Parklife

This September the Canadian Women's Club introduced a new activity: It's a Walk in the Park! with Lois Darley heading up an early morning walk group through Regent's Park every Wednesday.

Setting off at 8:15 sharp for a brisk one hour walk - rain or shine - means that members joining Lois get a kick-start to their day, some fresh air, exercise and a chance to chat. With the changing seasons (and more than a few flowers) as their only distraction, it's proving to be really popular with members living in the area. Between 5 and 9 members are stumbling out of bed and into their walking shoes each week!

Lois is hoping to do a few weekend walks as well, to explore some of London's wonderful parks, and so that children, spouses or partners can join in too. Although only 4 of us turned out for the first Saturday walk in Richmond Park this past weekend, we were glad we did!

With such a large deer population in the park, and with the autumn rutting season underway, we weren't surprised to witness more than a few instances of stags prepared to defend their patch - and note that we really were that close to the deer shown in the picture below - no zoom used! We had Hayley Manning's gorgeous and extremely well-behaved 'Moots' with us (see picture) and enjoyed perfect weather for an autumn walk - crisp but dry!

Lois will soon be announcing the next Saturday walk shortly so be sure to check our website or e-newsletter in future!