Kingston has been very tropical today, it is very close and there is a definite feeling of a thunder storm in the air. We could be in the Caribbean.
We intended to set off on our bikes early this morning, but what with breakfast, a bit of reading and some catching up in the blogging world, we did not set off until 10:30.
We cycled up to Hampton court and then around to Bushy Park, which you do not hear much about but it is a royal park, in fact it is the second largest after Richmond Park. It started off in the hands of Cardinal Wolsey, but Henry the eighth took a shining to it and chucked him out so that he could have it himself and the rest as they say is history.
Being a royal park it is full of deer and we came across quite a few family groups sitting in the shade to escape the midday sun, when only mad dogs and Lazy Day cyclists were out and about.
Deer enjoying the shade
We were watching one group when a lone stag decided to wonder out of the group and have a bite of grass along side of us.
Royal Stag
We returned back to the boat thoroughly whacked and as Frances has said just a few minutes ago, ‘We don’t need to go for our walk tonight’ to true.
Statistics so far:-
568.78 Miles, 464 Locks, 47 Swing Bidges, 27 Lift Bridges, 6 Tunnels.
June 30, 2009 at 7:35 am |
It is the best way for us to carry the bike, it is a garage bike hanger attached to the cratch board. As you can probably see the rest of the roof is an allotment and forest!
Oh, the only down side for the bike there is access to the bow locker, but what the heck.
regards
Graham and Jill