Apologies……
Apologies to regular readers of my blog for the lack of recent posts. Christmas came and went but was hotly pursued by the judging for the annual FreeFrom Food Awards which has always happened in my house in Lawn Road in North London. Three weeks – five days a week – 600 odd products – …
Hampstead Heath in the winter sun
One of the upper ponds yesterday afternoon on Hampstead Heath – the sunlit golden swathe of trees on the far side of the lake reflected in the pale cobalt blue of the lake – which in turn reflects the baby blue of the sky. In the foreground, a blackened and gnarled tree stump, a few …