Autumn Day in the Park

I haven't been to Cannon Hill Park for years.  It was a regular haunt when I was a little girl and then also when my children were little.  


PJ and I decided that we would take GSNo1 and show him our way of visiting the park, so off we went catching the first Bus at the end of his road.  
We went upstairs on the second bus and managed to get seats right at the front.

When we arrived at the entrance to the park, we were confronted by lots of different paths so we went for the middle one!!
GSNo1 wanted to feed the ducks but on the way to the pond we came across lots of squirrels .... ooh! look! Grandma just happens to have a big bag of monkey nuts in her backpack!!!
We spent a lovely time throwing the nuts across and some of the squirrels were so tame........

.... then off to find a bench so that we could sit and have our picnic lunch.

We chose a bench outside the Mac Centre and it was certainly very busy.   
We sat down and Grandad had even brought some hot drinks with him so we had a very happy meal.

Just a bit further down the path, we found a fabulous Play park, really big and not too crowded.  

Of course we couldn't walk past so in we went .......

Much running, chasing of new found friends, sliding down and climbing up ensued.

All too soon we said goodbye as the Grandees knew there were more squirrels waiting to be fed ..... as well as ducks...

.... geese ...........moorhens....

..... seagulls.....

the bridge today

the bridge 1908

Off to the bridge we walked....

Here's a couple of photos that are food for thought.....

... once on the other side there was more feeding the birds...

...the ducks.....


.....the geese .... you get the picture......

Once on the other side of the lake we made our way back to the entrance ......



..... looking over to the lake it was amazing how far we had walked ....... 

Such a lovely, beautiful day and we have hardly seen all that is to be seen ....
We cannot wait to go back and explore the rest of the park - we will have to turn a sharp right at the entrance next time!

Note to self: - bring pennies to spend, more food and drink, more peanuts, birdfood and bread for the seagulls!!!