Now that Summer is well and truly here, with the tree's blossoming a beautiful pink and the sky turning bright blue, the fresh breeze gives a new perspective on the season.

Living in London in one of the busiest cities with skycrapers and tall architectural buildings, you sometimes forget that there is such a thing as nature. London is a beautiful city to live in and I am very lucky to be at the heart of it with the London eye and Big Ben being just around the corner. But sometimes you just want to take a step back and be at one with nature.

After having a friend visit, we decided to do something a bit different seeing as the sun was shining and we simply didn't want to be cooped up inside at a gallery or exhibition. London is known for being able to do 101 different things a day, yet sometimes it can be hard to narrow it down to just one. However, after a very long debate, we decided to rent out a Pedalo on The Serpentine Lake at Hyde Park.
The journey there allowed me to build up a little anxiety to go boating with a friend with no sense of co-ordination. Yet we continued on  and found ourselves stepping onto the pedalo with no idea how to use it. Of course the man who helped us on board hardly spoke English and soon pushed us away telling us 'left is right and right is left.' Nonetheless, I managed to pick up how to steer pretty quickly, considering I don't know my left from my right, and we were off pedaling around the Serpentine.

The weather was perfect  and the view was amazing! No matter how nervous I was, the trip was very worth it. It was one of the funnest things I have done, laughing, avoiding crashing into people and swans!!

If you ever want to escape the hectic nature of London without leaving the city, visiting a somewhere like Hyde Park is the place for it. Being on the lake surrounded by nature even with the tall buildings lingering in the background, you feel as though London is a million miles away.