It's always good to have a holiday early in a term, and even better to spend the free morning wandering around a well-maintained park, of which there's an abundance in this Far Place, I'm happy to say. Noi and I took ourselves off to West Coast Park, which is just around the corner, and enjoyed randomly wandering its lanes and clocking up our steps for the day. We're very familiar with its nooks and crannies, of course, but delighted to discover a new area that those who look after these things have recently developed in the form of a little urban farm. All very jolly and very worthy.
Indeed, I'd venture to say that the development of the parks on the island in the decades I've been here is powerful evidence in itself for good government. I suppose some folk would say these common spaces are over-regulated, but I for one am happy with the orderliness of it all. And I suspect the trees & flowers & plants & birds & assorted wildlife don't mind it at all.
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