Running the Parks

Run time:  32:49 Distance covered:  3.55m (5.71km) Soundtrack:  Derren Brown,  Confessions of a Conjuror Conditions:  cold, dry, beautiful sunset These days most people think of Kings Park as an area of the city, rather than a park. I've been to Kings Park countless times, but weirdly, I had never set foot in the park itself. I had to Google it to find out where it was. It's south of Kings Park Avenue, so you don't see it if you're just passing through on one of Glasgow's main arteries across the south side. This park was one of the inspirations behind the whole project. If I had driven or walked within yards of this place so many times without ever visiting, how many more were there like that? As it turns out, a lot . Like a lot of parks of its period, it was originally part of a wealthy estate. The house is still there: Aitkenhead House, which Wikipedia tells me was designed by the architect David Hamilton and built in 1806 for a...