A weak sun tries to break through the mist – early morning in my garden. But only a few hours later it was slanting through the trees onto the pond at the bottom of my path down to the heath. Further on, some people had brought their sarnies and their flasks and were basking in …
Kenwood House terrace
A misty Saturday at Kenwood – with parakeets
Today dawned bright and winter shiny, but Saturday morning was wreathed in a chilly mist. But not for long. By mid morning the mist was lifting, the Cheese toasties and the falafel stands were up and running and the queues stretched right along the terrace in front of Kenwood House. In fact, Kenwood and its …
Talking the Walk
Longstanding subscribers to this blog may remember that a couple of years go I talked about my cousin Des in the west of Ireland. Des has ‘Inherited Retinal Dystrophy’….. ‘Inherited’, he says, ‘because I told them my mother was affected, and retinal dystrophy because the cells in the retina are dying off. Which, to me, …
Breakfast at Kenwood
Welcome to our new Walks on Hampstead Heath blog. Dedicated to our walks on the heath but also to gardens (both mine and others) and with the occasional guest appearance from Boris and Arwen – seen here fraternising on our scaffolding balcony. When I moved to Highgate back in February, one of the treats I …