tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47955511215484868942024-03-19T08:47:48.000+00:00One Man and his Camera.Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.comBlogger981125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-63534500249464169512024-03-18T20:23:00.001+00:002024-03-18T20:35:04.526+00:00The past few days, 16-18th March 2024.<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">On Saturday it was a trip to the Bridge View café at Portland Basin Museum, on the way I stopped at the Ashton Moss Nature reserve to see if there was anything going on there.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">The big male swan came right up to the car to see what I had for him and I was brave enough to feed him by hand!.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinC5am8x-NBgy89ee93dcrUthg0kwyxYeYGj9Mqq3im6LCu9ONsY5J5F02DAgAGq0xcLekzOtjh1u-ulOSplJVgDIMNr1_-kQ56sd06cegv_QJqRo7esV5qoeb4PEtkmt0y88Z8Jf3XGgCvatBgdlQlYTJPu2te-w6WXZfWlD0fWRsjlklkXzYlXNS1AQ" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZxxCo-wJwuJct0e9n-DWzmqvC0OwoOImvJxzRmgd4t7guatikTizscbe8yUnO8uY0THnVcXnhlIuhs4nvTsWff71Lc0xhS3-RgQS7IGZt4iE5BNdJx-AHNp5_11rTITSnnkrNIE5FIMqeRItzBs3eS3nbq4DZXOZeTdEROvYX9nN08wdByjD0UIsQJi0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZxxCo-wJwuJct0e9n-DWzmqvC0OwoOImvJxzRmgd4t7guatikTizscbe8yUnO8uY0THnVcXnhlIuhs4nvTsWff71Lc0xhS3-RgQS7IGZt4iE5BNdJx-AHNp5_11rTITSnnkrNIE5FIMqeRItzBs3eS3nbq4DZXOZeTdEROvYX9nN08wdByjD0UIsQJi0=w381-h640" width="381" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBq_1FB86agraKZ0Xi3w3vW4opjEd5ptY9fYh30NCKACjt6kiiqQRwsso2-nHKdhmOlU7jQ6F0Eg3_YVUgxM4fYJzMloXIv6kPG15p4RZ8eJgtEHhLjSciRH__waUWq6pMhQeO4yU1t8kdAyQqJKvpFJEqUllwmqMZE1HIksZaZ46PIzxhjIqUXr8H43o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBq_1FB86agraKZ0Xi3w3vW4opjEd5ptY9fYh30NCKACjt6kiiqQRwsso2-nHKdhmOlU7jQ6F0Eg3_YVUgxM4fYJzMloXIv6kPG15p4RZ8eJgtEHhLjSciRH__waUWq6pMhQeO4yU1t8kdAyQqJKvpFJEqUllwmqMZE1HIksZaZ46PIzxhjIqUXr8H43o=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />The Muscovy duck with his new mate came too.</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnUfZKjrWnIwdSY6FH7mrmwcQNZCeHtiK3O8zH6oKwy9tDkJ2HN50DbJUm5XUAOviAfHQMm0FDR30KuFSaxMcHW4pYLDCw1NtpC5NSy6iPQmQHCsdmyVBJahbadMZOGOcql8V9DmXuq1_IiG17SFfHP-ljcBd2yN9z7p05hCR3nRAvNl_Wb4ohlcThjSM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnUfZKjrWnIwdSY6FH7mrmwcQNZCeHtiK3O8zH6oKwy9tDkJ2HN50DbJUm5XUAOviAfHQMm0FDR30KuFSaxMcHW4pYLDCw1NtpC5NSy6iPQmQHCsdmyVBJahbadMZOGOcql8V9DmXuq1_IiG17SFfHP-ljcBd2yN9z7p05hCR3nRAvNl_Wb4ohlcThjSM=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Plenty of people out walking, over the bridge that the café got its name from I assume.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh6JFzMyxpUHkFZasWphGwUBobrZrFKjrIjyJh58JCiD692Ed1vd5fQ3tB5ZsASoX-nsxr1bOSaQh3LCkb0RG_zDvk3WOP0Eztbrca0x-c4Fwo8Y7EYfFIPKiRxBHZWnj-iVZ4g1WpKlQilNLVNKA_3xveouSQWBA6VbhaLJjqJGmHDH19paC2AbP5NJU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1000" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh6JFzMyxpUHkFZasWphGwUBobrZrFKjrIjyJh58JCiD692Ed1vd5fQ3tB5ZsASoX-nsxr1bOSaQh3LCkb0RG_zDvk3WOP0Eztbrca0x-c4Fwo8Y7EYfFIPKiRxBHZWnj-iVZ4g1WpKlQilNLVNKA_3xveouSQWBA6VbhaLJjqJGmHDH19paC2AbP5NJU=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div>Always a few narra boats passing though.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK5B2iXeidHRsw7-ofDCyc1zSY4qMWtSubY3IyDTSUjydAdl_fRcdp3TBfh1i9SbG7dBD0154snh96_8zfMiprhYtWypF611bDs3pNFF6FPAZw5zTiyq15HVpYQt-EeLHG6J3YcoHEgaQUrUH-H4LLMuv3ibWwEgTFZnVApczBuH-m4nCV72alQ0y68EI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1000" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK5B2iXeidHRsw7-ofDCyc1zSY4qMWtSubY3IyDTSUjydAdl_fRcdp3TBfh1i9SbG7dBD0154snh96_8zfMiprhYtWypF611bDs3pNFF6FPAZw5zTiyq15HVpYQt-EeLHG6J3YcoHEgaQUrUH-H4LLMuv3ibWwEgTFZnVApczBuH-m4nCV72alQ0y68EI=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi74LGC5TAvsDxLm41re0woKh3l9cqAGuMMn4c3LSfDYkEExZLEYtuX46T3rTDXMdQbo7SbSAgHgQAuDeKBQVw8FuzxPXJIp1ZGKlmBESdVNlnMC-uPggXxeQOo4mFxaV455vk4VyShoylC9RwZADDtOlWG45nNppas4PrCmm0A5GV_CpaW3ypILxYo-Nk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1000" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi74LGC5TAvsDxLm41re0woKh3l9cqAGuMMn4c3LSfDYkEExZLEYtuX46T3rTDXMdQbo7SbSAgHgQAuDeKBQVw8FuzxPXJIp1ZGKlmBESdVNlnMC-uPggXxeQOo4mFxaV455vk4VyShoylC9RwZADDtOlWG45nNppas4PrCmm0A5GV_CpaW3ypILxYo-Nk=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;">Then it was home to finish another jigsaw.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRYm5JBmNmLscgk5fU_o12Vhi7ARRb2xdhu8_6Oh31nxqvpoiEK2lAut3NCSmj3G5QpDJsERNrA6_pLiqJEPXkOLCXWKvYJuIaYc_aD54xXUlRvxOoEh4day4KY9ujy4jffvV_OiVmtL4gUgvLvd6xvAId-sqg1lNpkh3xcglwL8aHcMrk9WhelMhGwKU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRYm5JBmNmLscgk5fU_o12Vhi7ARRb2xdhu8_6Oh31nxqvpoiEK2lAut3NCSmj3G5QpDJsERNrA6_pLiqJEPXkOLCXWKvYJuIaYc_aD54xXUlRvxOoEh4day4KY9ujy4jffvV_OiVmtL4gUgvLvd6xvAId-sqg1lNpkh3xcglwL8aHcMrk9WhelMhGwKU=w388-h400" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looks a bit like Reddish Vale doesn't it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQNJuhioDc2jP-_e8dkO69UAzUlQLCorZDyw29SgzNviG_uj_Ekvm3mZeCC73pq-LWF3EKQ5ogbnIEjlfMcKuk-ADU7PecwrsN_fAgNJVRb6Uw2oxDZuPA9bUZFH61SZ9uI_MJmIpMQxMFlJEJl7dpDyd16dF6MSujo-HmvCB3ljav11J2yK-0bhnTxJU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1000" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQNJuhioDc2jP-_e8dkO69UAzUlQLCorZDyw29SgzNviG_uj_Ekvm3mZeCC73pq-LWF3EKQ5ogbnIEjlfMcKuk-ADU7PecwrsN_fAgNJVRb6Uw2oxDZuPA9bUZFH61SZ9uI_MJmIpMQxMFlJEJl7dpDyd16dF6MSujo-HmvCB3ljav11J2yK-0bhnTxJU=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sunday it wasn't looking too good so only went out to Morrisons for one of their Sunday roast beef dinners, but when it came it looked beautiful <u>But</u> over facing for me, still I ate the best part of it and left the rest.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;">Today Monday, I went over to the Gorton Lower Resser and though it was a beautiful sunny day I still had my winter clothes on, but looked a bit over dressed when looking at some of the young women walking about with next to nothing on, suppose they had their youth to keep them warm, or perhaps be ill in bed in a few days time wondering why!. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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vertical-align: inherit;">The resident swans, glad of my goodies. </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCLa8InW6guuBOCBINjV8yQPlatJrkv_O2q0-bslQArIbto9QPnf-Pj4dkCU7Bn1o3qas064Ao7c7vUikMpK5Bio6qmbSnUdOEbOV_XDz43NTGR6og-s5C0bGNawQ8vEZyWyOc1nnh49bDzfsHX_upnfRigrGvGgDJmC8vwo-_GIia3c9btAPLr4lL-cE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCLa8InW6guuBOCBINjV8yQPlatJrkv_O2q0-bslQArIbto9QPnf-Pj4dkCU7Bn1o3qas064Ao7c7vUikMpK5Bio6qmbSnUdOEbOV_XDz43NTGR6og-s5C0bGNawQ8vEZyWyOc1nnh49bDzfsHX_upnfRigrGvGgDJmC8vwo-_GIia3c9btAPLr4lL-cE=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;">A male Tufted duck having a bad hair day.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkeXCsTEOcFThCKLk9m8PeZJP52KkaOjIsyOor7zW9c9uvDEz7RuxmS16EG7x9r-NwILsGXJzCJzNMYWQVcN5lnILt2oqLM2fH-fkaWMixKcBB98GgKjQ8WqiYtdTVIxP4_FQucSqIlsJJS8Dyr8fEobuOa8EDsELdcN6YOPAmadSMIQlpWJRs55UE-84" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1000" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkeXCsTEOcFThCKLk9m8PeZJP52KkaOjIsyOor7zW9c9uvDEz7RuxmS16EG7x9r-NwILsGXJzCJzNMYWQVcN5lnILt2oqLM2fH-fkaWMixKcBB98GgKjQ8WqiYtdTVIxP4_FQucSqIlsJJS8Dyr8fEobuOa8EDsELdcN6YOPAmadSMIQlpWJRs55UE-84=w640-h485" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">His mate, "He's not with me"</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHguC6fEB5GZHt-mZ71a0cli4LB1dSq5Tg05boSpNEY5lLHfp9yTgXnekdQaes4GsJYEzDRZK_XjhHMb3kP4y_CvE_q8FKvG1d5-DM6MQWg-KeRaOBydwjZBbQtCTLun8VUvo-Ax5oL7T8nYLTkVP7OF6r6LP51DkhNpN1JboG7fMgYDTF3yZxIQ3wt_E" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHguC6fEB5GZHt-mZ71a0cli4LB1dSq5Tg05boSpNEY5lLHfp9yTgXnekdQaes4GsJYEzDRZK_XjhHMb3kP4y_CvE_q8FKvG1d5-DM6MQWg-KeRaOBydwjZBbQtCTLun8VUvo-Ax5oL7T8nYLTkVP7OF6r6LP51DkhNpN1JboG7fMgYDTF3yZxIQ3wt_E=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;">Then having walked to the left hand corner, noticed there was a pair of Great Crested Grebes doing a bit of courting and nest building.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQoGC6gxKYfiF_e8nI9yeI9zzCs12qqS1m26Byq_AVtrnVFCXgRY58kOW3tR9VTB4HzKXkjKKVmzK9iw_RdLOnn5NsOTgOlSXp_JBiOcYRGLop9BH8Igx-UnvRLwUYXQHrZNkMgjqb_PY5uu_YLCetQwCQEU_nL7s7NQEyKh60Ttv91fvy--wL8jAAPT4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1000" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQoGC6gxKYfiF_e8nI9yeI9zzCs12qqS1m26Byq_AVtrnVFCXgRY58kOW3tR9VTB4HzKXkjKKVmzK9iw_RdLOnn5NsOTgOlSXp_JBiOcYRGLop9BH8Igx-UnvRLwUYXQHrZNkMgjqb_PY5uu_YLCetQwCQEU_nL7s7NQEyKh60Ttv91fvy--wL8jAAPT4=w640-h531" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The female building and sorting out the twigs the male was bringing.</span></span><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjrLJFJY2pdQtNLsK-pRM-cndy5X2NlsZdmR5OG0HgfpnkXyaGesntepJzpVbeVfoI0Mu9yv-x6k33bgPBMoBIf1kjLLoNZ5FHDfYzq0qpk31YLkYVWaePt3PTjg-ILi2kj6ajB-c7brxEGxXYDh8yPWle5sqgSjXYGLPFyi3Rc7wfzYWLNgIUmOpRD9Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1000" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjrLJFJY2pdQtNLsK-pRM-cndy5X2NlsZdmR5OG0HgfpnkXyaGesntepJzpVbeVfoI0Mu9yv-x6k33bgPBMoBIf1kjLLoNZ5FHDfYzq0qpk31YLkYVWaePt3PTjg-ILi2kj6ajB-c7brxEGxXYDh8yPWle5sqgSjXYGLPFyi3Rc7wfzYWLNgIUmOpRD9Q=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>Having a rest whilst waiting for him to bring my dinner.<br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidPDDEi3iw30wrcRP7ZkNhVGco6mVsvco9iNf5OcS724gm7MuSqtfrx4hPxrBxss68YDeG9uhh1eWLPzomYjgiVFKmRpdWleAJIdBJkp-PYolKIEKKPkPVCJQLUdllPNABrodQ1ClIidraN0f6I15hj_mXtuS5N4SRZBSQ5w8nd4BlyDeHQI14JTBOV6s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1000" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidPDDEi3iw30wrcRP7ZkNhVGco6mVsvco9iNf5OcS724gm7MuSqtfrx4hPxrBxss68YDeG9uhh1eWLPzomYjgiVFKmRpdWleAJIdBJkp-PYolKIEKKPkPVCJQLUdllPNABrodQ1ClIidraN0f6I15hj_mXtuS5N4SRZBSQ5w8nd4BlyDeHQI14JTBOV6s=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">She's on the nest and he's being very attentive with food and nest building material. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">They did well last year with 4 babies which all survived.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDe9cGGNLlxL5SAbXyU8hKBAI30e_XB450Qs5Ibn8JsCa1yXol_F9I7Otd3EtBZv6QETRLPBryUBmkbB9eCc07Kd1VWpYvwZHWHpwWhhFxCalb9mtBMVT5bDfktWEaFQFhi5UGvLOvhowTa74Qkh58nSjWmjXNCoskhfGfkARNWfe9qwubkCdZ0e9zvng" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDe9cGGNLlxL5SAbXyU8hKBAI30e_XB450Qs5Ibn8JsCa1yXol_F9I7Otd3EtBZv6QETRLPBryUBmkbB9eCc07Kd1VWpYvwZHWHpwWhhFxCalb9mtBMVT5bDfktWEaFQFhi5UGvLOvhowTa74Qkh58nSjWmjXNCoskhfGfkARNWfe9qwubkCdZ0e9zvng=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;">Then a visit to KFC for dinner inside to get warm, but it was a bit tense with an argument as the young coloured guy charged me a £1 too much and tried to tell me the price had gone up, but still the old price on the overhead board, so I told him to get the manager, who came out , a big Black guy who I told to change the price list shown before charging people, the guys behind me said the same, so I got my £1 back!, it wasn't the price so much as the way it was put over, still don't think I'll be going again at that price.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Signage inside KFC, "You might Colonel, but not many truck drivers will be going any time soon with your price increases!.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNnvcLoDDxuS82yu22OWAEtr39_YgvHXKDjj7M6sq7k6F2ECLxEkD_mesbWJ02drpxy_xMYrfURWX-jK_Mle70JAhgPUqLGdVhjVAkrtAEY9RAQUEhSWT5usOd9Yju-6-haxrFzat3rBHW3IicCNrZ8JGesmDFQWu7pQqn884BGBi-caIugi90CBKxEPo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1000" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNnvcLoDDxuS82yu22OWAEtr39_YgvHXKDjj7M6sq7k6F2ECLxEkD_mesbWJ02drpxy_xMYrfURWX-jK_Mle70JAhgPUqLGdVhjVAkrtAEY9RAQUEhSWT5usOd9Yju-6-haxrFzat3rBHW3IicCNrZ8JGesmDFQWu7pQqn884BGBi-caIugi90CBKxEPo=w640-h392" width="640" /></a></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> So home to a nice welcome from my kitty friend, its cupboard love I'm sure, must know the sound of the car, he has two other friends come as well.