A Picnic In Richmond Park

Today we decided to check out Richmond Park for the first time. We packed our picnic lunch and headed over to the almost 2,500 acre park. This Park is almost three times the size of Central park and is the largest of the Royal Parks in London and Britain's second largest urban walled park after Sutton Park, Birmingham. This park is also home to herds of fallow and red deer that roam free thoughout the park.

There were families biking, flying kites, walking dogs, playing ball. It was a wonderful afternoon of family relaxation! The kids were SUPER excited to run around and explore and climb the trees! 

So remember how I said that Richmond Park is home to herds of fallow and red deer? Well, I figured that we would be lucky if we caught a glimpse of the occasional deer. Was I ever wrong!!! We saw three seperate herds and one easily had 40-50 deer in it. The kids and I took a walk to see how close we could get...here are some pictures...we were easily 4-5 feet away from some!