Hugo Ray Park

Located on 3rd St, just above the highway.

When I first saw Hugo Ray Park, I thought it looked rather boring. I took a closer look and realized that the building in the distance had a sign on it that read "North Shore Cricket Club". I was right, Hugo Ray Park is boring.

...but the grass is nice and there's plenty of parking:

If you like cricket, I suppose this is a lovely place.

PPR
Good: nice grass, plenty of parking, cricket
Bad: next to a cemetery,  cricket
If you love cricket: 10/10
If you don't like cricket: 3.5/10

Hadden Park

Located on Hadden Dr, near Southborough Dr.

Hadden Park is a ravine. Like most ravines, it has been used as a dumping ground:

Dear people,
Please stop doing this. Yard waste and old tires don't belong in ravines.
Sincierely,
All the kids who think ravines are cool

Unlike a lot of ravines, this one is actually accessible without bleeding or dying. I enlisted the help of a local sherpa who showed me the easiest way down the slope

But then we found an easier route on the way up. That's how it goes with ravines. There's no guarantee that you're going the right way, you just have to go for it and realize that you've made mistakes later. But that's why ravines are fun.

Another thing about ravines is that they're dark. There's not going to be any pictures from the creek bed, because those are dark too. All you need to know is that there is bushwhacking to do down there. So if you like bushwhacking, visit Hadden Park. If that's not your thing, then don't visit Hadden Park.

PPR
Good: trees, creek, ferns
Bad: dumping ground, steep ravine, bushwhacking skills required
4/10

Houlgate Creek Park

Located at Deep Dene and Stevens Dr. Access via ???

This park sounded cool from its name, and apparently there's a trail leading to it somewhere. However, the closest thing to a trail I found looked a lot more like the edge of somebody's front yard than a trail.

But here's what it looks like from Deep Dene (that's a street for those not familiar with the strange British Properties street names):

It looks all nice and lush... now if only I could figure out how to get in there...

PPR
Good: green, cool name
Bad: why can't I find this trail? I'm awesome at finding trails
???/10

Andover Park

Located at Greenwood Rd & Andover Cr.

Andover Park looks like this:

It's really not impressive at all, but we were a long way from the next park, so we did what we could with it.

There was a small clearing, but the ground seemed like it had once been used as a yard trimmings dump spot. We put up with it for the sake of a good time, but I wouldn't recommend planning to sit there.

PPR
Good: not an impenetrable forest of thorns
Bad: squishy ground, overgrown, nothing there
1.5/10