Southfield Park

A what has become a rare visit to Southfield Park this morning, where I find that the skate board rink has become two skateboard rinks, having now acquired a children's department, in the foreground of the snap left.

So a field, two skateboard rinks, an infants' playground, an aerial runway and an infant-primary school. What more could a park need?

Quite windy, and the only birds to be seen were seagulls - with the parked ones all being very neatly head to wind. I wonder if other birds do this as well?

There was also a low flying, four engined aeroplane heading north east. It seemed rather low to be heading for Gatwick, Stanstead or Luton, but on the other hand it was out of sight before turning west for Heathrow, if that is what it did. Maybe I shall look up that web site which plots aircraft movements.

PS 1: one might, being a bit old-fashioned, add a park keeper's house. A park keeper who might go so far as to tend a few flower beds.

PS 2: now checked and reference 1 seems to be the place, last used around four years ago, arising from aeroplane sightings in much the same place. Maybe because while Horton Hill is not exactly a mountain, it does afford a much better view north than one gets from East Street or Ewell Village. From which website I learn first, that aeroplanes can be held doing an clockwise pattern over Epsom and Leatherhead. And second, that my aeroplane was almost certainly heading for Heathrow, the drill being to turn right north of Epsom, then turn left at Bromley to join the line heading west, down into Heathrow.

Reference 1: https://www.flightradar24.com.

Reference 2: http://psmv2.blogspot.com/2014/03/horton-clockwise.html.