Parks... Central and High

Wednesday 4th April. Another busy day! I got up early and did a Parkrun in Central Park! I took the Subway up to Central Park and did 5km, that's around the reservoir twice. Central Park is really an amazing place, a massive patch of green in the middle of all this high rise concrete, there were so many runners out and about at 7:30, and the weather was sunny and warm - I almost ran a PB as well! After breakfast we set off to a strange Park, it's called the "High Line Park", it's a walkway which has been created from a renovated, abandoned, raised train track. Commercial goods used to be transported by train into the warehouses and industrial areas of Manhattan along this elevated railway line, it has lain disused and neglected for years and was under threat of demolition until a pressure group of local folk suggested it should be saved and turned into a "Linear Park", and a great success it is too! We met some friends from Kimberley who just happen to be in New York as well, Megan and Joris, and we spent the rest of the day together, exploring the "Meat packing" district - guess what this area used to be famous for, and generally eating, drinking and chatting.... Oh and shopping, Jan and Sally both have the new shoes to prove it was a successful day!