Best Place for a Picnic?

Greenwich park is quite nice. Clean, near pubs should the wine run out and flies try to eat the mini scotch eggs, not far from the DLR either.

Posted about 1 month ago by braintree

Battersea Park, in the twisty turny paths around the lake. And there’s a zoo and a pagoda and a bandstand and and and.

Posted about 1 month ago by iSleepDiagonal

Russell Square. Packed during the week, empty (ish) at the weekend but still with infrastructure (pubs, buses, tube) nearby.

Posted about 1 month ago by BraveNewMalden

Hampstead Heath, especially near Jack Straw’s Castle (nothing to do with politics or cottaging). Beautiful views and so on. But I would also put ticks against Greenwich. There are lots of places in Epping Forest, but very few are easily accessible via public transport.

plus you find dead people in burnt-out 4x4s

Posted about 1 month ago by pottytime

Russell Square

Not this weekend BNM

Posted about 1 month ago by Babb

See what you man, what?

Posted about 1 month ago by BraveNewMalden

That made no sense.

Posted about 1 month ago by Beagleskin

I thought it was just me, Beagle.

What’s the world coming to when BNM makes no sense?

Posted about 1 month ago by Babb

I don’t know, Babb. I just don’t know…

cracks open fellow KCLers head and starts eating their brains

Posted about 1 month ago by Beagleskin

Brockwell Park on Bank Holiday Monday was exceptionally nice dude. But sit on the hill. In staggering distance of the toilets and the nice pub.

Posted about 1 month ago by stella

Richmond Park. They have deer.

mmm deer watch out they are not spraying the rein-ure that day

Posted about 1 month ago by Beagleskin

All good suggestions but North London is winning at the moment, as I’ll be staying in Kentish Town.

Posted about 1 month ago by Babb

See what you man, what?

Perchance BNM’s frozen shoulder was being unsupportive of his usually eloquent writing style, and he’d meant to write something like… See what you mean? What?

Only guessing I am a proofreader not a mindreader trying to be helpful BNM pull your finger out perhaps it is all past the point I cannot wait to get off these tablets and stop rambling - especially about custard

Posted about 1 month ago by CarmenM

Judging by this photo my London-based spies sent me the other day, I would say it is BNM’s own fault.

Posted about 1 month ago by Beagleskin tipped with 1K

Normal service has been resumed.

Posted about 1 month ago by BraveNewMalden

If you’re staying in KT, absolutely has to be Hampstead Heath.

Posted about 1 month ago by archie

Hampstead Heath.

More specifically

Parliament Hill (the kite flying field), lively part of the Heath with plenty of others getting picnicked.

Just outside Kenwood near the kitchen garden (Don’t know if it has a proper name), good view, not usually as busy as other spots.

Highgate ponds, good spot if you’re looking for a duck or two, and terrapins nearby for that hint of the exotic (gets really exotic if you move closer to the bathing pond).

Have a map…

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=117561465207540257057.00044cb4e55ddce8f592d

_{I think I may have too much time on my hands today}

Hampsted Heath

Posted about 1 month ago by middleofnowhere

Not north but Blackheath is lovely, great views of Canary Wharf and has nearby pubs to retire to. Crystal Palace Park is also a great place for a picnic. You can even have a BBQ there without being told off.

Posted about 1 month ago by Frangipan

Lincoln’s Inn Fields is nice too. Really quiet, there’s a restaurant or cafe or something in it too, and there’s a funny little pub round the corner called the Bountiful Cow.

Or London Fields, although there are lots of people with babies there.

Posted about 1 month ago by PrincessBride