Ravenscourt Park

At one time, when I lived in Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park featured heavily in my life, especially in the summer; it was only about ten minutes walk away, and was a great place to sit on the grass and enjoy the sunshine.   In addition, it had a delightful walled rose garden with seating, where you coulod sit and listen to the birds singing and smell the scents from the flowers.   But since moving to Olympia, I hardly ever go there any more, as there are other green spaces closer.

But this afternoon I decided to visit it again.   I wandered in through the gate in King Street and walked the whole length of the park.   There were a few people playing tennis on the courts where I had learned to play, and children scampering around on the paths and the grass, but it certainly wasn't crowded, althugh the sun was shining.

I paused by the lakes to look at the ducks and other water birds; despite it being April, there was only one clutch of ducklings to be seen, based on a minute island.   The mother duck kept feeding the little ones, as they were obviously newly hatched and a bit uncertain about swimming.   I'd brought along some bird seed to give to them, but unfortunatley the only ones who got it were the greedy pidgeons, which swooped in as soon as I started throwing it towards the water.