New discovery

We dropped Christina off at the coach terminal (after a rather unsuccessful stroll through St James' park to feed the squirrels - rainy and hardly any squirrels out) and decided to go for a walk, as the weather was clearing up. Walked from Victoria to Battersea bridge, and then across to Battersea Park, which I had wanted to see for some time now. Lovely place! The park was much, much bigger than I expected. We walked around it for a good hour and a half, and I still don't feel like a got to see more than a corner of it. There were running tracks and tennis lawns, forests in the outskirts, a big big lake (with pedaling boats and everything), a children's zoo (which I thought was probably a few bunnies, but after looking at their homepage I'm definitely going back for the lemurs and the otters!), a tropical garden (the country's oldest - however, it was destroyed in the WWII in order for the public to be able to grow crops, but has since been reintroduced) - you name it! This park is an absolute treasure! I cannot wait for the weather to get better, so that we can go back and explore some more...