{"id":368,"date":"2010-06-06T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/?p=368"},"modified":"2010-06-06T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:32:00","slug":"to-see-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/06\/to-see-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"To see orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been trying to get out to Cheshunt, to see the orchids in the Lee Valley Park.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small\" title=\"Lee Vallley Park Bench\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/albums\/photo\/4674208996\/lee-vallley-park-bench.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4065\/4674208996_f29a10db99_m.jpg?resize=240%2C159\" alt=\"Lee Vallley Park Bench\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The are several trails and boardwalks . We took the train to Cheshunt and walked to where we thought the start of the walk was &#8211; we got it wrong :). Where we whould have turned left we turned right, but had a lovely walk along the river before turning back into Lee Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Met up with a friend\u00a0 for lunch in Waltham Abbey. She joined us for the orchid hunt and we managed to see some, but only at a distance. They are protected by a boardwalk which only goes out so far. Most of the orchids are quite a ways from the boardwalk. Still lovely.<\/p>\n<p>We also saw loads of other flowers &amp; animals. Lots of birds, lots of plants, and lots of pollen. Too much pollen. But the orchids were pretty.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small\" title=\"Colour of Flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/albums\/photo\/4674211740\/colour-of-flowers.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4056\/4674211740_ee47059d6a_m.jpg?resize=240%2C116\" alt=\"Colour of Flowers\" width=\"240\" height=\"116\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been trying to get out to Cheshunt, to see the orchids in the Lee Valley Park. The are several trails and boardwalks . We took the train to Cheshunt and walked to where we thought the start of the walk was &#8211; we got it wrong :). Where we whould have turned left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T97-5W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4031,"url":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/13\/nearly-done\/","url_meta":{"origin":368,"position":0},"title":"Nearly Done!","date":"Thursday, 13 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Up early, 6am MT so 5am Pacific which is where we were headed, and left at 7am. 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