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 …
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Down South….
Barbara lives on the south side of Hampstead Heath so this picture she took for us yesterday is of Hampstead Pond No. 1, the first pond you meet when you walk onto the heath from South End Green. To the right of the pond is a causeway which separates Pond No 1 from the Mixed …
Birdsong….
But first, forsythia, harbinger of spring. Just breaking out on the way into Kenwood…. I did nip down my favourite path to the heath this morning, but I was rather later than intended so the rush hour, in as much as we have a rush hour these days, was already in full swing. As a …
Need a loo?
Today I recruited my good friend Barbara who lives down on the south side of the heath (where I used to live…) to get out there and find exciting things to photograph on the heath. And what did she find? A loo… A rather classy loo mind you…. but actually a pretty useless one as …




