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Today’s trivia is on Richmond Park:

• London’s largest Royal Park, at 2,500-acre.
• Established in 1625 (fenced 1637) by Charles I to escape the London plague.
• Famous for its 600+ free-roaming red and fallow deer.
• Deer are crepuscular, making dawn and dusk the best times to spot them feeding.
• The park is a hotspot for wildlife.
• It has 150-year-old anthills.
• Some oak trees in the park are estimated to be 750 years old.
• The Ian Dury Bench: Located at Poet’s Corner in Pembroke Lodge Gardens, this bench is in memory of the rock star and inscribed with the words “Reasons to Be Cheerful”..

Yes the trivia gave it away, we are off to Richmond Park because it is free, has deers and nearby is a National Trust home, that is also free, which we’ll visit if have time.

Over at Richmond town . . .

Over at Richmond Park, sighting of deer was in dire straights due to late start, but lots of  . . .

and then . . .

Some fallow deer . . .

On the way to Ham house . . .

We get to Ham House and Garden and bit late for the house, so the outside will have to do . . .

and a bit early for the garden lavender . . .

Today’s travels . . .