Whilst Wimbledon Common is my favourite green space in London, adjoining Richmond Park runs it close, and it's nice to see Autumnwatch covering the deer rut there this year.
It's a great place for cycling, walking and running - indeed even I ran in a 10km race there back in the day - against Paula Radcliffe amongst others - honestly, she was so competitive - but most of that activity takes place around the outside of the park and it's pretty easy to get away from the crowds.
One winter's day we were walking through the morning mist up a secluded glade in the middle of the park when we all but tripped over the entire deer herd, who were sat down ruminating. We had walked right into the middle of them without even seeing them. I could have reached out and touched one the stags. They didn't seem much bothered.
A memorable brush with nature so close to the city...
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