Parkland Walk
Saturday 23rd February 2019
Erika had a birthday party to attend in Finsbury Park, so I decided we should walk there along the Parkland Walk, which runs along the route of a former railway line from Highgate to Finsbury Park. Surprisingly nice weather for the time of year!
London February 2019
John's Pictures

11:38:37
Checking the cherry blossom tree again in the morning - so nearly there!

13:41:10
Aftera quick lunch near Highgate tube station, we set off along the Parkland Walk.

13:45:39
Of course you are never really alowed to forget you're still in an urban landscape (given the graffiti etc). I thought this might make an interesting composition of this juxtaposition.

13:49:56
Chie and Erika at a point on the walk with an old station.

13:50:18

13:51:56
Quite a lot of graffiti here.

13:52:03
...and this bit of sculpture, one of the fairies from Midsummer Nights Dream perhaps?

13:58:46
Erika on this little rope bridge we passed along the Parkland Walk.

15:09:51
Erika on arrival at her friend's birthday party, at the bowling alley in Finsbury Park.

15:22:12
It was a vision of hell for me - loud music, a lot of unruly kids running around, and a very grimey / urban / downmarket sort of feel. I only managed to hang around for 20 minutes or so.

15:22:16
For the record though Erika won the game!

16:49:18
I made my excuses and left the bowling alley, thinking I might find a quiet pub around Finsbury Park to hide in. It turns out the whole area is pretty unpleasant and quite rough around the edges (and in the middle) so I eventually gave up and came back home, and sabraged this bottle of Breaky Bottom. The new neck tags they've started using made this a bit more difficult than usual - this residual glue causing friction for the sabre.

17:39:08
Lovely blue sky though, there's a rubbish picture of a small flock of birds.

18:22:33
We had a slightly fancy dinner involving sea purslane.

18:58:42
Some still English wine I had bought earlier in the week. It wasn't that great to be honest.