Thursday Evening: Walking with Elephants in the Royal Parks T=short.19
Distance: Approximately 3.7 miles or 6 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 1 out of 10
Meet: At the entrance to the Queensway
tube station (Central Line)
Time: 18:30
– but if you miss our departure, you can certainly catch us up along the way…
Rumor has it that there are several herds of life-sized elephants roaming the Royal Parks (specifically Green Park and St. James Park).
So, we shall go and explore and should have a good chance of spotting some of
them on the traditional SWC evening walk through the Royal Parks.
Mid-walk beverages can be had al fresco at the Serpentine Lido Café (open until 9pm) and post walk refreshments can
usually be found at one of the watering holes along Whitehall.
The walk ends on Whitehall with access to various
transportation points, including Charing Cross and Embankment.
More information about the route can be found here.
To facilitate collecting track and trace details, please sign up for this walk in advance using the London Walkers User Group site. To report a Covid case after this walk, use covid@lwug.co.uk.
Enjoy the walk!
2 comments:
The Serpentine Pavilion is up and well worth a look: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/serpentine-pavilion-2021-designed-by-counterspace/
8 gathered at the appointed place and set off onto a safari in the Royal Parks. Having the intention to visit the Pavilion as suggested, a magnetic force seem to pull us to the Serpentine Cafe which itself was closed -- but directed us instead to the "Rooftop" for a very pleasant hydration stop on a grassy knoll above the Serpentine Lido...Eventually, we pulled ourselves way again aiming for the Pavilion, but managed to cross the Serpentine before realizing it was actually on the south side...by now we were getting anxious to see the elephants, so decided the Pavilion would be the subject of another visit when the gallery is actually open....So, on we went to Green Park...At first, there were no signs of the giant animals....but then, they appeared lumbering along through the trees -- fantastic sight in Central London....We bumped into one more walker while we were admiring them and contemplating the option to "provide them a home", making for a total of n=9. Eventually, we carried on to St. James' Park, where we were welcomed by 3 of the resident Giant Pelicans, another marvelous sight....as they tend to stick to their island at the far end of the lake....we spotted a few more elephants, one about to drink from the lake and some others grazing nearby....At last, with the safari over, we popped out onto Whitehall where some headed for the tube and 4 to the traditional Wetherspoons....which has changed hands and is currently closed....so we paid a visit to the pub across the road, the Silver something.....A fine evening walk in w=perfect-warm-sunny-summer-evening-conditions.
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