With the final raising of lockdown number three I wanted to get some feedback from you, my readers, as to where I should go with this blog. Since I started it in an attempt to relieve the tedium for those confined within their own four walls by lockdowns numbers one and two, this seems like …
Trees on Hampstead heath
Happy New Year!
Another cold and grey day to start the new year so I thought we would look back to recent sunnier days in the hope that they will project themselves forward into 2021! The Boating Pond a few evenings ago. Beech leaves in Kenwood wood…. The overgrown edges of the Vale of Health pond…. A wonderfully …
A walk to Belsize Park
Another beautiful day after last night’s prodigious rains and winds – the trees statuesque against the blue of the sky. So, from Highgate to Belsize Park – in four sections so feel free to log out at any point. And finally back up to Highgate through the woods.
Slow walk around the boating pond
A reader told me the other day how much she enjoyed my/our walks – which caused me to have a little think about them. And I realised that my standard procedure was to march you, relatively briskly, through the woods and over the open heath focusing on the trees, the grasses, the undergrowth and the …
Bring back the sun……
A dreary June has now turned into a soggy and grey July. So to remind us of what a hot sunny day was like, here is a brief video I took in search of running water round Kenwood lake when we had our last two day heatwave. (If you want to see the videos you …
Tree day….
This morning I met my ex-next-door-neighbour very bright and early by the sadly deserted kids playground….. …and we headed (2 metres apart) up the west side of the heath – although confusingly it is known as East Heath. This is almost entirely wooded, so today’s walk does include a lot of trees. And first up …