Winter is the best time of all to get out and walk - an escape from the four walls and that dozy interior phug, away from the fireside and heaters . Go out amongst the mist, the frost, and those dripping bare trees. Feel the sharp cold on your cheeks, the wind at your back and slosh through puddles, even a bit of a shiver, awakens you from that winter apathy. Experience the elements and nature and you will feel alive again! In Christchurch we don't know how lucky we are to have Hagley Park and Botanic Gardens so close to the centre of the city. Our Victorian early settlers during the 19th century, brought with them english garden values to their new far flung home at the bottom of the world. They had become aware of the importance of gardens, parkland, and open common land for the people, to the cities, and suburbs of England, to offset unhealthy, dreary industrial areas. Clapham Common, Streathem Common and Hampstead Heath in London, to name just a few. Every time I walk in Hagley Park I think of those english parks and commons, and thank those hardy 19thC. english settlers for their far seeing vision in allocating the central open spaces of Hagley Park so reminiscent of their homeland, to our city for our people. NEXT TIME - UP THE HILL AND AWAY FROM THE DAMP MISTY CITY - UP TO THE CLEAR BLUE SKIES AND UPLIFTING VIEWS TO BE SEEN FROM 'UP THERE'
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Tiffany
31/7/2021 05:57:24 pm
Thanks for all the reminders of how special Hagley park is especially in winter. Lovely photos
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tish
1/8/2021 03:16:06 am
It looks so very magical, thank you.
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Tiffany Thornley
2/8/2021 03:59:19 pm
Thanks Tiffany - great to hear from you. Are you feeling the pressure this week - just another week to go!!
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Barbara
1/8/2021 04:03:41 pm
Oh, Robyn
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1/8/2021 04:07:03 pm
Love that Robyn and all so true, winter is one of the best times, Ikebana time! It is true you feel so much better after a good walk!
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Julia Atkinson-Dunn
2/8/2021 11:43:02 am
Such beautiful words as always Robyn. You have really inspired me to get out of bed and outside much earlier than I have been! xoxoxo
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