Christmas Eve
Friday 24th December 2021
Rainy walk on Hampstead Heath in the late afternoon / early evening.
London December 2021
John's Pictures

14:23:22
On arrival on the heath. A bit grey today.

14:28:34

14:29:02
Video of some parakeets in this tree.

14:29:12
Photos of the parakeets.

14:29:16
Difficult to get good shots from this distance with this lighting!

14:29:31

14:30:06

14:30:09
Anyway hopefully you get the idea.

14:30:23

14:30:28

14:30:51
Another video.

14:32:33
The ritual circle bit in the woods.

14:34:52
The barrow.

14:36:13
Today's wine: Jean Chauvenet Nuits Saint Georges. Dark, brooding and rather intense.

14:36:38
This was pretty good, although might have benefited from aging a bit longer.

15:06:32
The view from the barrow.

15:11:25
I retreated into the woods as it started to rain.

15:20:05
I attempted to improvise some kind of hands free rain shelter.

15:20:34
It sort of worked.

15:21:29

15:51:10
The London skyline seen from just below the barrow.

15:51:22
Zoomed in a bit.

15:52:43
The barrow, looking a bit glum.

15:53:03

15:53:10

16:31:54
The barrow after sunset.

16:32:13
Me and the barrow in the dark.

16:34:52
Video of walking through the woods in the dark.

16:40:35

16:42:05
My second attempt to make some sort of rain shelter.

17:05:11
Rainy view of the London skyline from the top of Parliament Hill.

17:06:56

17:08:54

20:26:22
Later on, back at home, getting ready for Santa Claus' arrival - instead of mince pies this year we laid out some home made cookies.