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>...............................................</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well it's a second for us again, if Jeremy Hunt had done a bit more we could have got a first hey!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicQ3fFtPGR9szBna0xADL4jL26dM6COX3P6FxvfkeWlz24ytcV6HlMNyL9Hyg6tnvio9xWfFakfPxCI5ZzbzOTfzzVeIJqD91szUHIRtJqFqbcBaFImAeIcRraZgXzhYAo5RNp2BQbl8RG177Fl__lKaxvyogISc9T6ubV9smjePuzMRrNiV1qm0GioZo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="1000" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicQ3fFtPGR9szBna0xADL4jL26dM6COX3P6FxvfkeWlz24ytcV6HlMNyL9Hyg6tnvio9xWfFakfPxCI5ZzbzOTfzzVeIJqD91szUHIRtJqFqbcBaFImAeIcRraZgXzhYAo5RNp2BQbl8RG177Fl__lKaxvyogISc9T6ubV9smjePuzMRrNiV1qm0GioZo=w640-h216" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: red;">No matter who you vote for, the government always seems to get in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Politicians and babies nappies have one thing in common,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">There are three kinds of lie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">a small lie, a big lie and politics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>....................................................</u></div></div></span>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-50195007045154241992024-03-07T21:07:00.001+00:002024-03-07T21:21:37.653+00:00Good week up to now, 4-7.3.2023.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Monday went down the Vale, road works there but managed to get down alright.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looks like someone has built a hide.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrLRPfeRVfBcYJJz5bZ0JqbK_HezFSQdZJ7ULt3PRFjqW6JZfQpinaq_W9GJcXa6OCg1Q2hCgpeAjFE3zT7HWBD4shzB4ZrChsNyLTuPQaPKiYTgjyAMCYPnm7U8keUiyyDoZHOcwJ5DtEYOwdKCl0GrCtMFXfX0L30AA_p7HY232d7wAtU98tfW-f6H0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrLRPfeRVfBcYJJz5bZ0JqbK_HezFSQdZJ7ULt3PRFjqW6JZfQpinaq_W9GJcXa6OCg1Q2hCgpeAjFE3zT7HWBD4shzB4ZrChsNyLTuPQaPKiYTgjyAMCYPnm7U8keUiyyDoZHOcwJ5DtEYOwdKCl0GrCtMFXfX0L30AA_p7HY232d7wAtU98tfW-f6H0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Long tailed tits on the feeders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzLgFbvHF5e5KhtQPGJDE5P-_Bmtd0ky5J2kxqi9UCcGExkpEGLCcuW1OkQdW0sKg8jdTIOvWsghPMGll1rXkGXprpGu9wkdKD8aQgVI_dfehShXp4MXWzvA3JdnJbwQIF_9XAxfJ1-8EnXms1XpU3qlqxTLtoLH6cMatuv_OCKuQRObRVxPwx2t6Qp2k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="919" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzLgFbvHF5e5KhtQPGJDE5P-_Bmtd0ky5J2kxqi9UCcGExkpEGLCcuW1OkQdW0sKg8jdTIOvWsghPMGll1rXkGXprpGu9wkdKD8aQgVI_dfehShXp4MXWzvA3JdnJbwQIF_9XAxfJ1-8EnXms1XpU3qlqxTLtoLH6cMatuv_OCKuQRObRVxPwx2t6Qp2k=w589-h640" width="589" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not seen these reed buntings there before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0MPiV9Fck2twIkJS4FgfGuSKgCy5T47cruyF7IL1tgyWYdZvcJJl7fLus1Irkmo67madNL-DnU5znn_n_xACDOREfEeY9kdiSaRZ-szsRsIjBQCFIeL7tDW06MdW-Jw6ri8QV0tJDP0-Q3KZ5rkqwQtOQfQ49LPBNClFYQhhZKkyfxgbjZtiqN2o55Y8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="949" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0MPiV9Fck2twIkJS4FgfGuSKgCy5T47cruyF7IL1tgyWYdZvcJJl7fLus1Irkmo67madNL-DnU5znn_n_xACDOREfEeY9kdiSaRZ-szsRsIjBQCFIeL7tDW06MdW-Jw6ri8QV0tJDP0-Q3KZ5rkqwQtOQfQ49LPBNClFYQhhZKkyfxgbjZtiqN2o55Y8=w640-h602" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice shy Nuthatch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGvVxKvzs4lxUY_BC4sGPqf58pf76PWmnSM5jD2wOjUw4ZYcp9gMZ5xyju5VPGm3Qdrh_ch9RfXICc7qKJmUaKXtGvEtOvqin1Px9o_vwMGtXdQwxm6-sJSPbOIllOyymBrAippmswTw9Kn7zGEy9MCX_qVmlOLKPvDKBMi_6VidZ4M4iQY5N2CHOb82Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1000" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGvVxKvzs4lxUY_BC4sGPqf58pf76PWmnSM5jD2wOjUw4ZYcp9gMZ5xyju5VPGm3Qdrh_ch9RfXICc7qKJmUaKXtGvEtOvqin1Px9o_vwMGtXdQwxm6-sJSPbOIllOyymBrAippmswTw9Kn7zGEy9MCX_qVmlOLKPvDKBMi_6VidZ4M4iQY5N2CHOb82Q=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great Tit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ6hnzP3tZa_apke5l8r1zyImvXSA4DlYwV5UQi4spr3wEhBaU4I_B2tBIsrzoX9I5g6Z0P4ci6nK-e7OVBKxNhmgJVFKKWC_YrnNYrD1u1emNYXJEwWtEwt4iIgc-WAjyy2ekyp4yCE1fNAoexI07g2TBuSlgS4dLApc_3BUSsb6bMoV5m6Zb4KpkGeM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1000" height="555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ6hnzP3tZa_apke5l8r1zyImvXSA4DlYwV5UQi4spr3wEhBaU4I_B2tBIsrzoX9I5g6Z0P4ci6nK-e7OVBKxNhmgJVFKKWC_YrnNYrD1u1emNYXJEwWtEwt4iIgc-WAjyy2ekyp4yCE1fNAoexI07g2TBuSlgS4dLApc_3BUSsb6bMoV5m6Zb4KpkGeM=w640-h555" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is how they get into the seeds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4Pq-sgnbw71d2batiitmvtiE8hNomLhyYuVvsy0TD8ZqjylgDlIJPxQ3J4-nRxg8ekwu4ptQNrohN0UXCXElchHCPujwOeYqMOYcMFob5Sx--feAd5tV978tnn9HNYBUF5zQRIwpu7kpCMfb-ldW0rvD1eg-xZfHH-IO48TLpPytdEunTAgB84GI_Rvk" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO0fFFr98QQtcyK1W97HLCBsKMOgsViMRmOBpd6e081GsJacp7yVYpk0oiRyAeGiOLJD0Gh-PnKBef3u6nuG9SVmukthDZK_W1hX2Vik5UQ-m975A97QYk4_Hf225-IuBHSDWt1AR4AvfrjWgKfAxWX5oLv4D_HDXiGMSLAcEJv3QCqhmSv3ImN1_-seA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1000" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO0fFFr98QQtcyK1W97HLCBsKMOgsViMRmOBpd6e081GsJacp7yVYpk0oiRyAeGiOLJD0Gh-PnKBef3u6nuG9SVmukthDZK_W1hX2Vik5UQ-m975A97QYk4_Hf225-IuBHSDWt1AR4AvfrjWgKfAxWX5oLv4D_HDXiGMSLAcEJv3QCqhmSv3ImN1_-seA=w640-h539" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cute little fatty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVE7HxQXws6YJroC5NYxQ1TYXTiKL0jQyPhL2ZfTlabSouhxkVAh25mmmGTiZYKSYqRwPl7EkOHCXSz4_3G3Eu7N_W2Mv7DIeg7JC_u58WJnl0J66_5FZGOWa_Khs8n2PFXGH7buWkSKEdKy65_bH0VTG-OeID2iccHXe6s6UvnL7-ZqBL7UYerMU2_Po" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Got to hide these before the squirrels see them and get back for the others I left there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-Y8oF7LaGHBMRt3dknTu7NkkyCzNLGcXLNEbmDa3b8-PGQBV1-RPamsACWVpfZXalA0n1cYL6D9TcN8dbdNwHkO7bBJUBKSGVCBw4FzPPDnmMMc6PALabX5ZHT02A7eobxiyea6dvtJdvIsm-fqLnJpr8Q_56e_OQH1YDug_LBTSuzShSUiuqIZ_gZa4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1000" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-Y8oF7LaGHBMRt3dknTu7NkkyCzNLGcXLNEbmDa3b8-PGQBV1-RPamsACWVpfZXalA0n1cYL6D9TcN8dbdNwHkO7bBJUBKSGVCBw4FzPPDnmMMc6PALabX5ZHT02A7eobxiyea6dvtJdvIsm-fqLnJpr8Q_56e_OQH1YDug_LBTSuzShSUiuqIZ_gZa4=w640-h372" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thanks Duckie for these.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9OSvLk1n1l0e1meGkG3_XOScg2mf1UwfHOOEkiLKRFJeD6alitYENZ53Ue5Sk8tch4REgBxmh5DJikRQzv5aeJFwMRVHJlXFjKz3F9xID3soqx9IbyQn-toKxrCpppwHRBdwC1YOfsqX1zjZ4Ys0tB8EuYqKlXkV8A_LjWTTlZzC9kZ3sK0AJ4ZAzCL4" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>A nap before dinner.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2sY2VmLPU7eOOUKsAqYu3_Y-STU4Yr44E1om4M7prrxckVNLy5rvoG6PLusvG-6YD2cigxRQOPLUheCPxIKQHJ4GdrFyT0CGBdDA6ZoLsWaLNn2QpGI95TDaoSQQHYHjjwAVZvpXc0l0Fl4al0ZpYNECk4tb9U_6vMP4AkiQKOQwwxw6DgtU-FiRUS8s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2sY2VmLPU7eOOUKsAqYu3_Y-STU4Yr44E1om4M7prrxckVNLy5rvoG6PLusvG-6YD2cigxRQOPLUheCPxIKQHJ4GdrFyT0CGBdDA6ZoLsWaLNn2QpGI95TDaoSQQHYHjjwAVZvpXc0l0Fl4al0ZpYNECk4tb9U_6vMP4AkiQKOQwwxw6DgtU-FiRUS8s=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A juvenile swan, new kid on the block until the residents see it and see it off, no leg rings on it so can't tell where its from. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="659" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXCu3mYAyNrFl0tsfFpqB4r8780yJHse05fKqFwJh0yTFpVkyJcspNuJbsA58fDJ7QbQ-wLT_HwP3X-IN4cgygQNCGgFrgDPN-2AqtqksbGbQVvrAzMCArwIp3lYB90kYAVC1ktTUtamb_LK_q7yA6gAFG-wkUe3fvQ-FF_WPIrr2tzPYfNkFkayigViU=w421-h640" width="421" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today Thursday, first it was off to Home bargains at the Snipe for Sunflower hearts for my Goldfinches, of course once in there you can't come out without £20+ bag can you!</div>Then it was off to the Bridge View Café at Portland Basin Museum., our regular haunt now on Thursdays, and an added bonus on Thursdays there, is my mate and neighbour Chris.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioQ4ISSZ6UrV8JsUnkrgrhNzTf_PEDnJs-mCwrOAyk8orvy2QVKQ8XrYT4b-T6coacwsLH1UB_y8iNgRw5FmVacC-111l7KWp08YdVvzeXnl2W051i_fxp00nTht7G9KhHO0lNYTgOH8aOp_wglSUzB_s_Sj4NDP0iJZlKmtT5fGRIq-ilCKh8dEUywr8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioQ4ISSZ6UrV8JsUnkrgrhNzTf_PEDnJs-mCwrOAyk8orvy2QVKQ8XrYT4b-T6coacwsLH1UB_y8iNgRw5FmVacC-111l7KWp08YdVvzeXnl2W051i_fxp00nTht7G9KhHO0lNYTgOH8aOp_wglSUzB_s_Sj4NDP0iJZlKmtT5fGRIq-ilCKh8dEUywr8=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry if you missed him today, he's there again next Thursday!. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCGGkMVA0LGfMK4XCZSCWY_bMpV6x0Az-QTG0hqHpLWSpwCaDr7HC9eqlUNvVD27VwSLuC_3uuh9000AonKvn6xWk9kleea5x6X6ISiwxCpWc1rrscN3zcQTAHHOX1m-RCXFvYmiiFpzzy168qSrTLCQphlbiZ4ajk8IwfDljCJ9imigCmh_PAjQ4a2eU" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">Father "Shh son, she's cramming for her finals".</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Be nice to your kids they will be choosing your nursing home!. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">............................................................</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-21138433918377103782024-03-01T17:18:00.002+00:002024-03-01T17:20:19.450+00:00March already!, 1.3.2024.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This Thursday, (29.2.2024) thought I'd have a change and instead of going to Pear Mill went to Portland Basin and their café there, the Bridge View Café, has my friend and neighbour Chris was singing.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not a good way to </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">photographs against the light.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih4_SZHfPMsj_AHK_OeDrtM4nHRPGAfs_i09uARfGvITx_cC17R0en1RnQNNVeeoONGefgmno44sCTIKmKP3jgYI2Tyi-G30GtmKOv7B4gn49WVW_YNDJwnsSP5h1hlRvPN52zyPCzIVh8fSb0hi4eITMLnfWxp9ombaUOwgLKt5UG5h40gsrRD8wNjJI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="795" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih4_SZHfPMsj_AHK_OeDrtM4nHRPGAfs_i09uARfGvITx_cC17R0en1RnQNNVeeoONGefgmno44sCTIKmKP3jgYI2Tyi-G30GtmKOv7B4gn49WVW_YNDJwnsSP5h1hlRvPN52zyPCzIVh8fSb0hi4eITMLnfWxp9ombaUOwgLKt5UG5h40gsrRD8wNjJI=w509-h640" width="509" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had a nice meal there and saved some of the salad for my friend back home Alfie. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Table decoration with my Tortie bag for Alfie.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibmcB31SqijmF-fDI-BeFWbTstPQcXoe5YDjcE0TI3cTuJvndd2frwO8pbNl0TtzT4ob9GGQ-SnGVCvTp25Rr68XT8NBhxKSMdBP-K9a6dhCyl1_4KCHrTNU5s9AoYXVEeDNWxeOs-zNFoTdFCXsMw1OMXznNXRe2LKXygxxWO_eQ_ppq8yo71tUYQtrU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibmcB31SqijmF-fDI-BeFWbTstPQcXoe5YDjcE0TI3cTuJvndd2frwO8pbNl0TtzT4ob9GGQ-SnGVCvTp25Rr68XT8NBhxKSMdBP-K9a6dhCyl1_4KCHrTNU5s9AoYXVEeDNWxeOs-zNFoTdFCXsMw1OMXznNXRe2LKXygxxWO_eQ_ppq8yo71tUYQtrU=w288-h640" width="288" /></a></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the way there I'd stopped off and bought some new plants at Nottcuts garden centre </span> and then over to Ashton Moss Nature Reserve to see if there was anything going on there.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">First thing I noticed was the Muscovy duck had got a mate, only a young one by the looks of it, not sure the sex of it. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Male Tufted Duck<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_mBBCMBy-fDiVCyWi7c0lLWJ5cZytAnt-ECZuhj0X9hWeb7SsdCyTFW4t-Ac4Uunw_rVKnWkXQWO6WZF60JBQ3g6U-ASp1y1jzpTJWY3NF0uaILW-ybFkCxGJD72OHarsj5z15FOsdlcEZwXNBGiQ-wNEUlFy7NJylFdetXa9cY8RpWoclENA9l7P7ok" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1000" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_mBBCMBy-fDiVCyWi7c0lLWJ5cZytAnt-ECZuhj0X9hWeb7SsdCyTFW4t-Ac4Uunw_rVKnWkXQWO6WZF60JBQ3g6U-ASp1y1jzpTJWY3NF0uaILW-ybFkCxGJD72OHarsj5z15FOsdlcEZwXNBGiQ-wNEUlFy7NJylFdetXa9cY8RpWoclENA9l7P7ok=w640-h336" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Female Tufted duck</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-UyPclBU0aoRhWMTqA83U2IngZJ5-Dgt5oLNnvRAje4UVGD1qTlXq6N2qVA9QPwX1PEY_t7jniyOfyEvpQtKmBYiRaBi1adg3_25V6-MMuZYXdNrIlpB0nM-FJkHEN9xMNpdgUwQx8ZKu2OEc9Od4pObYVksJHfUXGeUEqg32nqp6Lfeiq6Dzja0mONI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1000" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-UyPclBU0aoRhWMTqA83U2IngZJ5-Dgt5oLNnvRAje4UVGD1qTlXq6N2qVA9QPwX1PEY_t7jniyOfyEvpQtKmBYiRaBi1adg3_25V6-MMuZYXdNrIlpB0nM-FJkHEN9xMNpdgUwQx8ZKu2OEc9Od4pObYVksJHfUXGeUEqg32nqp6Lfeiq6Dzja0mONI=w640-h491" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The resident swans.