Today was a beautiful day so we decided to head to Regent's Park. it is about 3 miles up the road, but we can take a bus and cut off half the distance. We thought we would try one of the dogs at the park to see how it went before we made the big trip with 2 or 3 dogs all at once. We took Daisy Adair with us, it was her first bus ride. She did extremely well.
We walked around the park for quite a long time, we stopped and had coffee and pastries for breakfast. We continued on walking and came to a restaurant next to the lake, in which they have boats for rent. We grabbed a pizza to take with us for later, when we decided to picnic.
We walked through more of the park including soccer fields, softball fields, cricket pitches, over bridges and water and on and on. We even got to walk over a bridge that went next to the zoo. We did not go to the zoo, since we had Daisy Adair with us but we did stop for a moment on the bridge to see the hyenas (huger than I have ever seen before) and a couple large warthogs. It was just a great view down the river also, didn't think it could get any better.
Here are a couple of pictures of Regent's Park
Then, we walked across the street to Primrose Hill. We again walked past lots of green space and up to the top of the Hill and I found my most favorite place ever, I think.
One of my favorite movies is The Wedding Date. In the movie there is a scene where a group of them are out playing ball (I think it is the British version of Softball). In the scene they show a shot of London, where you can see the London Eye, and so many other buildings. We have been searching for a very long time to find out where this scene takes place and could never find anything out. Well, low and behold, this is the magical spot. The most amazing views from up here can be seen, you can see so much of London. We decided THIS was our picnic spot. We put down our blanket, ate our pizza, and had a little fun with Daisy Adair. It was now after 1 pm, we had been out for well over 3 hours and decided to head back, but not before some more pictures, of course.
The view from Primrose Hill:
Daisy Adair on Primrose Hill:
Daisy Adair cutting loose:
We headed back, Daisy Adair even made a friend along the way. Once we got back to the flat we made a grocery list, went to the store, and came back to settle in for the evening. We walked at least 5 miles and we were all three exhausted.
Next weekend should be an exciting weekend, keep posted.
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