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The green lungs of London - Part 2

Well finally here I am for the next instalment  of the wonderful parks of London. My blogging has come to a standstill due to working more hours (more hours = more travel money!) and being too exhausted in the evening to do anything but collapse in front of the telly.  Ah well,...soon, soon....the smell of freedom is in the air folks!!!  And it smells pretty darn good to me! Last time I talked about  the royal parks of  St James Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens . Another park in Central London is Green Park.  This park covers 47 acres between St James Park and Hyde Park.  The park does not have any buildings or lakes like its nearby neighbours and it tends to be a park you walk through to get elsewhere. Or if you are an office worker it's a good place to sit on a warm day and eat your lunch.  Originally the park was supposedly a burial ground for lepers from the nearby St James hospital.  By the 1600's King Charles II had enclosed it and it was known as Upper St James