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKs5P6Z0IwxTnx2wDJC2_YhUNHLzcEhhFJLiBrpLmGisw_3KwR2GLbPOMpBfU9fgGxQiSn0NWRjidhLjGRYASA86TXacaWFAVhmsWrjTAmzN9YhN2RkR8EzhBG2HvmJZaKLITiPrbp5s4LKMrPq0I9ktP4dOZUWME9Figwr3ZNlMbz8Ol5ak3YtY7bYHM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKs5P6Z0IwxTnx2wDJC2_YhUNHLzcEhhFJLiBrpLmGisw_3KwR2GLbPOMpBfU9fgGxQiSn0NWRjidhLjGRYASA86TXacaWFAVhmsWrjTAmzN9YhN2RkR8EzhBG2HvmJZaKLITiPrbp5s4LKMrPq0I9ktP4dOZUWME9Figwr3ZNlMbz8Ol5ak3YtY7bYHM=w496-h640" width="496" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Back home I changed over Alfie's plants as the others were not doing too well where they were.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSCWNY84aNDq1NpCpteNZNS5fm_W6l9k1wm6oULgKOqP4Dy5sNyvuSrk2YUzfzZRfLqJSC8JOS_g9jxpwwhjXPO704GHHq1usV3_2fdS4YcZUUefrxzKvW7iF-AlCIv5CJTooyUrVVphkl9GpiVaYtSPeVh_GQqgETtNnOt9kdl9wNOchgiuWrPsvd3IU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSCWNY84aNDq1NpCpteNZNS5fm_W6l9k1wm6oULgKOqP4Dy5sNyvuSrk2YUzfzZRfLqJSC8JOS_g9jxpwwhjXPO704GHHq1usV3_2fdS4YcZUUefrxzKvW7iF-AlCIv5CJTooyUrVVphkl9GpiVaYtSPeVh_GQqgETtNnOt9kdl9wNOchgiuWrPsvd3IU=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Same pots just changed the two on the left, see how they do, the tradescantia on the right seems to like it there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb_1uV2AV4nFhaI55EV0K3j5Lmnus04IaO0raezIaf-WCwkt7CSPyYi9aW-D_FHMA4XC5wTQNS3CFCp_7qBVp9nq-MXzHUuZYQn6OVGM9nz2FMMz-3QWFcO6d0qUHEsTKbo-crDyIsKzAAAwWL8RjIHLRfqY3j-Vi1UO7in_svELROx5s3E3xxoByZcn8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="1000" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb_1uV2AV4nFhaI55EV0K3j5Lmnus04IaO0raezIaf-WCwkt7CSPyYi9aW-D_FHMA4XC5wTQNS3CFCp_7qBVp9nq-MXzHUuZYQn6OVGM9nz2FMMz-3QWFcO6d0qUHEsTKbo-crDyIsKzAAAwWL8RjIHLRfqY3j-Vi1UO7in_svELROx5s3E3xxoByZcn8=w640-h324" width="640" /></a></div> The plant in the middle is called a Epipremnum Pinn "Marble queen", and the other one is a Peperomia "Smit" I only know because it says so on the labels!, I'm not that well up in plant names.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Day before I'd been to Threeways DIY and bought some more wood as Alfie had managed to get over the fence I'd put up to stop him getting tangled up in the nest of wiring under the table in the corner.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3kp1ZlHCOJ79pJwo2KsaVzZu7YtpOOFMKjo3ODMjyDy-fTfUjOAuZo4DsyL44XdyWLAIs_vzVeGbXP-71y0HNkXoGM0E5vKOQIfy7ncCFn70BtPsG7GDUFQrVVNXG3NVKLqFmudpiD4TwLxs15I2oA1OCzM_RykOjZBlNJXCzz-yAJfnWtSz-EZVBj70" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3kp1ZlHCOJ79pJwo2KsaVzZu7YtpOOFMKjo3ODMjyDy-fTfUjOAuZo4DsyL44XdyWLAIs_vzVeGbXP-71y0HNkXoGM0E5vKOQIfy7ncCFn70BtPsG7GDUFQrVVNXG3NVKLqFmudpiD4TwLxs15I2oA1OCzM_RykOjZBlNJXCzz-yAJfnWtSz-EZVBj70=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So it was just a case of cutting the wood to same length and staining and varnishing it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMi4lykp4ccmX1W30Q-omEmiifikNAqXPulOUhkov7H4qwLNtGPaWBZnvSFpi3lUTqA1fQZRb1mVVvLYiB9X6bqJkGrczh3KXb9tKk1W9L_-LPEQ4LZ1iM1zcraCgUP-SjrIW-vvHprcZTKmuy3Fk70sb9ZGXR73l0M9ovmomDXw4JRbUXu1x7EOcC9Q8" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdR0iakEfZaNOQ6AYrrmBrVzozscMQhl4rmQOc6gwZ4N78K20dkhEVCU-rgFHARqEHwYRxqWCJJTsy61D4WhGEIcF8dsh8nIo1vndYK8KpBHIxbtkKd3UrOnzmhn4imMQ93CGM471pllNd7gZ-JLVeE59t4ivTbz1jPb0ZsuZgvWob35MZbX2xrxetE6w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdR0iakEfZaNOQ6AYrrmBrVzozscMQhl4rmQOc6gwZ4N78K20dkhEVCU-rgFHARqEHwYRxqWCJJTsy61D4WhGEIcF8dsh8nIo1vndYK8KpBHIxbtkKd3UrOnzmhn4imMQ93CGM471pllNd7gZ-JLVeE59t4ivTbz1jPb0ZsuZgvWob35MZbX2xrxetE6w=w339-h640" width="339" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Since I put the new higher board in place Alfie took one look at it and whereas he used to walk up and down before, he just ignores it now, so jobs a good un!.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">.................................................</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Why did the cross eyed teacher get sacked, he couldn't control his pupils!. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What does a maths graduate say to a sociology graduate?, I'll have the burger and fries please!.</span><br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Teacher to pupil; "Where's the English channel?".</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Pupil : "I don't know my TV doesn't pick it up!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">.............................</span></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-57199012606997460222024-02-26T21:03:00.001+00:002024-02-26T21:05:13.491+00:00Reddish Vale park. 20th-26th February 2024.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Been a mixed week with the weather, but on Tuesday went down the Vale and it was quite nice though I thought it was still cold but would you believe it the terror-pins were out!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you spot them, No well look below.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpjY6N7YgGC_TqlH3ZOJJW2UJKLLoOUPdI-Ct2iowSEB4ZLtoUE1W4tQB5ryW26qHd5Xayw1fk9oQZvXa-47NWwPYlWLZZ1sLt1Oc8C3gdyNfyC19exCEeG5HhgYUZjg24SmHGcCA5mSqr3bL9RL-KV2IDnKh-tz0AakUtzGywp8z126LLoN8AAaKE3XM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1000" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpjY6N7YgGC_TqlH3ZOJJW2UJKLLoOUPdI-Ct2iowSEB4ZLtoUE1W4tQB5ryW26qHd5Xayw1fk9oQZvXa-47NWwPYlWLZZ1sLt1Oc8C3gdyNfyC19exCEeG5HhgYUZjg24SmHGcCA5mSqr3bL9RL-KV2IDnKh-tz0AakUtzGywp8z126LLoN8AAaKE3XM=w640-h444" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVwTRkAFn3gJR5Em98Ra9KvVgF9owFIPZYHKe88Ytcl4t_RVXJKZvaxzIenm9DlDtfSNTaV-iaOM1mtJ-ByXaiRAj6MOvtpSQiCjy5mXkxnE_7jQpd0wrHj2uVIQDfqR4t-boZsQu9TG79wgZFQ5S1R5Vokxn6ndE3BhpMuv5C_v3zcKotB9867_A-w8o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1000" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVwTRkAFn3gJR5Em98Ra9KvVgF9owFIPZYHKe88Ytcl4t_RVXJKZvaxzIenm9DlDtfSNTaV-iaOM1mtJ-ByXaiRAj6MOvtpSQiCjy5mXkxnE_7jQpd0wrHj2uVIQDfqR4t-boZsQu9TG79wgZFQ5S1R5Vokxn6ndE3BhpMuv5C_v3zcKotB9867_A-w8o=w640-h521" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's a big one but not as big as some on the top mill pond.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxan6nDkk57D4Ve9IcBn3BP2JXwsJf-nRbUI2hn4oGIvAluIa2WV5ADUJu17cIyzS7UW0FaipqxTN-smWvwf69_ysikyKUyskTocCoaDEo13E_sKtVx868eRes-UEovJeMXN5sS3reqX8tKtY19idD-0jvfWVKYll_WyhX_4F-I9fuamQIEo_cZw2LTIo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxan6nDkk57D4Ve9IcBn3BP2JXwsJf-nRbUI2hn4oGIvAluIa2WV5ADUJu17cIyzS7UW0FaipqxTN-smWvwf69_ysikyKUyskTocCoaDEo13E_sKtVx868eRes-UEovJeMXN5sS3reqX8tKtY19idD-0jvfWVKYll_WyhX_4F-I9fuamQIEo_cZw2LTIo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crow sharing my bourbon biscuits.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBW933f8gtdCMngHE_wLpWEz8BmrNrbDnwgMLoGIrmG_JyzG36Ns6VEH_clxrYcvRcocKJ2Kh6wC9zHZhyjxsgrmhCUh8NIjr9i5VTOYFZ61z1PXFw6cDRPTmzgCJt7Fg-Mzok87yACsZXt-w69YzGodxyDbJaEz0u_DFH96AxCnbHXx5Kelt-Rqdg0jk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1000" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBW933f8gtdCMngHE_wLpWEz8BmrNrbDnwgMLoGIrmG_JyzG36Ns6VEH_clxrYcvRcocKJ2Kh6wC9zHZhyjxsgrmhCUh8NIjr9i5VTOYFZ61z1PXFw6cDRPTmzgCJt7Fg-Mzok87yACsZXt-w69YzGodxyDbJaEz0u_DFH96AxCnbHXx5Kelt-Rqdg0jk=w640-h526" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone loves a robin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN7U7WRu_pwdJxwkxltAtZBiWG_Xfp8nhYVX1HBTcBsxlQ9CtZz4xzbwpGWk8hh-biHmngNFrEZI8grvDbnfpXsTai14nFsJjwQ3gYArPRJoF7sE1jopubN68a8vvRzpb_xws-CJdP65ILQmGIp7HBYQq6T7xXxia8E_3WGG7ZcwTERzLPslQ84JQoNrs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN7U7WRu_pwdJxwkxltAtZBiWG_Xfp8nhYVX1HBTcBsxlQ9CtZz4xzbwpGWk8hh-biHmngNFrEZI8grvDbnfpXsTai14nFsJjwQ3gYArPRJoF7sE1jopubN68a8vvRzpb_xws-CJdP65ILQmGIp7HBYQq6T7xXxia8E_3WGG7ZcwTERzLPslQ84JQoNrs=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I got home, thought "Why am I still opening and closing the gate at the bottom of the stairs?", Pepe went over the rainbow bridge 15 months ago and I'm still using his gate, so it was out with the electric driver and took the gate and post off. then it was out with the acyclic paint and mixed some up to hide the bare patch, not a bad job if I say so myself!. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnVS2ICe7uda-KCBwEW4Bak5w3_jc5KSPaUqELgTgYhrzHLsJyGVOSAngatWVyJfG0xQOVUUJ__ymLjVBaqtLYtYIblNrdXre8jSUaVGzlLja8P43Usvn8Sl12N_nyE6MvUpydYCGoaENgd7p6-5hj8qtIaCv7otL8anbeO3DKKj-gYyL5dipJL-kGvB4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnVS2ICe7uda-KCBwEW4Bak5w3_jc5KSPaUqELgTgYhrzHLsJyGVOSAngatWVyJfG0xQOVUUJ__ymLjVBaqtLYtYIblNrdXre8jSUaVGzlLja8P43Usvn8Sl12N_nyE6MvUpydYCGoaENgd7p6-5hj8qtIaCv7otL8anbeO3DKKj-gYyL5dipJL-kGvB4=w288-h640" width="288" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finished another jigsaw too.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1000" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCneB1EAkRIjC74SPziZ_dor_BxCYvGEj8MZyt3Kt6RhArcy8QzvTUd1SIwB-f3gBaE-czzYuC5JlIWxhvoITUSw4zwLXw2PDM_oKINYoklFtZd6phUWCNqTFV3SOYF1yOKlPXxV6WeYExgFWtc0PKiCXk5hYDpt-rhRVxDLgULDjIhredPDpfiHYDTLI=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today (Monday) </span>I went down the Vale again to see if I could find the Bullfinches that a friend had posted on the Vale website.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So it was the Sunnyside pond for me today.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Looks like love is in the air with this pair of Mandarins.<br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Plenty of others in the trees<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLLlR0Mb51dGo6ZlZdo3yycaOdmMyUZN018zSXe_3RofUTBM39CvWBAw_wWnfJyABHWnFzXtZ-fvYETXbLkyF5CdL90Xiipg9Y10fAXy7lQb2l5cWlkkBT4xHbNIpf--Qc3qYHs_3Gzi8fllCMbMR8feorA1VYxRMPKjkS-bUl4_CmrjGlQtiWuAwWRHg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1000" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLLlR0Mb51dGo6ZlZdo3yycaOdmMyUZN018zSXe_3RofUTBM39CvWBAw_wWnfJyABHWnFzXtZ-fvYETXbLkyF5CdL90Xiipg9Y10fAXy7lQb2l5cWlkkBT4xHbNIpf--Qc3qYHs_3Gzi8fllCMbMR8feorA1VYxRMPKjkS-bUl4_CmrjGlQtiWuAwWRHg=w640-h380" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking for lovee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Then we all had dogs so had to sit in the outer area of the café but this recent visit we could sit in the café proper. the first thing we noticed was the new decor which is quite nice, place is also so clean you could eat your meal off the floor if you so desired!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmZ7lykr8Yr6icHnOm47tkAO7ywztql750JFwe2WcOE3tptcae8OI27RJCD3e2E86DZlCL4s_sTt1Wbmdmf-1XGvSIW5B6THG1XvRWfWiXwtM8C_t7zuuO_IqcsefcaFeNrajEtGeMe9A-B7TP8njwltXU6N-72gdu-m_JJXkEaKAUEB-RdRT37ocfyBQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmZ7lykr8Yr6icHnOm47tkAO7ywztql750JFwe2WcOE3tptcae8OI27RJCD3e2E86DZlCL4s_sTt1Wbmdmf-1XGvSIW5B6THG1XvRWfWiXwtM8C_t7zuuO_IqcsefcaFeNrajEtGeMe9A-B7TP8njwltXU6N-72gdu-m_JJXkEaKAUEB-RdRT37ocfyBQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I got a invite from the ladies in the community room for my friend and neighbour Chris who is a singer and hoping to increase his client list.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuY1UchGqmvhmV0cf5fCiSr2W_jFWekLMa_706ydh7_-Iqm3gK1PQ27Hb9xmDU0WvpABRhCK_u9lRoms2oMmkyqDn3QHR0S78ccx_yY8NQCHKfMtNy2zH2NyVExr4Tp52JUOU0sca3m3QNV642VN0R6YYyPWzFCAop-t2E2Pzyvj0ANeR-7kackmRFNGY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuY1UchGqmvhmV0cf5fCiSr2W_jFWekLMa_706ydh7_-Iqm3gK1PQ27Hb9xmDU0WvpABRhCK_u9lRoms2oMmkyqDn3QHR0S78ccx_yY8NQCHKfMtNy2zH2NyVExr4Tp52JUOU0sca3m3QNV642VN0R6YYyPWzFCAop-t2E2Pzyvj0ANeR-7kackmRFNGY=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">This is him at The Bridge View Café in Portland basin on an earlier visit with a fan, seems a lot of people as soon as they see a mic want to jump up and sing!.