Trip Moments Recommendations
Enjoy the rhododendron forest in Langley
I love rhododendron plants. Especially when they’re so bug that they become like trees. I think their blossom is so beautiful. Unfortunately it lasts only a short time (about a week) so you need to time your visit carefully.
Langley Park in Buckinghamshire is located only 20 miles west of London and is easily accessible from A40/M40 (Denham Roundabout towards Slough). Even though walking to the park is also possible from the Langley Station (Queen Elizabeth Line) but I don’t really recommend walking there. The walk is a little boring and somewhat complicated. But you could take a taxi from the station.
Inside the park there are amazing old trees, unforgettable rhododendron trees and also nice little paths suitable for jogging and walking. There’s also a public toilet and a small cafeteria.
From one place you can see the Windsor Castle which is located right in front of you although the distance is some 6 km and it’s not another long walk path towards the castle. But it looks like you could.
If you’re for example staying at London Heathrow Airport because of work or transfer flights, you can easily go jogging to Langley Park in Buckinghamshire.
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Rhododendron park in Helsinki
If you are seeking true peace of mind and you are visiting Helsinki around the midsummer, I suggest you to visit the rhododendron park.
Those beautiful flowers bloom after the dark winter during the early summer. The blossom only lasts for a week so you have to time your visit according to the blossom. The best time is around the midsummer festival.
But if you time your visit right, you can have a chance to walk between those wonderful almost tree-sized rhododendron bushes that give their best to the people that have come to see the beauty of the nature. Walking in the park is easy because there are wooden platforms with hand reels to walk on. The place is also accessible to the older people and cars can be parked right next to the park.
This place is not known to most of the people visiting Helsinki. It’s located in Haaga district not far from the Helsinki-Tampere motorway. You can access the park by taking a train to the Huopalahti train station and walking 600 meters to the park. The address is: Laajasuontie 37, Helsinki.
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#finland
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Springtime in Heiloo, Holland
Smell the flowers #rhododendron #lilac #northholland as you walk or ride thru this great small town #Heiloo.
Ride out to the dunes, explore Wednesday Market or visit the old #pilgrimage site of St Willibrod.