The
days between late September and early November are the best times to catch autumn
in its full autumnal glory here in London.
By
late November, as I’m writing now, the city is grey, cold and nearly lifeless.
The trees are bare, but at least the parks have plenty of remaining fall leaves
for me to fluff up with my boots.
Between
working full-time and often travelling, I feel like I missed most of autumn in
London this year, but I managed to catch a few snaps on those days I did have
time to explore my “hometown.”
Borough Market
Going
to one of the local markets here
such as the famous Borough Market means
you’ll find plenty of British apples, pumpkins and squash during the autumn
months. My husband’s colleagues requested an American apple pie so I obliged
and made one on my day off. No rest for this pastry chef.
Bizarre Red Sun in London
Around
3 p.m. on October 16th, the skies clouded over and turned a bizarre, hazy
orange color. I thought a zombie apocalypse might really be happening, but the change
in atmosphere was the result of Hurricane Ophelia stirring up particles and
possibly Sahara Dessert dust. I got lucky with these photos because that day
was my day off and I was out with my good Canon camera.
Richmond Park
In
late October, I finally got my husband to Richmond
Park with me. We’ve never been together because I’m normally working on the
weekends and he works weekdays. We got lucky with the weather so we decided to
rent bikes for half a day and packed a small picnic in our backpack. We brought
along one of my favorite Turkish wines from the Bozcaada island.
I
love Richmond Park, which served as hunting grounds to England’s former kings
and is London’s largest royal park at 2,500 acres. There are plenty of red and
fallow deer that roam here. Great for photo opps!
St. James Park
I
rarely venture through this part of London because the hordes of tourists drive
me crazy. However, our uncle was visiting so we took him by to see the Queen at
Buckingham Palace and wandered through the pretty St. James Park.
Battersea Park
As
city dwellers, Battersea Park has become our miniature version of NYC’s Central
Park – the perfect place to relax or exercise in. The park has some lovely, old
maple trees that turn such pretty autumnal colors.
Where did you celebrate autumn this
year?
5 comments:
Autumn was late coming to Fethiye this year but we've loved its arrival. Especially all the seasonal foods that come with that season. Don't know where to start at the moment with all our shopping. :)
It's always lovely to see fall--no matter where you are in the world. Love pumpkins and squashes right now...and parsnips...and... ;)
Autumn looks cool and calm, i would definitely love to visit London during September to experience the best moment. Thanks for sharing this great article.
We are just getting a bit of Fall now. A few trees and the climbing fake vine are turning rusty colours.
Hi. Greetings from Istanbul. I have just discovered your blog.
Wow, Richmond Park.....it brings back memories. When I was studying in London (in the late 1980's), I went there a few times. Nice place.
Cheers,
Cem
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