We've been pretty lucky with the weather for the last two weekends (i won't mention this weekend!) so we've made an effort to go out and visit some of the parks and gardens mentioned in the guidebooks. Here's a pic of Nate at Hampstead Heath. It's a huge park that's actually quite near us but proved almost impossible to get to due to rail closures. haha. People go out here to fly kites, ride bikes, picnic and apparently they even swim in some of the ponds there. Those crazy English people! It's on a hill so you can see the city skyline through the haze:)
We also went to check out the speakers' corner in Hyde Park which was described on the timeout website as "Crackpots talking nonsense". There were probably about 8 speakers in different locations and plenty of people hanging around to 'debate' what they had to say.
There was even someone giving out free hugs if you wanted one (which quite a few people did).
We then walked through Hyde Park to Kensington Gardens. I'm not sure which one we're officially in here but this is a pic of some crazy man swimming in the lake. The water was freezing and not to mention filthy! We saw someone letting their child go in there too.
Here's a picture of Nathanael at the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain. Which is kind of a big circular water feature with flowing water. It's actually quite cool. The sign says that you're not allowed in it, but there was at least 30 children and a number of adults paddling in the (freezing) water.
And here's a picture of me with the Peter Pan statue. Hooray for Peter Pan:)
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