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London parks for rustling leaves

Mike Pollitt | Monday 25 October, 2010 09:22

Autumn leaves are cool. So many great colours, all with names as pretty as the shades they describe: russet, magenta, castaneous, erythraean, filemot (check out this brilliant list of obscure colour names for more where those beauties came from). Here are 5 London spots currently strewn with pretty leaves just waiting to be kicked and rustled like crazy.

Queen’s Park
A welcome patch of green in a very busy part of Brent. This picture gives you a good idea of the sort of leaf coverage you can expect. Don’t tell Snipe you’re not a hustlin’ for some rustlin’ just looking at it.

London Fields
Snipe gave some leaves in London Fields a good kicking only yesterday. Works especially well if you imagine them to be the faces of the twats who usually frequent the area.

Kensington Gardens
Those of you without a proper job should check out the guided autumn walk round Kensington Gardens this Thursday Oct 28. Booking required. Those of you with proper jobs could pop down this weekend, weather permitting, and guide yourselves.

Kew Gardens
Bit of an obvious one, but worth including all the same. There’s still an autumn festival going on until the end of October. It seems to be aimed at kids, but if you tell them you’re just there to kick some leaves then surely they’ll understand.

Highgate Wood
Not a park, a full on wood. Get lost in here, have a chat with some squirrels, pretend you’re not in a pollution choked urban hell hole. Who could resist?

Apropos of very little, the London Transport Museum has some very lovely autumnal posters in its online collection, ranging from turn of the century classical designs through art deco and full on modernism. Snipe likes.

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