10/06/18: Death and madness

Totteridge to Woodside Park along the river.

There was dragonfly lying dead on its back on the path – not something you see every day. There was also a dead pigeon at the side of road.

A female walker went past wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Blisters are in this year”.

At the café, I drank some strong coffee – not silly old decaf, for once.

On the walk back, a strange man pointed at a coat left next to a bin and said “There’s a straitjacket.” Maybe he could have used it...

Miles walked: 3.28
Cats spotted: 2

05/04/18: Whetstone to Woodside Park

Walked to the Vero café in Woodside Park, counting birds along the river. Saw the following:
1. Robin
3. Wading bird with red beak
4. Magpie
5. Pigeon
6. Crow
7. Blue tit
8. Wren
9. Parakeet
10. Duck
11. Pied wagtail(?) – on an aerial above a house, so hard to tell for sure.

Heard others (pretty sure there was a blackbird singing in a tree), but they had to be seen to make the list.

A chinook flew over.

We saw a dead crow, lying upside down on the grass.

Back in Whetstone, we were passed by four police motorbikes in a hurry.

Miles walked: 3.18
Cats spotted: 0

26/12/17: Totteridge and Woodside Park

Walked a round trip from the Orange Tree pub via the stables and back through Woodside Park. Lots of new graffiti, possibly with an anti-capitalist slant. My favourite, though, was the "50p Lollies" chalked on the school wall.

Miles walked: 3.63

Cats spotted: 0