Promenade in the Park
Today being another glorious autumnal day, I set off in the late morning on an excursion to Regents Park, by taking 2 buses to get me to the southern end so I could walk through the Avenue Gardens.
Glorious.
You know that thing about 'well, if you want [X thing] you should do it yourself:
a) even were I a gardener (hah! black thumb, my houseplants die) I could not achieve this kind of effect in a teeny back garden.
b) sometimes you don't even know that you want [X thing] until [X thing] has already come to your attention: I quite by chance quite some years ago came across the Avenue Gardens while on a really dreary training course in the area, and my day was enlivened. See also, my first sight of a Louise Nevelson sculpture (Waterfall, National Museum of Women in the Arts, autumn of 1995).
Then up the Broad Walk and took a diversion around the western side of the Zoo, came out at Primrose Hill Bridge where I found I couldn't get down to the Regent's Canal towpath, and had to walk along borin ol' Prince Albert Road until I finally got to a point where I could.
Along the towpath to Camden Market (heaving: I was quite tempted by some of the food stalls but the whole crowded/nowhere to sit/etc thing decided me not) and on into Camden Town, a light lunch, and a bus home. This entry was originally posted at http://oursin.dreamwidth.org/2343436.html. Please comment there using OpenID. View
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