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK1NK5xlNp6WV4iS11hunjPgFwCNZ8zaS6sZa6v4mwDg7GZbkeBKjXeykXU2RORcGJ175npbfT3mfevNuieEWOeKXw5Hduz6zvDOMjEfb8Jl2Go7QfJNQsBBVEy77YELSdFEQpXeUNqtcVKsn0D9a9gVSZUE7a7EEGC4bUT9ofY1w6LO8Hk3x8-ZpUogM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK1NK5xlNp6WV4iS11hunjPgFwCNZ8zaS6sZa6v4mwDg7GZbkeBKjXeykXU2RORcGJ175npbfT3mfevNuieEWOeKXw5Hduz6zvDOMjEfb8Jl2Go7QfJNQsBBVEy77YELSdFEQpXeUNqtcVKsn0D9a9gVSZUE7a7EEGC4bUT9ofY1w6LO8Hk3x8-ZpUogM=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Friend Jean and I went there this past Saturday and my Granddaughter, husband and baby met us there, also my Daughter-in -law too, s</span><span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; vertical-align: inherit;">o we had a good natter catching up since we hadn't met up for a while.</span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Couple of pictures from an earlier visit to show you the ambiance of the place.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1000" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmWkKx3K5Lf6-cEWESKoLQIIBlRSrnyK0GFADBTCeeItOxvN_0L1UfF2j6AIoRKK81-ojH8DxSaIPHNLvj38tzxBx-1irklj4-2KxfFzY1URZWKSSdYkTFk2qPTP_PYdVKEMxFgup3eUqF3J1IIMV6YxU0nkZ_HXMenUz3ySOo9fUBID2UbxCFFbV8SEA=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Back home the weather hasn't got much better though it has got slightly warmer, as you can see from the video it's still raining most days on and off.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3DvY20X7K780KgJ3lTNDqR3lgOQxAHncy5S3WwAKpynaGucoPNY-6BRwREN1VwhEnv08nLvN7Aq1DRma3Dw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">My beautiful Goldfinches are doing well on their Sunflower hearts.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh22QsxUkCAM2XYmG7fI5ywFJPjIO767kehG-RYfGokSUa_XTJkcGiwwFQhVIzTLNxlVSLiRJNlQnNA1h77CBknJDR_Ft_ayPBK2m2TVfiqLl2aUrek6pEpPihqfT_dI49yOhpKjdv3ROYrewfmX5UHhW0AiOvs1KG9kYVVo7vekZ1KDFaT_h7dS38Jd3g" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUb2drdF3qD2lOJ11E_H-KkDnnmUtr5h7Z4Q4oMOx_JRerWsvTkBITCLKSdRU5C8Pif9xC2TK0i_au2_o-zsVIYA5FvdRmtWyOobHClHCrbbCVF_aJLSOMnRqZDCunxhNyHd_rfacbgSaAwQLdvi7H5MvbMl9Zjt0hbEvrcUdmNHeS__5Qkq_bjJoUyZ0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUb2drdF3qD2lOJ11E_H-KkDnnmUtr5h7Z4Q4oMOx_JRerWsvTkBITCLKSdRU5C8Pif9xC2TK0i_au2_o-zsVIYA5FvdRmtWyOobHClHCrbbCVF_aJLSOMnRqZDCunxhNyHd_rfacbgSaAwQLdvi7H5MvbMl9Zjt0hbEvrcUdmNHeS__5Qkq_bjJoUyZ0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All these bird pictures taken from my garden hide (Garage)!. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoCP-SXUGhvbKh_pH0yoqFgfAZOPgSuo28QNv1JbheugYyB39U72L6mnssvd-w3oZ26k0GRNuLUzizCR6pULIvXkNz64-JxQSsgP1DNXsRZV1d0Da9Q3vZsreR2oAWrVGYgz6yoAeTKfUqDVV0TMpspWG4MQTG5dFI1KXazfW20bWAhlv8BrltS7QG4b4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoCP-SXUGhvbKh_pH0yoqFgfAZOPgSuo28QNv1JbheugYyB39U72L6mnssvd-w3oZ26k0GRNuLUzizCR6pULIvXkNz64-JxQSsgP1DNXsRZV1d0Da9Q3vZsreR2oAWrVGYgz6yoAeTKfUqDVV0TMpspWG4MQTG5dFI1KXazfW20bWAhlv8BrltS7QG4b4=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiosHHNLuLvSLbAlq0UP-3AXbuRIZStsx3fyT9XKlphAHPxm1OAOMRBYB2fBodaMHhP1p7qOJ3btfB02aP3rBSrqvYcPb2YyDpVrbnRtyrRtaqmSmwiq8SIDiTNCC6YYYXDvLxLFHn1damNTuceMYOnLO8zI0qtMF3sWYFjXhKpEpNTa5MGAE19TT22fXo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiosHHNLuLvSLbAlq0UP-3AXbuRIZStsx3fyT9XKlphAHPxm1OAOMRBYB2fBodaMHhP1p7qOJ3btfB02aP3rBSrqvYcPb2YyDpVrbnRtyrRtaqmSmwiq8SIDiTNCC6YYYXDvLxLFHn1damNTuceMYOnLO8zI0qtMF3sWYFjXhKpEpNTa5MGAE19TT22fXo=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div></span><p></p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">The berries on these bushes have nearly gone has the blackbirds gorge themselves on them. </div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9QBLJKdg1z8CiqpTW7pXhrvUcTQyojFpfJC0bBx4AA1HDDnquBr_fM2xEIrkH6b6KG86gAJVmUqEbpynh_T8mK-7i7LX3UWsH2xRhGRNaUbyxwLmQxNi8A-3SNgqDO8PTbjYg6pb6BeZdKeqm5y4FgTzi4n9rvL6eTP8aLoTBQ88jYnEOARMmbW7DxxM" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9QBLJKdg1z8CiqpTW7pXhrvUcTQyojFpfJC0bBx4AA1HDDnquBr_fM2xEIrkH6b6KG86gAJVmUqEbpynh_T8mK-7i7LX3UWsH2xRhGRNaUbyxwLmQxNi8A-3SNgqDO8PTbjYg6pb6BeZdKeqm5y4FgTzi4n9rvL6eTP8aLoTBQ88jYnEOARMmbW7DxxM=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Down to the last few at ground level where the birds won't go, so I pluck them off and put them in a dish feeder.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaXq-E5aggSnazExc9d5PLufRLvxhYrFjtq2mYd1g5WGJT2vctKnyrpK5IHAXAQuH-Qr5KFK6SXvDph9SoKSNYdKbMjzVwxtKsMtah-q_FJEwVmKENVifespo7G2usPzlLk_u5-YFSCBHiHfu18xRG8jnUJzp7khEWbaGndN9dfe1Ul6aMGPmr2v_eibI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaXq-E5aggSnazExc9d5PLufRLvxhYrFjtq2mYd1g5WGJT2vctKnyrpK5IHAXAQuH-Qr5KFK6SXvDph9SoKSNYdKbMjzVwxtKsMtah-q_FJEwVmKENVifespo7G2usPzlLk_u5-YFSCBHiHfu18xRG8jnUJzp7khEWbaGndN9dfe1Ul6aMGPmr2v_eibI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">This Sunday had a Sunday Roast at Morrison's in Reddish and very nice too, they do a Half chicken one or a Beef one both at £7.50.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Couldn't eat it all!.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFHEnlGvOOptapp-ZsAov5XjxOJYv1DoVXDL8xozVeS3UIqrH7SF1z66JxVCuJ4GNgdpwyeF2sFl36JpQUpB4FqPAREfKNa2Wns7gl4-X0e8LuztObRGfjlPr8xAbFL7A5PkgyEdagL6NhQaa9HKv9udCMYnxX-GNy9kDZIGfBfR-DGsLaCoZFya4AYm0" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6xQtczswpKTmTdmZV9ROgDDt-YhMAezM-pspMlAJBr2X6Su-1ERDEyzv4fN1At-kozhqSJ-PWdhyv-_GivOtSJneOIYLZKs2z3jbQpJOtnTStWiivnZfOvGNo0xHC7e8ErIzzeq9vhEHlu_M4cet_-_5Py2r_zxfEOom7iazJj63w_xqsNvthq6BqYbM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6xQtczswpKTmTdmZV9ROgDDt-YhMAezM-pspMlAJBr2X6Su-1ERDEyzv4fN1At-kozhqSJ-PWdhyv-_GivOtSJneOIYLZKs2z3jbQpJOtnTStWiivnZfOvGNo0xHC7e8ErIzzeq9vhEHlu_M4cet_-_5Py2r_zxfEOom7iazJj63w_xqsNvthq6BqYbM=w539-h640" width="539" /></a></div><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">..................................................</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; vertical-align: inherit;">I went to see my Doctor</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; vertical-align: inherit;">"Doctor every morning when I get up and look in the mirror I feel like throwing up" "What's wrong with me" He said "I don't know but there's nothing wrong with your eyesight!" </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="color: red; vertical-align: inherit;">I so ugly when I was born the Doctor slapped my mother.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">I'm saving for a rainy day!,</span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">So far I've got a Sou'wester, two Macintoshes and a canoe!.</span></span></span></p></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-79389146412107742972024-02-14T16:54:00.003+00:002024-02-21T21:56:35.782+00:00Tuesday, 14.2.2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> On Tuesday as the weather looked ok I managed to get down the Vale and though it was still on the cool side it was quite pleasant.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just inside the gate to the lower mill pond there was the mutant Canada goose, the mandarin Duck there in the background holding his own amongst the others.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYpPckbHp3EGhSLHQ6sq-1UIohHeo9GZqyrIllBlszuiuejgo6hRz_v7hlokqXRRNrGQ4nPiBZ-QMktEQaAVDRKCYhYyBKEFAqAIUMVRs183oDuzRtcjULmdaxZqpoSs-eFPecddsy2CQq54tZiZIsr1BN-uaEZhDY9MkSllRm7KKtMmY3ZlYB2xxq3Lk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYpPckbHp3EGhSLHQ6sq-1UIohHeo9GZqyrIllBlszuiuejgo6hRz_v7hlokqXRRNrGQ4nPiBZ-QMktEQaAVDRKCYhYyBKEFAqAIUMVRs183oDuzRtcjULmdaxZqpoSs-eFPecddsy2CQq54tZiZIsr1BN-uaEZhDY9MkSllRm7KKtMmY3ZlYB2xxq3Lk=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> In fact there were quite a few mandarins about, mainly on the lower mill pond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsswIFwz8eEJ5zh_3rKR9zhHddAeGU_bzT5QxZTmzfVdSqOhz8SB-zzg073P1RR7thctAlTyNvK5_kBLHysdJVZYUUG4XRzYy6MKoT3xAZGhHF7AK2WTSNg0a7dRdWUMu-EjZbPAXvA7tzl05ecpCRatXAZv1szGosVYZDpZ-uMdChOtpCUqBmGouqWbw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsswIFwz8eEJ5zh_3rKR9zhHddAeGU_bzT5QxZTmzfVdSqOhz8SB-zzg073P1RR7thctAlTyNvK5_kBLHysdJVZYUUG4XRzYy6MKoT3xAZGhHF7AK2WTSNg0a7dRdWUMu-EjZbPAXvA7tzl05ecpCRatXAZv1szGosVYZDpZ-uMdChOtpCUqBmGouqWbw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizoDZ4kW-nRDvjjzz6ll4cAeIUE3QH5j_sQy9Z490ec8x8ru-9Uzk_9wHg1FKBBJPS4rO3uMg83Omt3OJcETpitgq1HHqmv_X4vWbYJhNJ_rODmPAPJUXquLGXT6QFABj1TXhaLbL5iMn4lFhfgAVXjsKR98Zn3A2tw8F0_w5iJe1KYyiHvKQn0YwxeAo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizoDZ4kW-nRDvjjzz6ll4cAeIUE3QH5j_sQy9Z490ec8x8ru-9Uzk_9wHg1FKBBJPS4rO3uMg83Omt3OJcETpitgq1HHqmv_X4vWbYJhNJ_rODmPAPJUXquLGXT6QFABj1TXhaLbL5iMn4lFhfgAVXjsKR98Zn3A2tw8F0_w5iJe1KYyiHvKQn0YwxeAo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With his mate close by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjez6EPCi7uJt8NKv7S-a_A5tKLjNQRFBD3iIxIKrQyihEUZk8JtzBa3gI6ALweAmhE3dOV58mOVhR8wyjrF1eGX66t1q3N8IJm5hMhsIvggWzvq3uYowC30Efimq0pXQNQHAHvyZEmOvN7GntVuckmh_5HtokN8sifRAXsOuU3pT-my2LfWv7tzHms-OI" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gadwall's on the top mill pond.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCeT-KFMt-Z-0jZZtv7gU6QFCZ4-drqXM9rgCyCI-p3NvPzFoSd_iDLJjBv7c88f9PiYa1_jTyq-iP_FUnA8ETMQRkd-daoEjnGeE_0m6yl7529_eLUAgAavzNb8OGcYBpBVyjX0yOXwwqxt09QfUAYLEEA2WaGNlXQWqWGldhi7s2BgTV9hL6D8zRNvo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1000" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCeT-KFMt-Z-0jZZtv7gU6QFCZ4-drqXM9rgCyCI-p3NvPzFoSd_iDLJjBv7c88f9PiYa1_jTyq-iP_FUnA8ETMQRkd-daoEjnGeE_0m6yl7529_eLUAgAavzNb8OGcYBpBVyjX0yOXwwqxt09QfUAYLEEA2WaGNlXQWqWGldhi7s2BgTV9hL6D8zRNvo=w640-h549" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyNpazQUC2lf-uTNBSi4VQLctB-tuWPR2tjV5ADaWu_I4ED1K_RHW2GXLpkK16eLI-iBCz0ueU3jzTiifAMt2xZVSZHMky19g2MfVkz-cLnem4MWJax9QEJWeaRTi04R4jEanqHsIO3qWWKvNFYtdVEVB4ghmxnogxG_A5GATX9X84tKLR7Jd-12qpYw0" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1000" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7Z-8b37FGTFQRyJ5GjJnuimI3fjYlomu4y989cf3fCPTV0tBcEyG2ubH0CG6SimZ2CKgoCSM6SOoM9pCXcWVexXjhwDXSUA-Qd6EnKstLTcLevtcBMMeabgb13Y1CImm7Yk7D-pNpq0CZS0y10ALdye-3grGAQbP0sIjByR1cXmgftOPBEU_XLkUOEpc=w640-h352" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">So then it was off to Morrison's for lunch and wouldn't you know it, it was raining when I came out.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Had a chat with one of the café staff who was there on a buswomens holiday having her dinner with her daughter, said she lived up in Oldham but didn't like it and was going to move back to Stockport as soon as she could, can you blame her?.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today (Tuesday) after shopping at Sainsburys had lunch at KFC as it was still raining!.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Back home in my garden the Goldfinches were doing well on my feeders, will be thinking of building themselves up for the breeding season soon, the last couple of years I've had two broods a year, its no wonder there are plenty of them about.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">She went one better and went on the online marketplace and found a lady on there selling some of her collection, and she only lived two streets away!, so it was a win win occasion for everyone as I got 5 puzzles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have no problem going in a charity shop as I take puzzles in which they sell at £2 and I buy some more at £2 so its another win win for everyone again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In my garden today , filled up the feeders and had a queue </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl8WaqEIS_NFKd0wCglOwQ-GRe6oN8jjvp2Aihzdota_8L8RNWpsyp_hqBoltmFPGmpBF4e-DzmvzEGZeATnXq4_UZDhwrZmBrQSmghDYgS2DSxXP4pBGaJ52I-6MBWe0HHvPx53COnQZ1ip-RhxJDohd2JxZmc13etvwJ950EpO0Wyl1eReYNXCqHEMQ" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">It's the way I tell em!</div></div></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-90557444831926453732024-02-02T20:01:00.000+00:002024-02-02T20:01:25.799+00:00Feb, 2.2.24.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> On Wednesday the last day of January, went down to the Vale with my camera again, the pair of Swans weren't hungry enough to come out of the water on the day, so I just fed the two youngsters and the other wildlife.