This
post is a bit outdated or perhaps I should call it 'Not in Season'. The
plan was to visit, click and write about Richmond Park in the Autumn
months where the landscape has the autumnal feel and colours to it and when
it's the rutting season of deer. So, in that aspect this post has been a
bit delayed as we are in spring now. Nevertheless, here’s a note about the park
and the deer that it’s known for.
Richmond
Park is quite unique to the rest of the parks London has to offer. It
feels like you have gone a long way away from the city to this natural reserve,
a forest area and that’s the best thing about it. You are very much in the city
but so out of it too giving you the best of both worlds.
Our
first visit to the park was on foot and we realized that we wouldn't get too
far walking. One look at the map and the scale made us head right back. We made
many trips after that day where we typically visited Richmond Park either as a
destination for a drive in the evening or in the summer months where we can
hire bikes to go around the park which by the way, is great fun. There are a
few little trails that you can pick from and it does make a good day out.
Going
on bikes is also perhaps the best way to spot the deer that the park
houses. It’s just amazing to be able to spot deer just steps away from
you in their habitat while you can stop by and watch the scene.
It’s
been a long standing plan to visit the park in the Autumn months to see the
colour of the trees turn yellow and brown and also to see this
rutting of deer which only happens in the autumn time. It pretty much has been
a 5-year plan to be able to do that (you know those 5-year plans...like the
ones we studied in school about the Indian constitution). Last Autumn we
finally made it happen.
We
managed to do an early-ish visit on a weekend and had a lovely morning out.
We didn't really see the deer in a lot of action,
but them camouflaged with the drying grass made a lovely sight. Here are a few
clicks. It was one of those grey, dull,
the-sky-is-going-to-fall-on-us-any-minute type of days, but we waited a fair
bit to get some pictures. Unfortunately, there was no blue sky. Take a look....
