Green lungs of London  by boxplayer

Green lungs of London

The huge Royal Parks stretching through central London and to its inner western and northern edges are often referred to as the lungs of London.

Restless night of sleep and I managed to lock my knee painfully at one point. Was in a dark mood as I walked into the office probably partly because of it. Got irritated with all the cyclists cycling through the parks. So many and realised had something to do with the road closures starting to be put into place for the jubilee. When one came up behind me suddenly I swore furiously at him. He was rather surprised to turn round and see this middle aged woman with a foul potty mouth.

To be honest, I'm more tolerant of the local hoodlums cycling inappropriately - it's these middle class entitled jerks who should know better that pee me off. Cycling myself, they give us a bad name.

In the office for a much better day - lots of team in including M who I wasn't expecting. So after my haircut we all had lunch in Victoria Gardens.

Rushed home as we're expecting a Sainsbury's delivery and I then need to go out and vote and go to a local concert.

3 good things
1. Sunny intervals in the park at lunchtime heralding the warmer weather.
2. New flowers coming out in the park - including lovely alliums
3. Pea shoots in the veg bag, love them.

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5 May 2022
St James's Park SW1
Lovely and green...
May 5th, 2022  
The best side of London! Sometimes one can forget that there are a lot of green spaces in our capital. Fav.
May 5th, 2022  
Wonderful greens
May 5th, 2022  
London parks looking beautiful….any city or town with parks is a gem! Preston has lots of parks too. Looking beautiful in its spring glory!
May 5th, 2022  
Nicely balanced....... and I do like these reflections.
May 5th, 2022  
Beautiful greens. I read your narrative to my husband and he agrees wholeheartedly about middle class entitled jerks! I knew it would provoke a reaction to which he added “and don’t forget the Lycra”.
May 5th, 2022  
Beautiful greens and such a peaceful shot - we are so lucky to have so many Royal Parks in central London
May 5th, 2022  
spring greens are gorgeous , this is lovely
May 5th, 2022  
A lush and lovely scene. Beautifully composed.
May 6th, 2022  
@wakelys We call them MAMILs - middle-aged men in lycra. 😆
May 6th, 2022  
That park looks so lovely
May 6th, 2022  
Beautiful colors, and reflections!
May 6th, 2022  
Hope you feel better tomorrow.
May 6th, 2022  
Green lungs are great to keep pollution away for our cities. You may walk around and disconnect. I hope you get recovered your knee sooner
May 6th, 2022  
A beautiful parkland scene. The Royal Parks are really well looked after. My favourite is Regents Park. Fav!

Ian
May 6th, 2022  
Love this perfect green scene!
May 6th, 2022  
A great photo… really lovely mottled greens - wonderful reflections
May 6th, 2022  
Gorgeous green parks. Have never heard of London’s green lungs, but I do like the saying!
May 6th, 2022  
ah so green! What a great photo.
May 17th, 2022  
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