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Contents

Оглавление

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction

The Inner Gibbon

A Short History of Climbing Trees

Green Fingers

A Warning to the Curious

Canals & Rivers

Brothers in Arms, Bishop’s Park

The Helping Hand, Regent’s Canal

The Hideout, Beverley Brook

The Old Mill, Ravensbourne River

The Crow’s Nest, King Edward VII Memorial Park

The Sidewinder, Hertford Union Canal

The Golden Fleece, Little Venice

The Double Decker, Millbank

Ophelia’s Treehouse, The Bow Brook

The Fireman’s Pole, Meadowbank

The Fish Hook, River Wandle

City Parks

The Divine Tree, Holland Park

The Kraken, Clissold Park

The Cracked Ash, Victoria Park

Twin Peaks, Victoria Park

Bristowe’s Oaks, Brockwell Park

Plimpton’s Seat, Finsbury Park

The Flagpole, Wandsworth Park

The Tilted Tree, Ravenscourt Park

The Two Towers, Ravenscourt Park

House of Marvell, Waterlow Park

The Enchanted Oak, Ruskin Park

The Quarterdeck, Geraldine Harmsworth Park

The Chartist Tree, Kennington Park

The Magic Carpet, Normand Park

The Guardian Tree, Crystal Palace Park

The Corkscrew, Battersea Park

The Strangled Oak, Battersea Park

The Totem Pole, Roundwood Park

The Jigsaw Tree, Burgess Park

Species

Squares, Gardens & Greens

The Wooden Rose, Brunswick Square

The Black Horse, Temple Gardens

The Chrysalis, Fulham Palace Gardens

Bishop’s Rest, Fulham Palace Gardens

The Nostrils, Camberwell Green

Pankhurst’s Stave, Victoria Tower Gardens

The Catapult, Lincoln’s Inn Fields

The Mountain Top, Horniman Museum Gardens

The Vanguard Beech, Lucas Gardens

The Amplifier, Canada Square

The Gelding’s Tree, Golden Square

Cemeteries & Churchyards

The Three Crowns, Abney Park Cemetery

The Angel Pine, Brompton Cemetery

The Split Yew, All Saints Fulham

John Joshua’s Lime, Hammersmith Old

The False Prophet, St John’s Wood Church Grounds

The Old Crutch, Kensal Green Cemetery

The Black Hand, Nunhead Cemetery

The Granny Pine, Paddington Old Cemetery

The Pulpit, St Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard

Royal Parks

The Hermit Hole, Hyde Park

The Pedestal, Kensington Gardens

The High Bower, Greenwich Park

The Royal Perch, St James’s Park

The Tree of Knowledge, Richmond Park

The Lookout, Primrose Hill

Houdini’s Door, Regent’s Park

Streets, Roundabouts & Rooftops

The One-Way Willow, Swiss Cottage Roundabout

Tramp’s Corner, The Mall

The Spire, Highbury Island

The Burnt Treehouse, Lillie Road

The Traffic Warden, Park Lane

The Flying Oak, Kensington Roof Gardens

The Soldier Fig, Stratford Greenway

Seasons

Open Ground

A Strange Vision, Peckham Rye

The Oasis, Blackheath

The Turnip Tree, Tooting Commons

Lamp Post 33, Clapham Common

Gwain’s Bane, Wormwood Scrubs

The Talisman, Wandsworth Common

The Commentary Box, Hackney Marshes

The Fallen Oak, Hampstead Heath

The Dule Tree, Wanstead Flats

Secret Gardens

The Bowsprit, Rosmead Garden

The Holy Holm, Lambeth Palace Gardens

The Widow’s Veil, Chelsea Physic Garden

The Prince of Persia, Kew Gardens

The Lost Dragon, Kew Gardens

The Peacock Roost, The Hurlingham Club

A Night Aloft

The Sprouting City

Branching Out – A Tree Climber’s Glossary

Acknowledgements

About the Publisher

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