A beautiful evening

Nicholas and I went for an after-dinner walk through the Hampstead Heath extension and then up through Hampstead Heath. We went through the damp forested hilly part: it had rained earlier in the day and the air was moist and smelled like earthy humus. On the way we found a stick and leaf lean-to hut a hermit might live in - complete with a little stump table. Sadly its owner was not at home, but I'd like to imagine that the wise woman of the forest lived there, waiting for earnest adventurers to start up conversations with her. Or perhaps I've been playing too much Dragon Age: Origins. :-)

On the way back, well after 9 at night, the shadows were long and the sun was setting. Nicholas took this wonderful photo of me in the field in the extension looking westwards. Such a beautiful evening.