21/05/17: Whetstone Stray

A humble three-miler along Whetstone Stray Open Space. (1) There was a sign on a fence saying "Caution: dog running free". The thought of liberated, frolicking canines is a nice one, but presumably this message was intended to be scary. However, the beast in question was nowhere to be seen. I did meet a nice man with two corgis. He told me that one of them was six years old and the other was just six months, even though the younger dog wasn't much smaller. He claimed that the path was being dug up and new tarmac laid down by lazy workmen who spend more time on their tea-breaks and lunches than they do working.
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We continued alongside the brook. Two female joggers ran past talking about Hello magazine. Staying with the river, we found a slightly dodgy dead-end path enclosed by a small-but-dense patch of woodland. Sadly, someone had dumped a "Henry the Hoover" vacuum cleaner there. What possesses these idiots? If you have to abandon it somewhere, how about in a wheelie bin? Less effort too. On the plus side, this cornered-off seclusion had allowed the extensive growth of fungi. (2, 3)

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Heading for Woodside Park, we walked past Elmhurst Residential Home, where a woman sat on the wall outside applying make-up. Crossed the tube train bridge at Woodside Park station (4) and walked home via the streets and alleys in an unsuccessful search for cats.
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Miles walked: 3.08
Cats spotted: 0