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Wonderful Waxwings
... ornamental trees bearing berries. They really like Rowan/sorbus/Mountain Ash and these trees are often used to make supermarket car parks and similar places less grim and off-putting - so this is where you might find them.
Today's Waxwings were almost against the form, being in a pleasant enough residential area a couple of miles from Wolverhampton city centre. They weren't hard to find because there was an ornamental Rowan absolutely dripping with pink ...
Final thoughts
... no idea whether they are owned by anyone.
We went to our favourite Kingfisher bar last night and our lovely waiter regaled us with stories of unrequited love for a girl 'not of his society' - such a friendly chap as is everyone we have met. Mind you - sometimes it's too much. Phil scored a hit with a handsome young waiter at a smart hotel where we shared a bottle of Big Banyan Sauvignon Blanc - I say the word shared with tongue in cheek! This young man managed to all ...
Just a map pin
Gracia, Sant Roc, Sants, Santa Tecla, La Merce – apparently 5 Catalan festivals weren't enough for us this year. We usually go away for my birthday for a few days and this year Julie found a Festa Major in the small town of Altafulla, on the coast just north east of Tarragona with castellers on my birth date. A chance to see a new part of Catalunya and do some birding too. Read ...
Hail to the Bunting
... Eh?") but with the approaching blackness we didn't dawdle. When it hit, it was hail. Lots of it, travelling almost horizontally. For a few minutes it felt like having gravel thrown at you continually. It wasn''t much consolation that it was behind us and it was nothing like as vile as the walk back from the North Wales Snow Bunting site at the start of the year. We kept going.
Eventually it turned to rain. And then it stopped. And then it started again. And ...
Simmering in Shrews
... at home in Flitwick. Although really I think those France things i.e documents & info are available online, but there are some things, like my own lists of what to bring and do, which I think I'd appreciate now to subdue my excitement. Of course, I am aware that going to France is going to be a MAJOR change, but right now I am optimistic that I will face the challenges happily and willingly...well except maybe I am a little apprehensive about ...