It's a Saturday Walk in the Park

With 2010 fast approaching it's a good time to catch up with a few events that didn't make it onto the blog.

Back in October, Lois and John Darley led us on our 2nd autumn 'Saturday Walk in the Park' through some of central London's loveliest parks. Meeting up at Embankment Station, we did a very quick dip into the eastern section of the Embankment Garden before moving to the western section. This garden has been referred to as "a pocketful of peace in the centre of a busy city". After admiring some of the Victorian statues (see picture below),

we travelled up Horse Guard's Parade to St James's Garden. With the sun breaking through the dark clouds that had drenched London the days before, we stopped for a group photo!

We came up to Buckingham Palace just as the guard was changing so the crowds did their best to block our path. But with steely determination we assembled again at Canada Gate - another group photo! It was nice to see the fallen leaves decorating and almost matching the maple leaves of the Canada Memorial.

We didn't linger in Green Park too long, but slipped into Hyde Park for the last leg of our walk before finishing at a lovely little pub in Kensington - the Queen's Arms - where some of us stayed for a pub lunch and others said adieu. Despite the forecasts, it was a beautiful day for a walk!

Details about our Spring 2010 Saturday walks will be announced in your e-newsletters and on the CWC website.