This was intended to be a post about an extremely enjoyable morning hacking holly earlier this week (see below) – but the winter sun on the heath as I walked back from South End Green this afternoon was so lovely that I could not resist including it. And how irrestibile were those mandarin ducks on …
Kenwood woods
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, …
Last leaves? Probably not, but nearing the end
The golden sovereign tree – just what the government needs right now. Better than blood on the floor which is what this lovely maple outside Highgate school might give them. In gentler mood – the beech avenue running up to Hampstead village. And because walking through the leaves is such a crucial part of autumn, …
Cool off……
These ferns in Kenwood Woods looked amazingly cool and appealing this afternoon… as did this walk the same woods’ towering trees. And I was obviously not the only one with that idea! Earlier today, before the heat set in, the men’s pond was already heaving at 7am. Yes – all those dots are swimmers. But …
Random……
I am conscious that it is is four days since I blogged and I apologise to those who are wondering where I have gone…. There was actually a book review scheduled for yesterday but for various reasons that got delayed. So just to prove that both the heath and I are still here, a few …
And back to trees…..
Well strictly speaking, back to dead trees. Yesterday I walked back through Kenwood Woods and saw this guy. Looked to me just like those sun reddened canyons that John Wayne – or the Lone Ranger – might have been galloping through in pursuit of some gap-toothed evil outlaw…. A bit further on I found these …