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho3_q1oGPHmKY3V6LTNq2LqmiEIshwzg-8UPGb5QzctCNRc37G_eKQnWb56vGDy21yAAoGzDIUqtpeU4e_thWCw_lxYHUAZA1jwYmtZgxPI5Ry2xZxV12txQ9ULE0jDh7jZZAoI3gZSRGDhb9uTZ3vWul_eRhr7nSerbMdvGuzQrPkySc7e4EkRHRyCHM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho3_q1oGPHmKY3V6LTNq2LqmiEIshwzg-8UPGb5QzctCNRc37G_eKQnWb56vGDy21yAAoGzDIUqtpeU4e_thWCw_lxYHUAZA1jwYmtZgxPI5Ry2xZxV12txQ9ULE0jDh7jZZAoI3gZSRGDhb9uTZ3vWul_eRhr7nSerbMdvGuzQrPkySc7e4EkRHRyCHM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was a nice clear day again but still very cold so didn't linger long after feeding the ducks and pigeons. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_B84V7SVh4o8nwNmylzxH_5Z9s185EtZwWYbVTN4cMNNdUlsHVq2noYigik3ifLbMm1uD3xZy7huHstJg21ZJ97Mr54ejcy8cSZ0WlAhOaQ8CO2aAAXNmido9Ee_aMj7EBTD7WyPE4UcTgi2ZLhxBnleKm0vQYSGDgjBK4xJgziaipr1A8Uq47WpYFc0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1000" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_B84V7SVh4o8nwNmylzxH_5Z9s185EtZwWYbVTN4cMNNdUlsHVq2noYigik3ifLbMm1uD3xZy7huHstJg21ZJ97Mr54ejcy8cSZ0WlAhOaQ8CO2aAAXNmido9Ee_aMj7EBTD7WyPE4UcTgi2ZLhxBnleKm0vQYSGDgjBK4xJgziaipr1A8Uq47WpYFc0=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tufted Duck, I'm forever blowing bubbles!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8go4YKdm2wmiJSrMcHLMktPWOB3ECpFatMdOIZouFAtJc-VmwOWFxkAwdm-ogBwIUyBbq6qfU1DOtvsCL1Jcd4pu4VnP0UQ7D_Gd8yZTptNDHPfhyVoE2KDEdMVxsJXla7xi56P1_FzRGIYxy7D8hXtrWttyL-Y4IVHRcaOQmWdbnoE3dUGV8-OSjAXw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1000" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8go4YKdm2wmiJSrMcHLMktPWOB3ECpFatMdOIZouFAtJc-VmwOWFxkAwdm-ogBwIUyBbq6qfU1DOtvsCL1Jcd4pu4VnP0UQ7D_Gd8yZTptNDHPfhyVoE2KDEdMVxsJXla7xi56P1_FzRGIYxy7D8hXtrWttyL-Y4IVHRcaOQmWdbnoE3dUGV8-OSjAXw=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The crow with its favourite biscuits, shared with me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Everyone loves a robin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHNL9D2i5buUVarMWSBAO95mXwQe8svvMHYp-2DFWkJyKFZWPkSmJMvhFiUE7V2d31eh81O4LS85wJJPpFqgPC0rd2a5l8kTo6kPc8BHQk-_ziQkSqGFvJRvwLZkOBUXVZk_lMy-wLvBQMpcYddcBA2pfX4xX7-3yj8mpT7FxDUdv1WnZP-Yd3rDU9Vds" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1000" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHNL9D2i5buUVarMWSBAO95mXwQe8svvMHYp-2DFWkJyKFZWPkSmJMvhFiUE7V2d31eh81O4LS85wJJPpFqgPC0rd2a5l8kTo6kPc8BHQk-_ziQkSqGFvJRvwLZkOBUXVZk_lMy-wLvBQMpcYddcBA2pfX4xX7-3yj8mpT7FxDUdv1WnZP-Yd3rDU9Vds=w640-h504" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A Male Mandarin doing what mandarins do, climb trees!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had quite a conversation on the Reddish Vale Website with a lady who didn't know they climb trees and also nest in them, so put the YouTube video of them leaving the nest, which she liked.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>The black swan was still there on the lower mill pond.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCIiwZ-ol-_U1kgRHfCZdRZCKfW4UXBFrjW97c5U2s8SsTpA_rwrMPHKtQRb5H-7meO6T_Bq-ww040eQGaYoSJxmb7GqXo4aB9tX6PiQqIHAL2qS34apn2y6G6tWQRX_OKlXBjUYKOd-V-4u-CByNj_gjqfAeJhUGW_6ERYKV-d53m7AyJeA8xOqfUwdM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCIiwZ-ol-_U1kgRHfCZdRZCKfW4UXBFrjW97c5U2s8SsTpA_rwrMPHKtQRb5H-7meO6T_Bq-ww040eQGaYoSJxmb7GqXo4aB9tX6PiQqIHAL2qS34apn2y6G6tWQRX_OKlXBjUYKOd-V-4u-CByNj_gjqfAeJhUGW_6ERYKV-d53m7AyJeA8xOqfUwdM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />So then it was off to Morrisons for lunch and a warm up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday met friends in Pear mill and there were five of us on the day and the place was quite crowded.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I was SmartShopping in Sainsburys and had a phone call and message from my friend David and his wife Sheree that they were in Sainsburys too and sat in the café, so after I'd taken my shopping to the car went back and they said they were going to KFC and did I want to follow them which I did and after years of using the drive thru I went inside with them and we were the only ones in there until a couple arrived and he was a double for Bill Oddie!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I had my usual Boneless Banquet with Beans and to top it off David said it was their treat so it tasted even better.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So that was a nice surprise to round off the day, thank you again David and Sheree made my day!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">.............................................</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxeemKCtqWNDz_6bbsNrRHbLncK-AEN2gkv5eyZ-aLgCxwr7SUxhRd_oQcO698qzVPpBH3K7xCGulvLCD4OJMufTcBXuiFs62CrChpoQsi_QtzjuP15W6nizTWrj4onHMqqV_mETb3nIV9tm_2nuCAL9QNkAUxCW9ioDlQow3xxARV_zuek1qJdxzM7SU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="720" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxeemKCtqWNDz_6bbsNrRHbLncK-AEN2gkv5eyZ-aLgCxwr7SUxhRd_oQcO698qzVPpBH3K7xCGulvLCD4OJMufTcBXuiFs62CrChpoQsi_QtzjuP15W6nizTWrj4onHMqqV_mETb3nIV9tm_2nuCAL9QNkAUxCW9ioDlQow3xxARV_zuek1qJdxzM7SU=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0girqIC8xEfTugBXX3mmX-QSVlS_mUqRF9Ttdy46sfuyjaexWbKt10tcZzXgMmKfnYpgqCaI5B3KgUVJ9nSbewnah3-9kFKWLgbFpatcCkiRGH5fEOZi6ARLZGnsse3ILHwAgnSO8aG3fN4M5ELHK5_CJFHfidnnoZk6VC5lL653tb0dzkAEih1-mqTE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0girqIC8xEfTugBXX3mmX-QSVlS_mUqRF9Ttdy46sfuyjaexWbKt10tcZzXgMmKfnYpgqCaI5B3KgUVJ9nSbewnah3-9kFKWLgbFpatcCkiRGH5fEOZi6ARLZGnsse3ILHwAgnSO8aG3fN4M5ELHK5_CJFHfidnnoZk6VC5lL653tb0dzkAEih1-mqTE=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Doesn't seem very high but it does the job.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWis7CU1ykKGHJetLaGsiBoUSQ8CWVS7vvgOw8TZa-j4iYkZNniSLbXY59DyKp4OP3Q1kScGBsGy0t80ZkoRwaYLlIn4xeDsgHJrJ8ocQFCir26PRWKhngE8dODh2PzlqdHYhh2cS2mv8y7n3zyoArE_ZEU-k654t61XWvVa5qB0Sd2T3sm_8NjkhpoZk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWis7CU1ykKGHJetLaGsiBoUSQ8CWVS7vvgOw8TZa-j4iYkZNniSLbXY59DyKp4OP3Q1kScGBsGy0t80ZkoRwaYLlIn4xeDsgHJrJ8ocQFCir26PRWKhngE8dODh2PzlqdHYhh2cS2mv8y7n3zyoArE_ZEU-k654t61XWvVa5qB0Sd2T3sm_8NjkhpoZk=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Having said that, here he is climbing up a stack of DVDs, they are very persistence animals and seem to </span><span>have a set routine and ways round the house.</span><span> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxml__d4BZg0emHfKM6Bt7C66vObG2rMjB3CiCgwQAZ0G2oU9o48wRGeeBO9jWrQ6bUOIQTJcuiCyr-dOPKVLxKGgSE_II__faPGCHFHEnEldfRlIys_5O81qX-96GG7aQ0qg50eMC1vHOE1Oz1oWm1QFLhyqtHComAaJaqaxaYlZWI_ObIH59nagOjCI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxml__d4BZg0emHfKM6Bt7C66vObG2rMjB3CiCgwQAZ0G2oU9o48wRGeeBO9jWrQ6bUOIQTJcuiCyr-dOPKVLxKGgSE_II__faPGCHFHEnEldfRlIys_5O81qX-96GG7aQ0qg50eMC1vHOE1Oz1oWm1QFLhyqtHComAaJaqaxaYlZWI_ObIH59nagOjCI=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He's had a good breakfast today, Melon medley, cauliflower, Kale, assorted leaves and grapes!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJuwOWNoRMDvVqDH9cX5cFxdbK16tMLI-R9c4EXM8hPu5ZAR5sWTQgQX7j7IZEjsq7ri2-dOhqQjG4hMBO0n_sF7c2Meeo_yTDWecl4mkZWFlvTQHZRU31OSQ2ansdNJpx72DeKAXSF7HHcOx3Cq9BM7QE4bQTxaWMKguzm3-cBIid8OXuY02VQUKVDCY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJuwOWNoRMDvVqDH9cX5cFxdbK16tMLI-R9c4EXM8hPu5ZAR5sWTQgQX7j7IZEjsq7ri2-dOhqQjG4hMBO0n_sF7c2Meeo_yTDWecl4mkZWFlvTQHZRU31OSQ2ansdNJpx72DeKAXSF7HHcOx3Cq9BM7QE4bQTxaWMKguzm3-cBIid8OXuY02VQUKVDCY=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a trip down to Reddish Vale on Tuesday and Wednesday, nice day, but of course it was still quite cold but it is still only January!.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6jj4HxPJsNTutzU5CPzdD9iRU44KPefWw2x-DNz0iz0XashdFcciIa9ajyo_6wb_wJ3L4vPQHw2T_QD4_pCPAR3VSiGF-L-eMFPaaQ5Z9XCYW5CefMzO2NP1SOTwlSZeVk4NAIPPFG8zb4SuQi9_hs5EhLHzmx7UvZ9rJd5qEqN5huWPJ_zcVKP4WWjA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6jj4HxPJsNTutzU5CPzdD9iRU44KPefWw2x-DNz0iz0XashdFcciIa9ajyo_6wb_wJ3L4vPQHw2T_QD4_pCPAR3VSiGF-L-eMFPaaQ5Z9XCYW5CefMzO2NP1SOTwlSZeVk4NAIPPFG8zb4SuQi9_hs5EhLHzmx7UvZ9rJd5qEqN5huWPJ_zcVKP4WWjA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spot the black swan.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP8rpGU8bnyfJZRxRB2A0ypqYR1gaa0A9pFQv4h_hvUgzfF1_bKPcpPMqrtxn9vPTbKsr_Gc_1tsh42vztMzZ1BxFfkGjzDqYIw_GGNvYSU-GZU7lWaqx8Ur_P59RKa-LVpeIOx0_XcMDsTbmpZmFXvhHx6U6NKHzF_k4R2hZrmc6QBh0QPbEwZ_5c4vw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP8rpGU8bnyfJZRxRB2A0ypqYR1gaa0A9pFQv4h_hvUgzfF1_bKPcpPMqrtxn9vPTbKsr_Gc_1tsh42vztMzZ1BxFfkGjzDqYIw_GGNvYSU-GZU7lWaqx8Ur_P59RKa-LVpeIOx0_XcMDsTbmpZmFXvhHx6U6NKHzF_k4R2hZrmc6QBh0QPbEwZ_5c4vw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the Tuesday I had watched a chap feeding the Cob Swan by hand and stroking its chest, so on the Wednesday I saw the swan out of the water and thought perhaps I'll be brave enough to have a try feeding them by hand.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He's behind you!!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4eq7enirKWc2A6KnF2uYPwQhhGFz1saO2-pps60lfj1Tis7mEEnJ1wCOuvDNFDOasHaLUveNkjZNKzsujtCLX19mHmYjM2VLhN-WZe8Tr-Onj8b6mpEFuamL5LcRdsPVFNvpmav_ztkJgRXSHPEXQFRLKfBSISdxLAoiQWKvbQMeMsf0ouFz4DHOT0mk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4eq7enirKWc2A6KnF2uYPwQhhGFz1saO2-pps60lfj1Tis7mEEnJ1wCOuvDNFDOasHaLUveNkjZNKzsujtCLX19mHmYjM2VLhN-WZe8Tr-Onj8b6mpEFuamL5LcRdsPVFNvpmav_ztkJgRXSHPEXQFRLKfBSISdxLAoiQWKvbQMeMsf0ouFz4DHOT0mk=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Taken this photo off at request of the Vale management, had people on who might not have wanted to be shown!. then blocked their faces out.</p><p style="text-align: center;">These photographers were trying to take water level shots and then realised he was behind them. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Then as I was sat on a bench near to, both Swans came over to see what treats I had!.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFIafmaWF1h0l_gusTs4JekeKKnkH-UMVEeToTTEb7Nq6tioyDl44Zl2_e2OtY7RdHcwrjz6IFd2gGS5GlAU8W5yYJ73KJGlgFFhMp-pyiE1W9Ni6Iz1g__Yap3FdJDOJzxmsbHWYo7zN7qj5R5fe2WdhVHhkNGecVwxzYVOad0b02V_yCTdiZSXFespg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1000" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFIafmaWF1h0l_gusTs4JekeKKnkH-UMVEeToTTEb7Nq6tioyDl44Zl2_e2OtY7RdHcwrjz6IFd2gGS5GlAU8W5yYJ73KJGlgFFhMp-pyiE1W9Ni6Iz1g__Yap3FdJDOJzxmsbHWYo7zN7qj5R5fe2WdhVHhkNGecVwxzYVOad0b02V_yCTdiZSXFespg=w640-h497" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then before I had a choice they both started eating out of my hand, it was difficult to get my camera in there but I think I managed ok I think you will agree.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlKQW1jcrmE0JXwBNOZgmi-iMtQCGCx15NIGYFrG2pXLsvn4Rn8Met3WDF2twyMLpzIIGbYUdITW4qwwG3fHxLF7eV2MEUFIMLylxrxMMbM5hhEPZkfZ_dA6sB1wGWi9kIM8uZgvBlcj6Sl3AcmaQqsyZ8A78xiah-HBOAs1LzDGBENwyNDAKeK2HQ4Yk" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was off round the ponds, the black swan still there and noticed that some of the photographer's on the website had caught it in flight and you won't believe it but its wings are all white underneath in flight!