slow lane walk

A lovely early autumnal Slow Lane walk yesterday with many thanks to Line.

A merry crowd of us walked across Hampstead Heath into a very different world in Kenwood House. 'Sargent's' sophisticated paintings of extremely rich American women wearing beautiful gowns that I suspect I will never do! Lunch and a Vermeer (or two), and others, followed by the return walk across the Heath to Gospel Oak Overground - (where thereby lays another tale about the journey home).
All's well.
Norma

Date: 
Wednesday, 10 September 2025 - 10:30am
Walk Leaders: 
Line
Leader Phone: 
m 07931 856 905 email line@carolinecooper.net
Meeting Point: 
Starbucks (sorry) South End Road, NW3 2PT
Distance: 
4 miles
Maps: 
OS North London 173
Travel: 

Overground to ‘Hampstead Heath’ or buses 1, 46, C11, 24 to South End Green/Royal Free Hospital. Home: Overground from 'Gospel Oak' or buses C11, 88, 214 or Northern Line tube from Kentish Town

Route: 

N up across Hampstead Heath to Kenwood House. SE back down again to Parliament Hill/Gospel Oak

Lunch: 

The Brew House Cafe, Kenwood House. Food does not need to be pre-ordered.

Notes: 

Visit the English Heritage exhibition ‘Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits’ (aka ‘Dollar Princesses’) and/or the (free) permanent exhibition which has a wonderful Rembrandt.