A couple of weeks ago I decided to take my camera and explore my local area for anything that might be interesting. Here's is the wikipedia article on Crouch End en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouch_End best swat up, they'll be a test at the end (Disclaimer: there is no test at the end).
First stop Priory park. A dash of colour at the play area, some cool shadows through the trees, a rusty gate and a grade 2 listed drinking fountain. It's a start. Check out some more details about the fountain here
Next stop Crouch End high street and a rather imposing picture of the clock tower. Then on to the wonderful Hornsey town hall. I love the main gate, Check out the detail on the metalwork. Here are some details about the project to regenerate the town hall www.hornsey-town-hall.org.uk. Last stop on this leg is Hornsey community library and the 'Reclining figure in Bronze'
Now onto the final part of my mini tour and the bit I was looking forward to the most. The day before I'd been travelling home on the W7 bus and spotted some graffiti as we travelled over Crouch Hill. I'm a sucker for a good bit graff and decided to check it out.I half expected a few rubbish tags and so was well please when I discovered some quality work, being created there and then by some authentic London hoodie types. Out of respect to the artists and to protect the innocent, the names and pictures have been removed. Don't get why this isn't illegal though, certainly Brightens up an otherwise boring railway arch and makes for good blogging.
What I had found was Parklands walk, a 7K path that runs from Finsbury park all the way up to Alexandra Palace. A great place to walk the dog, go jogging or spray some graffiti. I'd recommend it and if you want to know more check www.parkland-walk.org.uk
To finish off here's some more pictures I took on Parklands walk
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