Early mornings the shaded end is a loose standing circle of the same dog owners, dogs off the lead among themselves, and it breaks up before the park fills. Same thing again once it's fully dark.
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When school lets out this end goes from empty to packed in about five minutes and the parents stay standing there far longer than the kids need — it's the local school-gate social hour, just moved into the park. Before that hour the same ground belongs to people walking dogs.
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Informal sportpetanca strip at the edge of Parc de Patraix
The gravel strip along the edge of the park is a standing petanca fixture most afternoons — same regulars, same hours, and a row of onlookers on the wall behind who never play. Turn up on a weekday afternoon and it's running whether or not anything else in the park is.
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The concrete pitch is a rolling kickabout in the evenings — nobody books it, you join whoever's on. In high summer it doesn't get going until the sun is off the surface.
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