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinwYhvpv_V7wITqb0Q6Y_CcKNrvWyWfUkDp5O1ytv6YYfNIlYcyCzeBtzhFOMqHtJB04ck1gVOpGWBlbtsMxIYMqvcayWXFJOLkjNRXpUW_QfR_25sU9LYE2rzYbx8Dgj5ch81xMFQL6f-MVXfiDDLtkDaEr04kIiFH5Cz-C53mB0RF8FpzqV48O1xFnY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinwYhvpv_V7wITqb0Q6Y_CcKNrvWyWfUkDp5O1ytv6YYfNIlYcyCzeBtzhFOMqHtJB04ck1gVOpGWBlbtsMxIYMqvcayWXFJOLkjNRXpUW_QfR_25sU9LYE2rzYbx8Dgj5ch81xMFQL6f-MVXfiDDLtkDaEr04kIiFH5Cz-C53mB0RF8FpzqV48O1xFnY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And this mandarin that looks as though its colour has washed off in the water, my fanciful imagination again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtLDVYPlXqB-5KLjqGRoixm-UL9QGBx4t8bFTfbHTf1n_-wNN4CjV5SwWG4MCwRlC_9ZzcoL5FBkPJxlHutbF3rqh13AcOhG4dTvNGU6FObioUOzLHqAXPSwbKzFNLO6GFKwswZWGYE7PGSMhUhH4eLzFUWucuRDNIQWQQq_fR9Fdd5HxiXFqwJFNovyY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtLDVYPlXqB-5KLjqGRoixm-UL9QGBx4t8bFTfbHTf1n_-wNN4CjV5SwWG4MCwRlC_9ZzcoL5FBkPJxlHutbF3rqh13AcOhG4dTvNGU6FObioUOzLHqAXPSwbKzFNLO6GFKwswZWGYE7PGSMhUhH4eLzFUWucuRDNIQWQQq_fR9Fdd5HxiXFqwJFNovyY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">His mate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crows with Monkey nuts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrLlN8QCEcZTKQ-wt_umZG9vg_p9TGNSBIcZBf56SgVA4wHuHN1PMMHy0SihR43b71eoWjEI3YUrF2iY4loT-6PCUZWAbYi9AzdadfyRvkOGuyG7KeOwt4cmFHUlWGck8O11qhbJPL-vYBrkKDRtPoW-LDMLJ3S44k7owwrCLag6cdjhteuk_8SOH28xc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrLlN8QCEcZTKQ-wt_umZG9vg_p9TGNSBIcZBf56SgVA4wHuHN1PMMHy0SihR43b71eoWjEI3YUrF2iY4loT-6PCUZWAbYi9AzdadfyRvkOGuyG7KeOwt4cmFHUlWGck8O11qhbJPL-vYBrkKDRtPoW-LDMLJ3S44k7owwrCLag6cdjhteuk_8SOH28xc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cormorants enjoying the sunshine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0LMoBKZB42dELnwDC0-x71boyIyJCQhXZbvmGyN5HxVmlZJsgw8WGoq-76sFwnpsLTnUBl5FITRRy1MPK1-PBBBa6qGsm0Vhd26vQsNLc02dpd7Uxe385JCtF6OA_yFIWuJ_WxwTratXuvhpwpsXZSU-Ipcq_jPtLiMlcloRjdf3YlnNsmrw6MexBYnw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1000" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0LMoBKZB42dELnwDC0-x71boyIyJCQhXZbvmGyN5HxVmlZJsgw8WGoq-76sFwnpsLTnUBl5FITRRy1MPK1-PBBBa6qGsm0Vhd26vQsNLc02dpd7Uxe385JCtF6OA_yFIWuJ_WxwTratXuvhpwpsXZSU-Ipcq_jPtLiMlcloRjdf3YlnNsmrw6MexBYnw=w640-h517" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR5cvV30Z8Yb_OpqNsilUo5ZdcMjkszzkLL7KYkkhKP7V87v9Dhz1OiK4jTjaYorEO1ElHyAnfSORIRYIzJgitUS88TOfuKhRXc5TWXAqbQ6qfXSBCIlnAT_0gAgimUMc6PNqt_g4i_qA6GaY5kemvNJBjqNCGnfVswhMYc5kCuO5s4YManoWGJuVdqjw" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1eGzwjAAijQXb-rzOhqGlf0JIznGHNcghlvZtmw8XTOegsrGUy9_ZkKoyA6sjrc_zuAMm3psKKfWpuMTXZTYa0QKCxfvlZYqQMH1WESxTObUsE1XzE4HlKpBGst4kjhCc9qfUU4k5UkiLbko0fKt_wOQ8oemYh83Nd1sB_-Rq9n4N_6g1_CbbeoR3sVQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1eGzwjAAijQXb-rzOhqGlf0JIznGHNcghlvZtmw8XTOegsrGUy9_ZkKoyA6sjrc_zuAMm3psKKfWpuMTXZTYa0QKCxfvlZYqQMH1WESxTObUsE1XzE4HlKpBGst4kjhCc9qfUU4k5UkiLbko0fKt_wOQ8oemYh83Nd1sB_-Rq9n4N_6g1_CbbeoR3sVQ=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Most of the pond was frozen over but just a small section if you went clockwise round the pond was clear so all the birds were there. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG1ySbLo2s1SkxCuQOK8i9nKnmnK4j11gP-9MebDt9Z19CKcFFzxttvkH30ZuKag8uEt7W2r9UTQ-XPp5yMg-clti15dk4145K-X2YyJyphiRRX5rBm3fYUmtmZ2AH6lCsCuRgrYI6ZxRAbXbp2tuBq67PkMstjYamt8e6DqBAGGRsFpO_e_S_Fvb6lGs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG1ySbLo2s1SkxCuQOK8i9nKnmnK4j11gP-9MebDt9Z19CKcFFzxttvkH30ZuKag8uEt7W2r9UTQ-XPp5yMg-clti15dk4145K-X2YyJyphiRRX5rBm3fYUmtmZ2AH6lCsCuRgrYI6ZxRAbXbp2tuBq67PkMstjYamt8e6DqBAGGRsFpO_e_S_Fvb6lGs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /> I went again on Friday and most of the ice and snow had disappeared, never seems to last long in Manchester area.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blackie was still there and seemed quite settled in with the resident couple of white swans and their two youngsters.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKzhQElXlKzmNSNEjMGpZ1Rbw-nEaJqvGe4KU-mg8Fvm8gStH4JG9eeTh_wWvplTMBuO5jFDjJquoI6GQEmCHjs2aUt4hsVuNc_F0xASATpqVvJzQ9PWq2mT_-p4Nwx6Tgv64HyFWWm0CqWKbGLpaoKrooGlXHmGIx4ODn-jRjSn0Q45eeXhb5u-2ZWYI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKzhQElXlKzmNSNEjMGpZ1Rbw-nEaJqvGe4KU-mg8Fvm8gStH4JG9eeTh_wWvplTMBuO5jFDjJquoI6GQEmCHjs2aUt4hsVuNc_F0xASATpqVvJzQ9PWq2mT_-p4Nwx6Tgv64HyFWWm0CqWKbGLpaoKrooGlXHmGIx4ODn-jRjSn0Q45eeXhb5u-2ZWYI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">It has no leg tags, so no idea where it's come from.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGyfoDre50m3KDHBYNfhJXAJpKrhWyG8jM1m2_8NAqLIfCnN7kpSs0vcBDXxSclTRk0qv9LqbylxJmTcXlXSEACjeb2mq---XPNKbWzKmdBpi6dirZ9AZ2qtPvkLCCM5vpL9cDTJ_SwthERXDTGt9y6n2Fhlahn1SYan-DP5xkgFdL1Wo_6FRYojLrrp8" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still a few mandarins about too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrSrAFUmCmkKuyYarDQTCTDCvxFTLVclhisYk167MAhz-0BrhXYd7CvwjbY1ZFHeIeOB9MZcOa1ex3JSmgjm5hjhU_NBF6QO1bZE6XI4Tnn5JIYgUIDb34L5ecIdLRvHvWCLyDgTB1jfk4EU6s6mAF4KwMghV9fnAve37OyEtqqBTL91b-NcJG3kMM7q4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrSrAFUmCmkKuyYarDQTCTDCvxFTLVclhisYk167MAhz-0BrhXYd7CvwjbY1ZFHeIeOB9MZcOa1ex3JSmgjm5hjhU_NBF6QO1bZE6XI4Tnn5JIYgUIDb34L5ecIdLRvHvWCLyDgTB1jfk4EU6s6mAF4KwMghV9fnAve37OyEtqqBTL91b-NcJG3kMM7q4=w640-h456" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Female.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghA8tkNlicTLUq89IBEDw8mU2_7wUueUpzy4BBETrYHABOnFgqAyTuiu4i3Tkz8Kno4GDc4SmokQr89I7iRsGfOnjUeLs1AZqws4YkqiBWN_tSFo4Ec5Pia9netvAmB2Vu5biN1Min13ldVH4g503LPntjZuSKjb_gN59ODFD_w8W3pRHjYYEDLk_TliQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghA8tkNlicTLUq89IBEDw8mU2_7wUueUpzy4BBETrYHABOnFgqAyTuiu4i3Tkz8Kno4GDc4SmokQr89I7iRsGfOnjUeLs1AZqws4YkqiBWN_tSFo4Ec5Pia9netvAmB2Vu5biN1Min13ldVH4g503LPntjZuSKjb_gN59ODFD_w8W3pRHjYYEDLk_TliQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male Blackbird.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Nuthatch in classic pose.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_9ZgCKSaNNbCUqyMWee89aPiM7TBqpYPmeQVBicMg1TtK4169HI7DeZV_9B0IMPAkhHlxI-jWi9B56TZ9sb8uUsemdnm3qVFY_jh0S9_lU89g3VtlxEwDESQAwaTl0qw-Bcs2PS-mAtLAeo6kbpP2xzlvPrmmzS8ecIVX7EyM8iH0ev1AOPktraaPKWs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_9ZgCKSaNNbCUqyMWee89aPiM7TBqpYPmeQVBicMg1TtK4169HI7DeZV_9B0IMPAkhHlxI-jWi9B56TZ9sb8uUsemdnm3qVFY_jh0S9_lU89g3VtlxEwDESQAwaTl0qw-Bcs2PS-mAtLAeo6kbpP2xzlvPrmmzS8ecIVX7EyM8iH0ev1AOPktraaPKWs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Everyone loves a Robin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGkEVTmM56UvVYbCq0wIq6fbxLrqxDyN6z0gi159GmX-wSy9bs8Wwjob-H9aNKIpWitm2nt7BxlCc2fbDAqAfMWbdpoJFd3cvyFQyHgQfYFXK5-SF0CH4DblAj0COIYojCGsn1gsgvl2qydpnYH2QkNnVS9vAJYlRIwr4pOzEWnnWNvExjhqnIgkGGYbA" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue Tit, enjoying the seed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRFWcYnKMm3LNSxQqeXiyIWsI4VJHAjSxngpM8groV2kXpI2zfU9ZTsT-9YiMtILmsAMQbv2zT3yTImRH3G3ilaT8f5mLx6FOGuuy08NXvnby0yVY5IFmWXP2BkSkrWxLfv1fFHU-Y-A3wuSzWg4JWMPxGR6yg_v8vk_N_dbl3DQfzlyAfSdEou-k83nI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1000" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRFWcYnKMm3LNSxQqeXiyIWsI4VJHAjSxngpM8groV2kXpI2zfU9ZTsT-9YiMtILmsAMQbv2zT3yTImRH3G3ilaT8f5mLx6FOGuuy08NXvnby0yVY5IFmWXP2BkSkrWxLfv1fFHU-Y-A3wuSzWg4JWMPxGR6yg_v8vk_N_dbl3DQfzlyAfSdEou-k83nI=w640-h505" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Carrion Crow with a monkey nut.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then it was off to The Windmill where it was 50% off Monday -Thursday if you had their appt!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this was £9.99 with a half pint of beer, can't be bad and no washing up, the staff are all very nice too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNayQtLOirnW5wQYOu2-BxExnPpZCyp043Q9JGAjVyMARr8bcQZw81hSDYL3rvwWE7nQ5hCMbeG0vme5aWTMAdQpwfPATkLaWqzB6bO5rPCy42aocsv6H5J4dcG8uS7F9bLDkqew2RRJW33V6vS45AlmlisnalwkLP71VPMMQ9wH32anU4VHnHteAWiUw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNayQtLOirnW5wQYOu2-BxExnPpZCyp043Q9JGAjVyMARr8bcQZw81hSDYL3rvwWE7nQ5hCMbeG0vme5aWTMAdQpwfPATkLaWqzB6bO5rPCy42aocsv6H5J4dcG8uS7F9bLDkqew2RRJW33V6vS45AlmlisnalwkLP71VPMMQ9wH32anU4VHnHteAWiUw=w403-h640" width="403" /></a></div><br /></div>So now off to enter a picture on the monthly Banner of Reddish Vale photographer's website, though another black swan isn't going to matter, think I might enter my Nuthatch one this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjze6E1eVonouvdgsB7m9MEg2VNTudkhtSbcD5dmGRe8bLYwZhLJ6ZRuN41isWvb_nwfwYzWltKMxkTSTcYaoY-TQRP_f3pO0S6Gpg0M99eIL3aaOp5DETXVblXz-lZ10Z4IzDchwAN0fvsw3cRvlGTJaUL4AwySW9XF_8NFAEc-HJnXXxRvrsa6xKAr2Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="551" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjze6E1eVonouvdgsB7m9MEg2VNTudkhtSbcD5dmGRe8bLYwZhLJ6ZRuN41isWvb_nwfwYzWltKMxkTSTcYaoY-TQRP_f3pO0S6Gpg0M99eIL3aaOp5DETXVblXz-lZ10Z4IzDchwAN0fvsw3cRvlGTJaUL4AwySW9XF_8NFAEc-HJnXXxRvrsa6xKAr2Y=w352-h640" width="352" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gave Alfie a good clean out and fresh floor covering in the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTCMIig4Fi64jKTH_r4mzshj9JACJhHI0CK_3Y3huoRG06VxQt1uBpu8FGMs_CQkwHYXTeYxjT-S1RlRv1lq7WsI9JRZFODFZs9K9I_4vBqRCo9pj1TBruirwGxJkNm6rr-hKM0-zcHo2JtN5EZTD3fyNVEdM_ufajWGqGXrlS1dMvsQ2d5Bhv1eSGfHs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTCMIig4Fi64jKTH_r4mzshj9JACJhHI0CK_3Y3huoRG06VxQt1uBpu8FGMs_CQkwHYXTeYxjT-S1RlRv1lq7WsI9JRZFODFZs9K9I_4vBqRCo9pj1TBruirwGxJkNm6rr-hKM0-zcHo2JtN5EZTD3fyNVEdM_ufajWGqGXrlS1dMvsQ2d5Bhv1eSGfHs=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">This is his food, plus this week I found these Melon Fans which he really likes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8zyLD_-NENdKA87enxUE-kQZSiq5ovq-3M0f1yK5KpCMYKB1cSiAkfjxqOlpMcnr867bQ3kYQILyselh6LEA99jwBOPEYk55R9bbPybMBc7ALRedYJRqVUklTTxeL65xnWVEclzjh6Sw4-fAzUmXgFr37VKxQDbRNZY0a792s5FVcgAozOwfmZPMrrBU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8zyLD_-NENdKA87enxUE-kQZSiq5ovq-3M0f1yK5KpCMYKB1cSiAkfjxqOlpMcnr867bQ3kYQILyselh6LEA99jwBOPEYk55R9bbPybMBc7ALRedYJRqVUklTTxeL65xnWVEclzjh6Sw4-fAzUmXgFr37VKxQDbRNZY0a792s5FVcgAozOwfmZPMrrBU=w376-h640" width="376" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">I was holding one of the melon fans and he ate it so quick that he was nearly up to my fingers before I realised, that's his gaping mouth full of melon, they are very strong for their size so don't know if they will cut you, not going to try!.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfJpJK8OHXvwSRlXjgTCThpAFczmyDBWT3pt49IVqKZ9LmOtU1A2FlVnkflXT1mj6trYKvVUJNs2dBVUk0ZrQJ7HwCNITdM4pdw4VVbKrA41UMWYfZpile4IfOd2XAkwFRsfvXqaPyla8q5c4KI8SaYDuoN2697ABcZoj2ZwCB9YI5nwHfiPWGn1sS2B8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfJpJK8OHXvwSRlXjgTCThpAFczmyDBWT3pt49IVqKZ9LmOtU1A2FlVnkflXT1mj6trYKvVUJNs2dBVUk0ZrQJ7HwCNITdM4pdw4VVbKrA41UMWYfZpile4IfOd2XAkwFRsfvXqaPyla8q5c4KI8SaYDuoN2697ABcZoj2ZwCB9YI5nwHfiPWGn1sS2B8=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>While at Sainsburys this week my phone wouldn't pick up a signal so I like the smart shop so much, thought I'd try their own SmartShop devices which turned out to be better than my own phone.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNcYLyxGyeaxTPUKX_238KQqMKs2x0sLzjDcjF7axSUlKV7Hx4xxCR1Rkr_2g_r-cPuSHodSYVoUjxFEstNXUKFL0jXB53OiyW0bbGSgmpZTVQ4OMQGfgtGd5U9_enJ_sJqdCz0IgWswIauAvZ9BlNmPt2OqPUS_TyE6OaH-FZHv_CC3vfOg2eyqnf61s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="1000" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNcYLyxGyeaxTPUKX_238KQqMKs2x0sLzjDcjF7axSUlKV7Hx4xxCR1Rkr_2g_r-cPuSHodSYVoUjxFEstNXUKFL0jXB53OiyW0bbGSgmpZTVQ4OMQGfgtGd5U9_enJ_sJqdCz0IgWswIauAvZ9BlNmPt2OqPUS_TyE6OaH-FZHv_CC3vfOg2eyqnf61s=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><br />Just like to do my shopping with them as it shows people us oldies are not all Neanderthals, having said that I met an old friend from my AFS and Ambulance days and his wife said where's your phone and he said "In the cupboard at home!", I forgot my phone a few weeks ago and thought I'd lost a limb!!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whilst in Morrisons the other day after shopping and dinner I was walking past a free book shelf and saw this hard backed book so I grabbed it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHzssBh8R1vneI5K1q3vhtBqlLBmjrGbFWMgb-q09MSxMbge2kNr2_mObLKLg5GTF8IRER7pGFRu3weD-O1p83MPl8fVk5yLxd6S5y5x-bT8Y-Y7Zd_hnkvnYEeYIZvj_tSkrcFMayWHvaJ4zKyaD7thL8uXGdWTVt3f0KHQ_7f95v-M1B173BH_SZKQY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHzssBh8R1vneI5K1q3vhtBqlLBmjrGbFWMgb-q09MSxMbge2kNr2_mObLKLg5GTF8IRER7pGFRu3weD-O1p83MPl8fVk5yLxd6S5y5x-bT8Y-Y7Zd_hnkvnYEeYIZvj_tSkrcFMayWHvaJ4zKyaD7thL8uXGdWTVt3f0KHQ_7f95v-M1B173BH_SZKQY=w384-h640" width="384" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wasn't a national serviceman but thought it would be a good read to see what others thought of the service and up to what I've read up to now most of the lads enjoyed it!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One thing that stood out to me was that when it started in 1946 the pay for a squaddie was 28 shillings and when I went into the army as a regular in 1956 the pay for a national serviceman was still 28 shillings!!, it was better pay for Regulars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine leaving your family and friends and going away for two years maybe longer depending on the world stage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I certainly enjoyed it, a roof over your head and all found.