Friday was beautiful and Dog insisted. You know how he can get. Lead crazy.
So it’s off on a circle to enjoy the three green spaces that form a crescent moon of a walk.
They are all different, all with their own character.
Dulwich and Sydenham Hill woods are overgrown proper woodland, a last vestige of the Great North Wood that stretched across southern England before man and mechanics rendered it these small much loved acres.
It is dog’s delight with its smells and sideshows, hidden burrows and shadow. Oh the shadows.
Dulwich Park fulfills its purpose – it gives the well heeled a rather classy place to imagine they might be living in Kensington if the bonus had been bigger.
For me the branded Lycra and toned arses are a small, if pert distraction from the trees.
This park is an arboriculturist’s wet dream.
And the yummy mummies and daddies of East Dulwich need somewhere to coach Tarquin and Grizelda in the art of snobbish indifference.
If the woods represent the Greens and Dulwich Park the moneyed Tory then Bel Air Park, fancy name notwithstanding has a functional Essex feel to it.
There’s a hint of a David Hemmings 1960 film to it, you half expect Reggie Kray to be exercising his Mastiff-Kalashnikov cross here amongst the football and ducks.
And then it’s home for tea. South London in a nutshell.
This is part of Jo’s Monday Walks
Gosh, it’s a different world to west Wales!
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I hobut West Wales was green but I gues it is also rather hilly!!
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Also we are not well-endowed with parks… lots of countryside though!
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Yes my experiences of Wales is lots of countryside. Beautiful too.
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I love your descriptions! !!!
And the photos too!!
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Good pics, and apt commentary
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Good to see your part of the world is just as oozy/squelchy as ours, Geoff. I can’t be sanctioning this north/south divide business. 🙂 Thanks for being green! (ahem- I mean walking with me, of course 🙂 )
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FAB-u-LOUS! Spring, spring, where are youuuuu?
I’m jealous. Love the pictures. Thank you for sharing. It has been a nice romp.
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What a great space for a walk. ☺
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😀 Tarquin and Grizelda 😀 Now you know that if I ever meet a Tarquin or a Grizelda I shall not be able to keep a straight face.
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Dog heaven!
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Dogs know where the best pictures are to be found. ( Nice he shared those thoughts)
I really like the swirls of grasses in the last one with the shadow. Interesting composition
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Reblogged this on Judith Barrow.
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Thanks for taking us along Geoff It was like I was there right with you! 🙂
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It looks like you weren’t the only ones enjoying the sunshine. Beautiful photos.
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Enjoyed the meander and observations very much, a pleasant stroll and a good chat!
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Lucky, lucky dog. But lucky lucky you to have such a fellow wanderer of the neighborhood. My dog passed away two years ago and we’re still mourning. Not ready for the next one, but when I see your post, I’m wondering about that. Thanks for the great inside view to your outside home.
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That next dog is difficult isn’t it? We waited 18 months and it took aging from our daughter to get us over the line. Glad we did.
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