Milton Keynes - Campell and Willen Park

This is a great place to moor at this time of year.  Not sure if we would like it during the summer as would probably be too busy with walkers, cyclists, etc.,  - possibly even drunks and druggies, Pete says ;-((  Dog toilet-bins are sadly lacking too!!  Very odd.....

Thursday:

They went for a walk today, along Popular tree-lined pathways and then across more parkland in a different direction to see the Peace Pagoda (a peaceful, beautiful, place of worship built by Buddhists) and a Bird Sanctuary in Willen Lake - loads of waterfowl.  The rain held off......  Very peaceful walk and stunning views.  Sadly the photos were taken with Susan's Nikon and are too large to reduce to web sizes.....  Next time Susan will have to remember to use her smaller compact Leica camera for web pictures.

There is also a Buddhist temple near the Peace Pagoda.  As well as a circular rock medicine-wheel formation erected in 2011.


Wednesday:

It took Susan and Pete 20 minutes to walk to the centre of Milton Keynes across pretty parkland.  They only got lost once!!!  Many sculptures like the light structure below, totem poles, etc., to keep walkers occupied and interested.  Saw woodpeckers, robins, magpies and squirrels.

View of mooring in Milton Keynes

Light structure on top of a mound in Campbell Park

Skyfall was good but Pete enjoyed it more than Susan!!  Susan said that she can't wait for Breaking Dawn Part 2 to be released next week......  There is a fairground at the end of the park which explains the base-beat heard each night on the boat.

The shopping centre was opposite the leisure centre so they popped in for a little retail therapy!!!