Although the colour has not been at its best this year, with the sun behind them some of the trees can still look pretty spectacular. This one above is in the glade just north of Parliament Hill. And below is the ginko that grows outside the window of the Golders Hill Park café. And this…… …
Boating Pond at Hampstead heth
A break from the leaves and a long walk
Evening over the Boating pond – The clouds over White Stone pond, courtesy of @Thelegalview – The Fitzroy Park allotments – and… a long walk on a sunny afternoon.
Slow walk around the boating pond
A reader told me the other day how much she enjoyed my/our walks – which caused me to have a little think about them. And I realised that my standard procedure was to march you, relatively briskly, through the woods and over the open heath focusing on the trees, the grasses, the undergrowth and the …
Where have the cygnets gone?….
A couple of days ago my swan-follower reader sent me a picture of the family on Hampstead Pond 1. All present and correct. (Cygnet number 5 was making a break over at the edge of the pond.) But yesterday, on the Boating Pond, there were just the parents….. The buzz is that the cygnets are …
Weekend in the garden – and on Peter Hill
Because it was such a beautiful day, I thought I would relieve the pressure on Hampstead Heath by staying put in my garden. So this is early morning at the boating pond a couple of days ago. My good intentions had been to hack some more ivy but by the time that I had proof …