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Son did something similar as a Mormon missionary and as in the Services it gives you a better outlook on life and makes you more independent. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well glad to say as of this post I'm back on my feet though at my age, not as steady as I'd like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">.............................................</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This sounds about right!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ_ZIrEv0I63Aq50kIx8hKH4k8XPuAMAJUuaWjYB5Esdtum2oJ27axRyPKi_oDV_Njl7nA3bX-vtXu22o8gpsXnQo5hJfKXqHHqkmpqsKtgX_QRP3SMjTUWhnBVedS__YCy55CB-nrsqX0xIADrq90OsBs730EohjLPhbQUkPeIy9rHFGzkjAPDc_nhPI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="820" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ_ZIrEv0I63Aq50kIx8hKH4k8XPuAMAJUuaWjYB5Esdtum2oJ27axRyPKi_oDV_Njl7nA3bX-vtXu22o8gpsXnQo5hJfKXqHHqkmpqsKtgX_QRP3SMjTUWhnBVedS__YCy55CB-nrsqX0xIADrq90OsBs730EohjLPhbQUkPeIy9rHFGzkjAPDc_nhPI=w640-h524" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Didn't turn out like this.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDl8w-jTTD3iJ8vNZ0s7JAKA-1b1n9JuZ_xzj7M-0PiyM4_nNRlRYvkIKQHD13uvjISUuoMQpdwqsg4AWXBYCnACL0ax03789fiH-D2ygRZZJ4a0N6KC5hJIom_XOHf4z1nxgPYlqT1kItVG2W0KN7kIa-FBioPVaEtJc4ta-8yhvydnmH7HyIbFwi1I4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDl8w-jTTD3iJ8vNZ0s7JAKA-1b1n9JuZ_xzj7M-0PiyM4_nNRlRYvkIKQHD13uvjISUuoMQpdwqsg4AWXBYCnACL0ax03789fiH-D2ygRZZJ4a0N6KC5hJIom_XOHf4z1nxgPYlqT1kItVG2W0KN7kIa-FBioPVaEtJc4ta-8yhvydnmH7HyIbFwi1I4=w627-h640" width="627" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't like it take a number!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhANjQaCmKJuiyD4byUwPLDWi5FHdIA2UTryUbkAs8aG_e_0dfJjSooHZKtppZGShuNP_oU2f9qCzhi-Vw-vz59gh9BH5kvH2U81wrS9NMmZmenmvdWCSg7Hg5-0huHdmAa1zJGOlwbTu2H2-Abc-1rC3JLFcd92hoCe1vBhUl6ccmk82NEgFfq3zuz9sw" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbuzdnvHW46DBsk4Qxnl3iz4DC87zsgEHPeXaO-0b3uormZ6hEMushR7ejS803Eym4Egeef0an2mTl0UXKpFeHxpVgiPvKvia0ffi6Umv-myDMnrv_3bbtXPTsX228WvXWzxlqWeTyOe1oO0kkAts2yGXTfDbE3vefR_GcvuF_-I6k9EhEufEVCDuqrZs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbuzdnvHW46DBsk4Qxnl3iz4DC87zsgEHPeXaO-0b3uormZ6hEMushR7ejS803Eym4Egeef0an2mTl0UXKpFeHxpVgiPvKvia0ffi6Umv-myDMnrv_3bbtXPTsX228WvXWzxlqWeTyOe1oO0kkAts2yGXTfDbE3vefR_GcvuF_-I6k9EhEufEVCDuqrZs=w531-h640" width="531" /></a></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday it was a quick visit over to the ressers at Debdale, but didn't stay long as it was freezing.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJxTqXz9Dlte3NhkJxL0R-2a6Xiq-G0dUaAM8HN-jGVSZE1mDdN5XvzB20bFyydMxZNfze-UXcuNgBk6qlwZY_kERjjtVeiWdet9eOU9xfqcnaDucYkOcyfDmwlc72WYrDDL_aEKxSAKIN9kaSvsePjSdpWlzpPeY1ifpHnexwF5rXAIxj1TZw4rAwWs4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the Thursday it was off to Pear Mill which was opening after the</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Break for them.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then on Friday it all went pear shaped, and I started with a bad cough, I didn't feel </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">partiality ill just a bit tired out after a night up coughing all night, and that's been it, Saturday shied away from going to Portland Basin as I thought I wasn't fair on them, so went to KFC drive though and had a nice meal there.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Monday.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gave Pear Mill a miss again today as though I was feeling better might still be </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">infectious, so had a walk over to the ressers to feed the birds, didn't stay long again as it was freezing, even with my Camo coat on!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgck69P4vHnQyD8dSjl3AwdwislLOPU8ratTF0zNM-HBzhY5dCkxHD8nAC5FF-Pg7SGBazcKcB0T4nQvwCt5rA1uOuyUnHXnht5Ofj-sbhsgZBIW3ar-81utXlhjem5pVPvvHL-i0daK1wLv_4TJ_SHXWphuGJezvpz2q-3Ot7GqdZ7tg2o-lEi5uayt1w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1000" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgck69P4vHnQyD8dSjl3AwdwislLOPU8ratTF0zNM-HBzhY5dCkxHD8nAC5FF-Pg7SGBazcKcB0T4nQvwCt5rA1uOuyUnHXnht5Ofj-sbhsgZBIW3ar-81utXlhjem5pVPvvHL-i0daK1wLv_4TJ_SHXWphuGJezvpz2q-3Ot7GqdZ7tg2o-lEi5uayt1w=w640-h535" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If he can't pick up the two peanuts, I'll have em.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU-5wVUYYlwSdfSVbD66p7dZ5Oimtu41D_h_yu50aEc4p8x6BkfHpbK0l6f2SfQDBoKDQN08_1dcZFCsb5fX7yxPEK3p1AU1YBc7xHI30xyv3dHgQuaweVT-s_QcaxV6JA-0IEUbq_uWk6qKKhAgEMJhDeVhP_f3c__XfI5FZtXsGjVFv41egeuV9flsM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="682" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU-5wVUYYlwSdfSVbD66p7dZ5Oimtu41D_h_yu50aEc4p8x6BkfHpbK0l6f2SfQDBoKDQN08_1dcZFCsb5fX7yxPEK3p1AU1YBc7xHI30xyv3dHgQuaweVT-s_QcaxV6JA-0IEUbq_uWk6qKKhAgEMJhDeVhP_f3c__XfI5FZtXsGjVFv41egeuV9flsM=w437-h640" width="437" /></a></div>.............................................................<br /><br /></div></div></div></span>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-78803944089973428662023-12-31T15:38:00.003+00:002023-12-31T15:42:57.200+00:00New years Eve 2023.<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Well that's another year done, if I'd known I was going to last this long I'd have looked after myself a bit better, the weekdays haven't been too bad it's the weekends </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">that's done the damage!😅.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Managed to get down to the Vale again on Friday 29th before the rain came again, it absolutely hammered it down while I was having my dinner in Morrisons.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">How's that for a Mini fish and Chips, couldn't eat all that.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8VPDHuW6nf6iOrYFLBdvwD-xHTaqecly4hb4LOxnAMAQWHrXmHKkeW2tDudyGeiSejjUR6pyx88vKoAssU7pd6remZ7vr4syqsU8UuE1qK1oTuS6oNWRMPupV0QZCWI1wUsaX2_6QmgaZbAUuo7TtqUduMwDn-KwyRhAh4sxs4r9l21lU3paj2I_7Rbc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="674" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8VPDHuW6nf6iOrYFLBdvwD-xHTaqecly4hb4LOxnAMAQWHrXmHKkeW2tDudyGeiSejjUR6pyx88vKoAssU7pd6remZ7vr4syqsU8UuE1qK1oTuS6oNWRMPupV0QZCWI1wUsaX2_6QmgaZbAUuo7TtqUduMwDn-KwyRhAh4sxs4r9l21lU3paj2I_7Rbc=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I'm getting in front of myself, down the Vale I helped the children feed the birds with some seed, the girl was brave but her brother was a bit of a wimp!, think it made her day and their granny got some nice pictures with her mobile. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's Beaky on her sleeve.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyBW_EEDNeiT7ubuaBIDg8k7Om7DfP2mv8D7fKSNouzis1y8YlhGn7-MZoX1ahluBmQl30j4PcZizFtjPlXfyJEtQrLmx5TGy1fXlzvmKH_NL6TJd5T_ziqfJUMAjCs9bl4iwDAyFtKF0lM5IxuZ2eZnjz99BQJnTVIjQ8ZAmerYsgvGOcbYkPTciZ9Ag" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyBW_EEDNeiT7ubuaBIDg8k7Om7DfP2mv8D7fKSNouzis1y8YlhGn7-MZoX1ahluBmQl30j4PcZizFtjPlXfyJEtQrLmx5TGy1fXlzvmKH_NL6TJd5T_ziqfJUMAjCs9bl4iwDAyFtKF0lM5IxuZ2eZnjz99BQJnTVIjQ8ZAmerYsgvGOcbYkPTciZ9Ag=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Further down the lower mill pond I did a bit of vertical snapping to get used to it.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The two </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Youngsters.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqh_-NsVwSUrj12RmteLGV285ZzDdK3F0jEA1nULt1qOMzU4m8wc2njYgdw0VgMi-xekSuZ92NZBI1imSCNYzFftPSpF-pJxKHszRytge2g0L7_X4VNVScSDDzHagGgxxWW0MT5ddCPwx0nHqM29SMvsYw54LCpqxYDGc-S-Lae4M9dQ4AYKU3UcjIomQ" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs6KzOb3bPRknm_tWGU_Bxnotgx2GRbsg13JKnzhcmDlxpdSX_2xZO7p-Yqmj618FCP7Cycecok6MvIbolr9wC-F858fy5HyNuF3qk0cx-nNBO0Ctmtr_GqtRofICQ_2zXORgTY19AJLuE1oISwgBksPSZoGgsJRPpXCXwEuuPk0bMHE7anVcwNuoxp8Q=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so busy with my vertical shots that when I looked down there was the huge Cob swan about 6 inches from my groin!, I didn't fancy feeding him by hand but steeled myself and offered him some seed from my hand and surprise, surprise, he took it quite gentle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a mother and daughter there watching, that I've meet and spoken to before, I think they were showing friends or relatives the pleasures of the vale. </div><img alt="" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0t4P1kP94QZ1yJSfcBjMjuCX050ldqmnymGaPJk-1VFIZ4-BCKtsdUDduW-NHersKI5JDsP3F8Y7S7cX4A26goHa6kShOsgKWz6glvwW65pJdRKyof9kXwZNC57QFOW4MxR_I-fUw3F19_3b8toXjux9mTZsgTdrhMeqQDwB60DR04HywRjl4ckSZ93k=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>There were plenty of Robins about.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNY5b68QyCdk7_FMYW4Y0kTmWgDdRUNcQ_el6_d6LKRpv3s9JsBVGb2rW3-dyiKJpi1kLQj3bFqE__Udh43RiTt-ezDRB6yJEd0OeMeUwgNzyH0gzbB2Nj3Y2bodnkM8_Wl2gnkHmMjPuzAtia4q1wsSuQOQjFgu49kOnOYZm_4rx6hZRBhXuw4LTSgoU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="936" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNY5b68QyCdk7_FMYW4Y0kTmWgDdRUNcQ_el6_d6LKRpv3s9JsBVGb2rW3-dyiKJpi1kLQj3bFqE__Udh43RiTt-ezDRB6yJEd0OeMeUwgNzyH0gzbB2Nj3Y2bodnkM8_Wl2gnkHmMjPuzAtia4q1wsSuQOQjFgu49kOnOYZm_4rx6hZRBhXuw4LTSgoU=w640-h569" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixdAIjkjYFumFASvdRDH4wiKYfHmOBKOob1yEXka633-q_08WgGiMh9zebzcRQvUPfI7cybBsfJ9EEiv88uR7pxt-4zcc0V8Ql1YC37WA0aDXJ1wP4-L1dNYS3JA1HhuPtY04mL97aAc5xuR6yxks9FYNIrrVMXNY7CPAd9e1kRLbiI6zdL3leXGSzEk4" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Dunnocks are not given enough coverage are they, as they are usually hopping about in the undergrowth and not seen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghDEPvebn_7JkG-qeZpdIrTnLZOMI1lm003kjdRULBIine5GkOO4yiY3DXvPXPYPBMYdgq4Px-0QsCNoJh_Qgy-dUz3w5KRaDnWyiDIYdeUvxtuV2guNrU5-SNGb0DHpPKaEMCXKQZNRySkoatHrYxnhpro0X5b9yDK_AmR013bjd0DYFTkuPR4DFKiWE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1000" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghDEPvebn_7JkG-qeZpdIrTnLZOMI1lm003kjdRULBIine5GkOO4yiY3DXvPXPYPBMYdgq4Px-0QsCNoJh_Qgy-dUz3w5KRaDnWyiDIYdeUvxtuV2guNrU5-SNGb0DHpPKaEMCXKQZNRySkoatHrYxnhpro0X5b9yDK_AmR013bjd0DYFTkuPR4DFKiWE=w640-h531" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Also mandarins.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgooURHPiE2Q5nGvCoHLrO7Z6KVeoJGO0qtVw47Pvf9ZOY5GY0AyYA5-5tOEwwYpCLPw59v1fzan5-1oMgFLbut8Ay6FsM_Ep0oAnJoJsX0rIUBSdBvQOw5G0KxehExU5huG2NE5Aryx4xQX87fCIo_6HEN_8VKQubz6HuHDjw10QeZi0AW8p8hTFqK0jw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1000" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgooURHPiE2Q5nGvCoHLrO7Z6KVeoJGO0qtVw47Pvf9ZOY5GY0AyYA5-5tOEwwYpCLPw59v1fzan5-1oMgFLbut8Ay6FsM_Ep0oAnJoJsX0rIUBSdBvQOw5G0KxehExU5huG2NE5Aryx4xQX87fCIo_6HEN_8VKQubz6HuHDjw10QeZi0AW8p8hTFqK0jw=w640-h495" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2jThGi1qQWivi3evkPjIedzpMTnm4xC9sqb7PwEML3qrc4Qljr61-VneNanp8Id28Br39pzhMvx512RtH8tbea3-VtN13QKWq4mzixwYjFQiLXH2N3J3ZbCxU6Wwh8AondG3UoQ3nzVZjSKfdAXrVtIcsMWbtlgoyyaiYJ1tSAblDSstBdicOHd8GXCI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I've been lucky this week really, down the Vale 3 times this week and missed the rain each time, can't be bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whilst at Morrisons bought Alfie some of this, it's usually for kids lunch boxes but just the right size for tortoises too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have different type's too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5PEjkQJLCxTvn3SWmCU1uAzWLauVwdL4AZzN96cXbB4Kjdht4cQ5aGmt-Nh-8INyGJh05t87CkNlpnRiNYgjoLgFqlVRygbEDmskvvf8Bwdb3kyR4k5iYORUMtaFtPu2XXN6NWCVNVQxrLJKx1WDkddZQWVVr7OtffJi7x633mTnPVmP9PPrq6lNOY7w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="860" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5PEjkQJLCxTvn3SWmCU1uAzWLauVwdL4AZzN96cXbB4Kjdht4cQ5aGmt-Nh-8INyGJh05t87CkNlpnRiNYgjoLgFqlVRygbEDmskvvf8Bwdb3kyR4k5iYORUMtaFtPu2XXN6NWCVNVQxrLJKx1WDkddZQWVVr7OtffJi7x633mTnPVmP9PPrq6lNOY7w=w549-h640" width="549" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Think I'll have to cut his testosterone down, he's fancying this model one I think, he has put on 13 grams this week so I must be doing something right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Males are smaller than females. