And as an antidote to all of those slightly depressing weeds, a short video of an elderly lady who arrived in her sedan chair for her swim just as I was crossing between the ponds. As you will hear, she lost one of her front legs about five years ago and is now very arthritic …
Dogs on Hampstead Heath
Sandy Heath pond
Over the other side of the heath, on Sandy Heath, there is an amazing pond. (For more of the fascinating history of Sandy Heath see this post.) It is large, flat, shallow, surrounded by trees and inhabited by several colonies of ducks – both ‘ordinary’ ducks and the wonderful mandarin ducks. But it is also …