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Football to anyone in Britain has nothing to do with oval shaped balls, stupid amounts of body cladding or being able to pick the ball up and run around with it (we are talking FOOTball after all). That is a later bastardisation of a noble sport ;-). The original game of Football was invented in England well over 100 years ago. If you wish to watch a professional game of Football in London, you have a lot of possibilities. The current two best sides in England both play in London (Chelsea and Arsenal). There are also other London teams such as Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs), Fulham, Queens Park Rangers (QPR) and Brentford. There are others, but this is just a list off the top of my head. If you want to play, at the weekend, you can see ad-hoc games being played in most of the parks, normally just using a couple of coats as goal posts. This picture was taken in London's Hyde Park. BTW, In most London Parks, walking or running on the grass is not a problem, unless there are signs stating otherwise.
Some coats and a ball in the worst case! Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Any London Park
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| | | | Game for some fishing off the beaten track? | Tip Rating: | | | | |
If you are up for a spot of fishing out of London, this is a really good spot to go to! This fishing farm is about a 2 hour drive from London, in the picturesque county of Kent! At Shirkoak Farm they have built 2.5 acres of lake, where they have over 10,000 fish, recently stocked wth seven different types of fish! The B&B is currently closed, as they have a break and focus on the fishing lake.
You dont really need to take much with you. You can hire all the equipment at the fish farm itself. You do need to take your own wellies, rain gear, camping equipment etc if you plan to stay overnight, but should you need a rod, bait etc., they can provide that all for you. Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing TripsAddress: Shirkoak Farm, Woodchurch, Nr. AshPhone: +44 (0)1233 860056Directions: This is located in Woodchurch, next to Tenterden, and it is a father and son-in-law team that run it.Website: http://www.shirkoakfarm.com/
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| | | | Birdwatching at Isabella Plantation | Tip Rating: | | | | |
If you are a keen birdwatcher then this is the place for you! When we go to the plantation we take our English bird book and our binoculars (and camera of course!) On Sunday past we saw the most interesting bird, which doesn’t appear in our bird book. Not only was it quite beautiful, but the scene that took place before our eyes was quite extraordinary! The bird looks a bit like a cockatiel (sp?). It is lime green and bright yellow in colour, with a pastel orange short and rounded beak, and a long thin yellow green tail. There were 5 of these birds, twittering away in some very tall trees. Our binoculars were trained on them for some time. Then suddenly, they went crazy! An inquisitive squirrel had dared to venture close to them and they were scaring him off! They were flying at him, screeching and splaying their feathers and wings. The poor little squirrel got the fright of his life and dashed away as fast as he could.. but this had to be done carefully as the branches that high up are thin, and few and far between! He did get away and all returned to calm again, but it was so amazing to watch this act of nature taking place. We can only assume the birds had young close by or are extremely territorial, to account for the behaviour. And the irritating thing was this bird does not appear in our (supposed to be!) thorough English bird book! Grrr…
Binoculars and a 'thorough' bird book! Leave a Comment Theme: Sports WatchingAddress: Richmond Park, RichmondPhone: 020 7298 2128Website: http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/richmond_park/
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This is probably one of the easier passtimes you can get up to in the parks. You don't need much space really, you're unlikely to hurt anyone too bady if you're crap, and you don't need much in the way of kit (a frisbee is both cheap and light). About the only thing you do actually need is a partner to catch and return the frisbee to you! I can imagine it being a bit of a lonely sport if you tried doing it solo. This was another passtime going on in London's Hyde Park, although there are numerous other parks (Kensington Gardens and Green Park both seem to be quite laid back about people doing this sort of thing) in London if you get bored with Hyde Park.
A cheap plastic dish (a.k.a. a frisbee) and at least one other person to play with. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: A London Park
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