With summer weather in full swing, the great weather offers a chance to get outside and do some reading in a place other than your backyard or balcony.<\/p>\n
The following places in downtown Cloverdale all have a good proximity to washrooms and various\u00a0refreshment options, so all you really need to bring is your book. Tucked away and somewhat intimate, these spots offer an oasis of tranquility amidst the traffic, noise, and bustle of downtown Clovy.<\/p>\n
Here are the Cloverdale Reporter’s top five (in no particular order):<\/p>\n
1. Hawthorne Square<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most well-known and comforting outdoor space in downtown Cloverdale, the iconic\u00a0square offers a quiet interlude in the downtown core. Green, bench-filled with abundant space,\u00a0even a late-comer on a busy day would likely find a spot to sit.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Robinson Square<\/p>\n
The lesser-known of Cloverdale’s\u00a0three downtown squares,\u00a0Robinson Square has so much potential. While there are no actual benches in the square (one hopes the city remedies this soon), there are two benches on the sidewalk on 176th. However, there are several large concrete\u00a0planters in the square and each offers\u00a0a different level of privacy if one brought a folding camping chair\u00a0along. Robinson also has plenty of shade. Outdoor lights\u00a0festoon the square so that even on a sunny day, Edison bulbs cast an ambient je ne sais quoi\u00a0down upon visitors.<\/p>\n
3. Veterans’ Square<\/p>\n
With its iconic\u00a0Kneeling in Remembrance statue, Veteran’s square has greenery, picnic tables, benches, and public art. There is also small grassy knoll to stretch out on. There is a bit of shade and the square is adjacent to both the\u00a0Cloverdale Library and the Museum of Surrey.<\/p>\n
4. Cloverdale Library<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Cloverdale Branch\u00a0of Surrey Libraries is a great place to find a quiet corner\u00a0to read in and of itself. But outside the library is a sweet summer spot. The Cloverdale branch has a circular\u00a0table\u00a0with 4 seats set out in the front of the library. Bonus: access to books is second to none.<\/p>\n
5. Cloverdale Station<\/p>\n
The patio at Cloverdale Station is probably the most underrated and unknown gem in Cloverdale. And it costs nothing to sit there. However, it’s only open on\u00a0weekends and there is a summer music festival taking place\u00a0with sets each Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Still, it’s beautiful\u00a0spot, has quiet electric trains\u00a0entering and leaving Cloverdale Station, and a serene wildflower meadow just starting to sprout next to the tracks. Well worth a visit.<\/p>\n
Have a favourite spot to read a book outside in the summer that you’d like to share? If so, please send info and a pic to editor@cloverdalereporter.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With summer weather in full swing, the great weather offers a chance to get outside and do some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[223,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-2572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}