How long has it been since I've been walking on a Sunday morning... so many months and a slow evaporation of the fitness I used to take for granted. Anyway, back on the wagon again with a new goal: must be fit enough to walk 12km at the end of May for the HBF Run for a Reason. So, it was out before 7am this morning with Ross for a walk through Kings Park. First though, a last glimpse at this grand old house - the last standalone residence on Bellevue Terrace - shortly to be demolished and replaced with six luxury apartments.
![10 Bellevue Tce 10 Bellevue Tce](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDTzJ-XJbv38Uqbj_XlcLw3xWTTmE7doN5gmOjhlZIkd3gY_7dmHJFBWfWa9Twh2zJ6RD2FMTKq3vXY-_e_hKAheNZ8vfvACxfKZr03m52TGsdPlPTmZ8n1nIL9yOXrXNfAP8H958JOE/s1600/Going+going....jpg) |
Going...going...soon to be gone |
Of course walking through the park is made easier by glorious vistas like this:
![Swan River Swan River](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wBFv0W1JP5OD-H9RtDwh9b-0w5J_cQh8xXdtY_dFIO32MJt7lazPyYk_OgzEt5BOvv3LgZ_X6f9ycT0FV6-akXpWtaRk0igMsX9XbeE488n4_234-8KYhsEDCBaBVR3QhSqbO5vA3sM/s1600/Sunday_3.jpg) |
Melville Water |
![War Memorial War Memorial](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZa36ZE8XrcSPSgpoOvnhISjDw7meMlvFSdR5eg9LTciEktIE3s4_D1PCxCaaT7iFGBI5tJqV6yh9eQfbV03-GufPtVC9_BrjiuS9MVwTeIUDv-YUXuOiT0hgFosDphWyGYcotikCKcQ/s1600/Sunday_4.jpg) |
War Memorial - decked out for the ANZAC Day Centenary |
Poignant to see the red flowers planted around the Flame of Remembrance, in readiness for the ANZAC Day centenary service in a few weeks from now. Poignant too to see the wonderful memorial to fire fighters which opened last year. So much captured without the need for a single word.
![Memorial Memorial](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Gv_Kv0EBI2wxjDboy4r6a7PJqQtRRnB2-Ue17bek6_yyQ2guQpFV3z2nylm84oLc9emuSfsDiocD92w-pzeiRqiuX0rnl7mY6qx29IprZlPe9zwDpM1I2HN0LvaC1x_dzI5egQaPv5k/s1600/Sunday_2.jpg) |
Firefighters Memorial Kings Park |
And just to make this first walk a bit easier - a stop along the way for a hot chocolate. A glorious Sunday, an early morning walk with my best friend, and a table overlooking the park as the morning rays break through the trees ... is this heaven?
![Early morning at the cafe Early morning at the cafe](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1yFOGMGZk9lb-RlQxNs4vPBsSfaTsxoQQYH3oQdynEHIY5LSu5tvUdt2Myw40jtRUM7A-RJO_nYTINgToOO7jQl2_vdunccAKwgRIBQeauqkXfN-8dUD9wy4kuGKGMiT3jWf19aXLDI/s1600/Sunday.jpg) |
Zamia cafe |