Working through the summer

Why does work become less and less bearable the sunnier and hotter it gets? I mean, I don’t exactly work in the googleplex, but even so, I can’t imagine anyone sits in an air-conditioned office and feels glad that they can’t be frolicking around outside. Yes, that’s right, frolicking.

I happen to work a stones throw from Wandsworth common, and found myself wandering around it on a lunch hour last week. Not the posh area near the Bellevue road, but the slightly scummier one near southside shopping centre, purveyor of endless junk.

However, to my wonderful surprise, this park is lovely, and there’s even a bowling lawn for those who like that sort of thing. Ponds, benches, picnic areas. I found a little oasis in the grime of central Wandsworth. Check it out.