Regents Park on a May week day morning Impressions: Green, tame herons, waterfowl, pigeon crowds, moulting geese, bird eating a crab, rose garden in full bloom Question: What is this heron saying? Find out more about Walk Coach Learn events and coaching
Barnes Common early on a warm, April week day morning Impressions: Warm, chatty birds, thick, wet mud, thick, dry mud, shoots, greening leaves, insects buzzing, tree bathing. Question: What effect does tree bathing have on you? Find out more about Walk Coach Learn events and coaching
Greenwich Park in the middle of a March week day. Impressions: Wide green space, sudden snow storm, stepping into Narnia, dogs barking, muffled sound, green, white, grey. Snow dancing, snow pellets settling, snow wet and frenzied, stops as fast as it starts. Up the hill, turn around and see the city, the London skyline standing …
Grays Inn Square on a week day afternoon in July. Impressions: Blue sky after the downpour, serene, regal. Shiny, old windows, shiny, new cars, magnificent buildings. Trees sprouting a cover of leaves to the ground, places to hide, manicured grounds, peaceful and empty. Question: What does the colour yellow evoke for you? Images: Find out more …
Grays Inn Walks on a week day lunchtime in July Impressions: Changing weather from white cloud drizzle to blue sky and gentle sunshine, cared for greenery. Beautiful, shiny windowed, multi-storey buildings, benches, people sprawled on the grass. Blackbird rolls out of the bushes, boughs heavy with flowers, wide, gravelled path, regal stone staircase. Stuck in time, …
Ropemakers Field on a week day afternoon in July. Impressions: End of the canal, Tellytubby style mounds of grass, trees of different sizes, Canary Wharf towers. Beautiful bandstand, children playing, greenery. Sunny, comfortable, grey white sky. Disorientated on my route, confused with another park. Question: Leave your map behind and take a new route today. What …
Tredegar Square on a July weekday morning. Impressions: Layers of green, sssshhhh of wind through the leaves, yellow sunshine, twirly benches. Trees captured in plots of padlocked railings. Large dragonfly swooping about, sneezing from the clouds of pollen and falling leaves, busy bees, distant siren, snatches of one-sided phone conversations. Question: What is precious enough to …
Victoria Park on a week day morning in May. Impressions: Lush green, abundant summer growth, healthy nettles, air rich with pollen, huge, gorgeous space. Walkers, joggers, dogs, tree surgeons working with buzzing tools. Model boating lake, playground, cafe, hoardings arriving to block off a festival space. Question: What is a block for you? What is …
Richmond Park on a week day lunchtime in May. Impressions: Green in every direction, cloudy, thick grass, green trees, logs and tree stumps strewn about. So many birds, so many droppings but no sign of the deer. Five green parakeets flying in formation, a man with walking poles pulling a tire behind him, a man …
Mile End Park on a week day afternoon in December. Impressions: Distant sirens. Flourishing arts, eco pavilion, wild life and wild plants. Canal and narrow boats. Drizzle and wet grass. Hipsters, headphones, phone conversations, student halls, cyclists, dogs. Stagnant water, lurid green algae, floating cans and a pair of fat rats. Question: The dead green water used …