An unhurried three-hour walk along MacRitchie's boardwalks: ten of you, pauses built in, and kopi and kaya toast at the finish.
Find us at the Amenities Centre steps — we're the ones holding the small paper sign.
We set off along the water's edge while the air is still cool and the reservoir is still glass.
First pause on the Prunus boardwalk for a two-minute lesson in monkey manners, and how to spot a monitor lizard cruising the shallows.
At a quiet bend we stop, look at the water, and turn for home; pairs reshuffle on their own, and the forest gives you plenty to point at.
The last stretch back along the reservoir, sun properly up now, kayakers out, dragonflies over the water.
Kopi and kaya toast at the Amenities Centre, and the table stays ours for as long as anyone wants to sit.
If it rains: October is Singapore's inter-monsoon, but its storms mostly arrive after 2pm, which is exactly why we start at 8am. In light drizzle we walk on; the canopy does most of the umbrella work and we carry spare ponchos. If heavy rain or a lightning alert greets us at the start, we begin with the kopi instead and wait up to 45 minutes. If the whole morning is a washout, you choose: the backup Saturday, or a full refund.
If you can manage a long afternoon at a mall, you can manage this. It's about 4.5km on flat boardwalk, spread over three hours, with plenty of standing-still and one proper sit-down at the end.
Yes. Pairs reshuffle at every pause, so the company changes on its own the whole morning. Pairs reshuffle at every pause, so by the kopi you'll have walked beside nearly everyone.
Drizzle, we walk — the canopy is generous and we carry ponchos. A stormy start, we begin with kopi and wait up to 45 minutes. A full washout, you pick the backup Saturday or take a full refund.
A full refund up to 48 hours before. Inside 48 hours you can pass your spot to a friend. If we cancel for weather, you're refunded in full or moved to the backup date, your choice.