Victoria Park in 2024 - Children
& Chirping
w/e 04 February 2024
All of this week's
pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
A month by month look at Ilkeston's
Victoria Park in 2024 - Part 02 February.
Although winter is still not over, the weather has certainly
taken a step in the right direction since our visit in January
and the blue sky over the park made for a spring-like appearance
as we approached the Drummond Road/Bristol Road entrance from
New Lawn Road.
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As we approached the entrance we could hear the chatter of a
large number of children in the park so decided to walk along
Drummond Road as we didn't want to upset anyone by taking photos
near them.
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From Drummond Road we could see several crocodiles of the infants
wearing yellow safety jackets being led around the bandstand
and surmised it was an educational outing from a local school.
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There were several groups of the supervised children roaming
around the park but surprisingly there were none near the Play
Area which we approached across the small car park off Drummond
Road.
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On the other side of the Play Area the park looked almost deserted
but we could still hear the chatter of the excited children as
we turned to follow the signs towards the Refreshment Kiosk and
Bowling Green.
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Friends often meet up at the park and enjoy time together and
even strangers, a little reticent at first, soon become friendly
- as evidenced by this dog and his owner.
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We continued our stroll through the park passing the central
beds, full of plants but not yet flowering, and the long border.
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In recent years several trees in the park have succumbed to storms
and high winds so it's good to see replacement saplings have
been planted.
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It's also good to see a large insect hotel in a sheltered corner
of the park near the bowling green.
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As we prepared to leave the park, the children
had been led away and their chattering had subsided and now the
only noise was from the birds that were flitting between the
trees and chirping to each other.
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