{"id":11327,"date":"2013-03-11T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=11327"},"modified":"2013-03-11T01:15:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T01:15:44","slug":"a-hint-of-spring-in-ruskin-park-lambeth-south-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-hint-of-spring-in-ruskin-park-lambeth-south-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A hint of spring in Ruskin Park, Lambeth, south London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-01.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s still mighty cold out there today, but spring is slowly coming, as witnessed by this lone\u00a0daffodil\u00a0spotted in Ruskin Park on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-hint-of-spring-in-ruskin-park-lambeth-south-london\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,425\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spring struggles to burst through at Ruskin Park\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-03.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11328\" alt=\"Spring struggles to burst through at Ruskin Park\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-03.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-03.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-03-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A large Edwardian park wedged between Camberwell, Brixton and Herne Hill, Ruskin Park is something of a hidden gem, and a\u00a0favourite\u00a0spot of mine in the summer for a picnic.<\/p>\n<p>The park gets its name from the famous artist, writer and social campaigner John Ruskin, who lived nearby from 1823 to 1871.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-hint-of-spring-in-ruskin-park-lambeth-south-london\/spring-ruskin-park-lambeth-02\/\" 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