We rarely get two days in a row with the same weather so when you get a good day, you just have to go out there and grab it as tomorrow will probably be grey if not wet. That’s why I found myself at my local park getting some fresh if chilly air and exercise. I took my camera of course, just to let you see what autumn is like in Kirkcaldy in Fife. Are you coming for a wee walk?
These trees are at the beginning of the pathway which leads all the way around the perimeter of what is a large Victorian Park.
The path gets quite steep here and I used to get quite puffed out by this stage of the walk. I sometimes had to stop and pretend to be tying a shoe lace or something, just to catch my breath but it’s no bother to wheech up it now.
We’re at the top of the hill and looking back now, I think, there were men in the park gathering up the leaves using machines, shame on them!
This is the view from the path, down into the main part of the park, there are the usual play areas for wee ones and skate board thingy for the bigger ones. Luckily the trees screen all of that.
Another stand of trees, there are lots of them dotted around, unfortunately there are none of our native red squirrels here, only those American grey squirrels, they get everywhere!
After walking all around the edge of the park it’s time to veer into the centre for a walk around the boating pond, it’s much like any other one with an island in the middle where the birds can nest safely. The boats have all been tidied away for winter, they’re swan shaped.
And here it is again from the other side. It’s hard to believe that there was a film of ice on the pond just the other day, well I did say that we don’t get two days together the same here.
That’s the end of today’s jaunt, I hope you enjoyed the breath of fresh air and exercise!
I need a cup of tea now! Lovely. New camera takes good pics, Katrina.
Peggy Ann,
I wasn’t that happy with the new camera to begin with but I seem to be getting used to it, I was quite pleased with these ones anyway.
What a lovely walk we’ve just had. And I’m not at all out of breath!
Are the swan boats on your lake paddle boats? The Public Garden in Boston has paddle swan boats, but your lake is much larger than the one in the Public Garden. When I took a look on-line, I realized that they’ve replaced the swan boats with newer ones since I last looked at them.
I wish I had such a large and beautiful park nearby to walk in.
Joan,
You’ve obviously been keeping yourself in shape then!
The swan boats are row boats, they’re quite new and I originally thought they were the pedalo sort but I’ve since seen people rowing them. The park is a big plus I have to admit, I wouldn’t like to live somewhere which didn’t have a good park. I’m surprised that you don’t have a good park near you, maybe they aren’t a feature of US city life or is it just like that in Philly?
The only cities I’m familiar with are East Coast cities. New York City has Central Park, Boston has the Emerald Necklace, also designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. The Emerald Necklace starts at Boston Common and runs through the Public Garden, down Commonwealth Avenue, through Brookline and the Fens, and ends up in Franklin Park, a large park several miles from downtown Boston. I’ve never walked the whole route, but I used to live near Comm. Ave. and the Fenway. It’s a linear park of about 1,100 acres.
Philadelphia has small parks and squares, nice to sit in, but, except for Fairmount Park on the other side of the city, there aren’t any nice green places to stretch your legs. You can walk along the Delaware, but that’s very commercial and not very green. The parks here are mostly ‘pocket parks’.
Joan,
The Emerald Necklace sounds fab, what a great idea. This town has two big parks but lots of small green area. At one time Glasgow was the greenest city in Europe, maybe it still is as there are lots of parks there and the old Glasgow Green is still in existence, what was ‘common land’ for grazing and drying washing and the like.
Glorious photos and it looks a lovely place – just right for a walk. It looks so peaceful – were you the only one around (apart from the men gathering leaves, that is)?
Margaret, Thanks, there were actually quite a few people around and I had to dawdle a bit going up the hill so that they walked out of the view. I love your new header photo I was out taking similar ones last night of the beautiful red sky.
What a lovely park. I enjoyed that walk around with you. You must be getting fitter if you can wheech up the hill now. I would still be stopping “to admire the view” or “hunt for a tissue to blow my nose on”. I must blog my recent autumn walk along the river. No hills there!
Evee,
Yes, I’ve done those things too in the past, I used to be peching up the hill! We had hoped to get to Peebles for a good walk by the Tweed during the summer – but the summer didn’t appear!