On what will probably be the hottest day for quite some time, B and I headed up to the Common with Elijah in tow. We're still coming to grips with a lot of the new parent things, so getting going is a rather involved process. Got to make sure all the boxes are ticked - is he fed? do we have enough diapers? is the pacifier sterilized? And so on. By the time we got out the door it was probably 45 minutes after we first started the "getting ready" process.
But man, it was worth all the hassle! There's a little family-friendly cafe in the middle of the large Common, which extends surprisingly far and wide for being in the middle of a city (London is good like that, many green spaces). It's not as wild as Hampstead Heath, nor as hilly, but it's got a duck pond, play structures, and oodles of greenery. Plus, something seems to be in the water here - almost everywhere we looked there was a young family out. We met and chatted with a couple who had a baby just a week younger than Elijah.
Bicycles ride to the left; walkers stay to the right. These paths (and convenient trash cans) extend all over the Common.
We treated ourselves to ice cream and walked back home.
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