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
A talking walk around Sandy Heath and back through Kenwood
Sandy Heath, down the northern slopes of the ridge that runs from, Highgate to Hampstead, is one of my favourite parts of the heath. Wooded, but not too densely, steeply sloping down toward the Heath Extension, with many towering trees, looking especially architectural and splendid at this time of year. And one of my favourite …
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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, …
Leaves….
Flaming leaves on the way down the path to the Boating Pond. Less spectacular but fascinating in their variations… And what happened to this metallic green intruder? And here they are doing battle with the mud. And here still clinging to their parent tree on the great lawn below Kenwood House.
Flaming autumn
What an amazing tree. I think it must be a maple but I have never seen a tree turn from dark green to golden red branch by branch like this. Here is one of the redder branches…. and here a delicate pale yellow and pink. This multi coloured tree was down by the lake at …