Written by Marketa Windsor

Spooky season of Halloween, Bonfire night or just chill from the autumn colder weather with beautiful colours of the fallen leaves under my feet and rain or shine and multiple layering of all the sort, we all embrace the change for a while and good and continue walking the walk. Walking and visiting unusual places and exploring is great and weather still pleasant, not hot, not cold. Just perfect. So let’s have a look on perfect places under the radar, for free and without concierge or paid subscription of Gwynnie Paltrow aka book this generally famous five star hotel for $1000 per night that I got free.So let’s go with bang, like Bonfire night.

I love autumn, despite being born in the burst of summer heatwave and Guy Fawkes night is perfect, so wandering in very interesting places without cohorts of the tourists or the scorching sunshine. I am going as Sia this Halloween, yes, take a bow, generally in my white and black wig with overgrown fringe and sexy black outfit, not a bag dress. I don’t leak you a perfect pub or the tip where the meet up of overgrown fringe TV host’s lok like take place but better tips. Let’s start with Cemeteries of London and not just the properly solid rock song by Coldplay. I have good solid 3 octaves btw and thank you for kind comments. I start my sing a long with outdoor places.

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN AND BEYOND

Kensal Green and Nunhead burials, move away from Highgate

FREE PETTING ZOO

Golden green park and a children playground is nearby, if short of time, give a try to the mini zoo in Battersea Park, Holland Park has great natural playground and ecological centre for the kids

NICE PARK GARDEN STRUCTURES

The Hill garden and pergola in Hampstead and Kyoto garden in Holland Park and travel west to very underestimated York House in West London

PADDLING POOLS

Ravenscourt Park and outside of London – Swanley, also blessed with cute mini railway

CITY FARMS

Nothing beats Mudchute Park, jumping around water basins of Canary Wharf without any financial maths knowledge and across Thames river to the nearby Greenwich climbing up to the hill to observatory and across two time zones

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY VIEWS

They will tell you any tower, any garden from Southwark, yes, with garden etc, but try going south to Severndroog Castle, a well-preserved gothic tower on top of Shooter’s Hill, one of the highest points in London

FOOD MARKET

For quick bite in Central London, try Tachbrook St Market, not far from Victoria and Maltby Street

INDOOR MARKET

Greenwich indoor market, it has it all in small package, all sort of great international food, arts and crafts and so fun packed under one roof

THE BEST CHURCH

not for the nuptials, but for atmosphere and genius loci or coffee – Host Cafe in St Mary Aldemary’s Church and Actors aka St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, it has also nice garden for any al fresco lunch

THE BEST OUTDOOR SWIMMING LIDO

possibly cold now but good for summer dip in Canary Wharf basin and Ruislip

continue next time, Chicago aka Windy City is on our bingo cards and fundraising gala on St Martin’s Day, once taken place years back and normally my tradition repeated every year for our army veterans, check old recipe for sweet rolls and rolls on