Sunny Afternoon Walk on the Hunting Grounds of Henry the VIII:

We joined Robin and a musician friend of hers, Sue, for a lovely late afternoon walk in Regents Park. It’s a vast and beautifully landscaped park with herds of deer wandering among joggers, horse riders, cyclists and families out to enjoy what happened to be another sunny day.  The park was built upon ancient burial grounds and at it’s highest point there was a large telescope that looked over the city of London, BUT, as our hosts happily shared with us, if you turn the telescope around, you can look through it and view St Paul’s Cathedral which happens to be TEN miles away!  The old gnarly trees that we encountered on our walk through Isabella’s Plantation were tangled reminders of the ENT trees well known from The Lord of the Rings. We left the park as evening began to fall.  We watched as two opposing groups of agitated deer huffed and paced, sizing one another up in what appeared to be something of a “stag rumble”.  Sue tells us this is where the term “stag night” comes from.