Blogs from Enfield Town, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Since restrictions have been gradually eased up we have been more encouraged to travel outside of borough of Haringay. After visiting Broomfield Park on the No.121 route, we decided to visit Grovelands Park near Southgate Station. Having photocopied the Southgate Area’s map, we took the No.121 bus from Wood Green and got off at Southgate station. Following the map, we found the main road The Bourne and walked down towards the park’s main entrance. It was just 10 minutes walk from Southgate Station. Grovelands Park possessed a wide variety of shrubs and trees thriving in a peaceful suburban setting and dark- and light-coloured leaves stood out in a blue sky on 25th April. The footpath led us to the Boating Lake. As the park’s website introduces, there were a wide variety of waterfowls and their signets ... read more

The eyes of the world are turning to Russia, but in other corners of the globe the thoughts were very much on Enfield! FIFA has certain criteria to be admitted to even the qualification party and not been recognised as a sovereign nation means however good you are, you aren't playing. I had never previously given much thought to disputed territories or unrecognised states before visiting Transnistria a couple of years ago. I like to think I am quite geographically astute, but have to confess walking past the embassies of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the centre of Tiraspol that I wasn't totally sure of their location. I specifically note these two embassies, because there are very few. You aren't going to find the US embassy tucked away in a first floor office. One of the ... read more

The Backpack is a beast, and as expected it is bigger than I am. I'd like you all to take a moment and pray for little Mel's back! :)... read more

As planned, we left for Trent Park in the mid morning. We started the trail outside Cockfosters Station, north edge of the Piccadilly Line on 2 May. We walked through the meadows and grasses with buttercups towards the café in the centre of Trent Park. As expected, there were a lot of people with children and dogs in the park. We followed the trail on the Oakwood towards the nature reserve around the Middlesex University. Birches, horse chestnut trees, ashes, oaks, and various types of conifers and shrubs were thriving and they showed its distinctive colours and shapes of the foliage from lime green to dark green. White and pinkish cherry blossoms, crimson, purple, orange, and magenta rhododendrons and azaleas, puce bluebells, yellow rises were blooming and they decorated the lush green space in the Trent ... read more

Thought we would start this blog off before we go...not long now, 17 days! Its been a mad few weeks trying to get everything done, most things we needed to do are done now except for a few bits...still need to sort out insurance and book our flight home, so two pretty important things...! Also need to buy a few others bits- Mosquito nets, water purification tablets, sleeping bags liners, travel towels...so glamourous! We are going to have a practice pack this weekend to make sure we can get all the essentials into our rucksacks...hair straightners, mini hairdryer, make up...and thats just Scott...but seriously I do not know how we are going to fit everything in, just for a weekend away our cases (yes one each) are usually full and over weight...guess we just have to ... read more