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3a7S215SlZv6j8FCQp_V6eXa8kn_zh4vKagnZtygn6-si9Luth7LnQz523RWAbyEEBhfBkF60ZD4ffG-UqE9kzMMaeoW8zsbbWth35zuT23ZNs8h9hrFNiAcoIF0Ie6KbJYTPOFXOj7-M4lMvrCdEexVRGJWRpU5WglysvHA0YiQI__jKZN6aH2bs1lc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3a7S215SlZv6j8FCQp_V6eXa8kn_zh4vKagnZtygn6-si9Luth7LnQz523RWAbyEEBhfBkF60ZD4ffG-UqE9kzMMaeoW8zsbbWth35zuT23ZNs8h9hrFNiAcoIF0Ie6KbJYTPOFXOj7-M4lMvrCdEexVRGJWRpU5WglysvHA0YiQI__jKZN6aH2bs1lc=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><br />This weeks bargains from Amazon were these cable labels, you know when you've got loads of cables in a tower system they are real easy to mark them!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You get 30 for £3.99 well worth the money to me, sorting out all my cables.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiVfhnF9qLPY1-vbUxWg2M6d6QX3yz2U0DXb8wwJWhydtHe2Kpu7oafqVEFkaK0ARAlGaaAWh90vgjFdSWOkV45EOPJwUJnR44gpsXmPkieeHFlfWd31nSjagvOO3g4jODtsnZaNrx2JlT4Msegx66DY7ByV2SqVoVd1jc6oSexSeS0blmGvON0bG4RK8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiVfhnF9qLPY1-vbUxWg2M6d6QX3yz2U0DXb8wwJWhydtHe2Kpu7oafqVEFkaK0ARAlGaaAWh90vgjFdSWOkV45EOPJwUJnR44gpsXmPkieeHFlfWd31nSjagvOO3g4jODtsnZaNrx2JlT4Msegx66DY7ByV2SqVoVd1jc6oSexSeS0blmGvON0bG4RK8=w523-h640" width="523" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">I also bought this Cordless glue gun, don't need it at the moment but you never know when it will come in useful, and it was 60% off, I do love a bargain!.</span></span></h1></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVuYxhVo159dU8DPh-LdKgD6D8iBQwhFDecqaFVMiWxWyNUtjCQIyz2GWA5Dw-k879jtd5sz5tuQVLPRvovX-9-lsL96elfkPRDisXTmJcnzJP26hG77uA25-1qAH3laOM1SVSBoAkQgtZZQ8xt6uFUDbWHqlqzZoe7Ao38qYXy78KizW6FjN3cfP1pk8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="635" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVuYxhVo159dU8DPh-LdKgD6D8iBQwhFDecqaFVMiWxWyNUtjCQIyz2GWA5Dw-k879jtd5sz5tuQVLPRvovX-9-lsL96elfkPRDisXTmJcnzJP26hG77uA25-1qAH3laOM1SVSBoAkQgtZZQ8xt6uFUDbWHqlqzZoe7Ao38qYXy78KizW6FjN3cfP1pk8=w405-h640" width="405" /></a></div><br />So a good week to round off the year for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..................................................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u>Definitions</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortune; A singing quartet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home; the place you stay whilst your car is being serviced.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shin; a device for finding furniture in the dark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Parachute; A double barrelled shot gun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Out of bounds; an exhausted kangaroo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Margin; Mothers ruin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maintenance; A mans cash surrender value.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">......................................................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: red; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">Happy New Year to all my readers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-35923449843563076422023-12-28T19:05:00.001+00:002023-12-31T13:00:33.736+00:00Between Christmas and New Year, 28th 12.23.<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Those weather people with all their fancy equipment had said that the best day this week would be Wednesday!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was rain on Monday and I was off to Springhead in Oldham for Christmas dinner with the family, though it was a bit reduced this year with some of the Grandchildren having dinner with their spouses family, and some live in Scotland and will be coming here at New Year to get away from the Scots on their special day.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> On Tuesday it was a nice sunny day so it was off to Reddish vale for me.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was blue skies but still quite cool and muddy underfoot, which was understandable seeing all the rain we have had lately, so didn't stay long.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOgFforwN_CqTlPiHLxr4sk7tvTU3R-Zz_rxxgkZCQeQ4ptJMR85cpzPSuTqobeYKbkPZt2_ECHmeQeD_EMCkjlTK6uEr7nvpr5xk_ItfKmEsMNJ8lXqBwtLTf2i2d6A5VOGz4UlXgs7MiPrAGVjt3yPCBxtSvNO8R7pkYlmtCJcPt_jbu7cDiegPNuEw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1000" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOgFforwN_CqTlPiHLxr4sk7tvTU3R-Zz_rxxgkZCQeQ4ptJMR85cpzPSuTqobeYKbkPZt2_ECHmeQeD_EMCkjlTK6uEr7nvpr5xk_ItfKmEsMNJ8lXqBwtLTf2i2d6A5VOGz4UlXgs7MiPrAGVjt3yPCBxtSvNO8R7pkYlmtCJcPt_jbu7cDiegPNuEw=w640-h531" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This nice bush was in full flower just near the gateway to the lower pond, don't ask me what it is as I've no idea, but it had nice yellow flowers that stood out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtPWCk3eV1cX0NtjJ1EQEDqlFizVeDRkc9jGdz2JMqDsFEb9hw6Y4j3UXJbJLFBBae6yiqUYkgJxUwu4xrqaEhZFvBL9cP6Femzju2vIpa15V5Az2U-POOeeBEZHJt5HtYcX47wRcfl-NF24HoMkIL6eAWwV5ZMj9NjbbQhW56hKLG0LkeNilozS9FwW4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtPWCk3eV1cX0NtjJ1EQEDqlFizVeDRkc9jGdz2JMqDsFEb9hw6Y4j3UXJbJLFBBae6yiqUYkgJxUwu4xrqaEhZFvBL9cP6Femzju2vIpa15V5Az2U-POOeeBEZHJt5HtYcX47wRcfl-NF24HoMkIL6eAWwV5ZMj9NjbbQhW56hKLG0LkeNilozS9FwW4=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Squirrels were glad to see me and followed me round the ponds.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEim4XKP9nvpRRK6QD4_DgWgTVIS7aHw_MNrstThm0hOmwA1m2PxESUpAMM2OZll3p0UUrpc7vHjfcuDt8tnG3Zz1oNIqk3LmsV5aArydZEaMRMPHFjvI1Z1OcRmxU7z_f7O-QamKftE0SN31PUX3NdPJ_57x1cAr-Gx99qZaISWS2UpV75ieDJxkb45ILc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1000" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEim4XKP9nvpRRK6QD4_DgWgTVIS7aHw_MNrstThm0hOmwA1m2PxESUpAMM2OZll3p0UUrpc7vHjfcuDt8tnG3Zz1oNIqk3LmsV5aArydZEaMRMPHFjvI1Z1OcRmxU7z_f7O-QamKftE0SN31PUX3NdPJ_57x1cAr-Gx99qZaISWS2UpV75ieDJxkb45ILc=w640-h547" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed giving monkey nuts to the children then watched them trying to entice the squirrels to visit them.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I also meet quite a few acquaintances who were walking off their Christmas dinners I think. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were three Cormorants on the top mill pond.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1000" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIGMMz3ima-GWPxa6RKHsCoJrEurn6wSZdplN6FP01_B_vrjW2wHWoDQ41dmx8CkCyYWMeTpGVrn8TTMtgUEoQSFSjcOxz9wbAmFPROnW6DlTPpmeHXK7rExr1c5GHmIh-A7W0_oE4DpJsPgZGQDANP4wSGOMMLgmxYPju6X_XORpsO-fPVPzCpdxHYIc=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></div><br />Then on the way back to the car park spotted the Mandarin ducks standing on the low branches over the water.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh90enTWEDdSdwLINq9y6N7LXsP0fcqNapBXrXGYWG0KPcTFbq0iw6flXacKScqX08_ZScDGhYm3oHGMZY9V5FNzrNm4ve99QU6tvG88qRmLj0FrlUfwZCQbjCLrJefJZ0JUudVnalOFbvfdiy_ROtJDRM7P7gPrhotut3Yx08N2yxDtehbnxzzrSp2xqc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh90enTWEDdSdwLINq9y6N7LXsP0fcqNapBXrXGYWG0KPcTFbq0iw6flXacKScqX08_ZScDGhYm3oHGMZY9V5FNzrNm4ve99QU6tvG88qRmLj0FrlUfwZCQbjCLrJefJZ0JUudVnalOFbvfdiy_ROtJDRM7P7gPrhotut3Yx08N2yxDtehbnxzzrSp2xqc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">The Male<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBAPKHGTOC5MRMjgU52-d2_ZFbI5aD-TFK71FxKEYjJ_AjNZQPOJDatvtwTmBccZKltfrlYHNkxEP1qM8nOGtgn9vrCsvbPbKZX2BMwTl6mnETVR4Q2-e9zvE6H45zxHJX3ZILdw07-jVW6meeS3zZXouSMr82WscJb109GL31FuGUp8wp5Sr-qH3z57I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBAPKHGTOC5MRMjgU52-d2_ZFbI5aD-TFK71FxKEYjJ_AjNZQPOJDatvtwTmBccZKltfrlYHNkxEP1qM8nOGtgn9vrCsvbPbKZX2BMwTl6mnETVR4Q2-e9zvE6H45zxHJX3ZILdw07-jVW6meeS3zZXouSMr82WscJb109GL31FuGUp8wp5Sr-qH3z57I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis3MpoEbmayz7K5EZ7b4GFuBHoiy0tvuFiZ1EJRDvvaLhWhS0mAqj8oUlcWJKqAQIURZ2WaUP2VBSeH_SuNoZKHGqrJYwENkXW75qYcIPk6AYZfO2pI1HDBIqrjRm-Ufkx9GMH0dMS6rjk64nsmSjW0kTJe-FiEGAjufwPdG42A9fmoM4ZbDKC4b3Fz8g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1000" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis3MpoEbmayz7K5EZ7b4GFuBHoiy0tvuFiZ1EJRDvvaLhWhS0mAqj8oUlcWJKqAQIURZ2WaUP2VBSeH_SuNoZKHGqrJYwENkXW75qYcIPk6AYZfO2pI1HDBIqrjRm-Ufkx9GMH0dMS6rjk64nsmSjW0kTJe-FiEGAjufwPdG42A9fmoM4ZbDKC4b3Fz8g=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></div></div><br />The Female.<br /><br /><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBAPKHGTOC5MRMjgU52-d2_ZFbI5aD-TFK71FxKEYjJ_AjNZQPOJDatvtwTmBccZKltfrlYHNkxEP1qM8nOGtgn9vrCsvbPbKZX2BMwTl6mnETVR4Q2-e9zvE6H45zxHJX3ZILdw07-jVW6meeS3zZXouSMr82WscJb109GL31FuGUp8wp5Sr-qH3z57I=w640-h480" width="640" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Out of breeding season the males usually lose their bright colours, but this weather must be upsetting them as much as us.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When times are normal and the males are out of breeding season, one can still tell them apart as the male still retain their bright orange beaks!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Wednesday the weather people said was going to be the best day was abysmal and today Thursday I'd only been to Morrisons for lunch and was glad it wasn't any further as it was a torrential downpour on the way home!. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">..............................................</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">What did the elephant say to the nude man?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's cute but can it pick up peanuts</span>?.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> A rooster sits on a roof,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">if it lays an egg, on which side will it roll off?.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Neither, think about it, roosters don't lay eggs.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">What was the name of the Scottish dentist?,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">Phil McCavity </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">..........................</span></p></span><p></p></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-28125841259981045592023-12-24T18:14:00.000+00:002023-12-24T18:14:10.274+00:00Christmas Eve, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Its not been very nice weather since my last post so no bird pictures, the birds in my garden are still doing well and eating me out of house and home though.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOO7Ohy84um311gWc6RMYvI8hbskEdeZxWcJQPCMfBeEQ5NLmwk1crHXsDrLWydLWwh5GgkyBxeH2SQ3isR99bWttvx7PQvX8tFG1CAG9G72AuAscbrMObdmm5tNdPVm-TJ_OtB6BzyOuDvQlx0bHm6hg3hk7TjnavOVKEsgBaBnK46BLVkIcGIECTpjs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOO7Ohy84um311gWc6RMYvI8hbskEdeZxWcJQPCMfBeEQ5NLmwk1crHXsDrLWydLWwh5GgkyBxeH2SQ3isR99bWttvx7PQvX8tFG1CAG9G72AuAscbrMObdmm5tNdPVm-TJ_OtB6BzyOuDvQlx0bHm6hg3hk7TjnavOVKEsgBaBnK46BLVkIcGIECTpjs=w504-h640" width="504" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here we are Christmas Eve 2023., wouldn't be the same without a Robin would it!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Good job I carry a first aid box in my car and was able to clean up and get a plaster on to stop it bleeding, all those years in the ambulance service weren't wasted hey. I was quite warm in my new jacket, but you can't wear gloves when using a camera, you can but it's awkward!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had a nice fish and chips in </span>Morrisons and a warm up, will have the festive menu a bit nearer the time!.</p><p style="text-align: center;">They look nice and the price looks right too.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVbI9sPU5APXsqb12HdqJEbMoTgSsIBKOCwjWn0-S5GgAFTFpT-Ziw_KqTwH2EsyeQRU0_UDVhySmWBasOnaFmAHHK3OVYipPOWFZDib31vC-Q6loMRRj9duxUyyOkjWOICSF8uNWv-0O5jjVf6RTFLPVpmjQjSS8Ei8JCGQEfiRi8A9TafDNl_ovZP2o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVbI9sPU5APXsqb12HdqJEbMoTgSsIBKOCwjWn0-S5GgAFTFpT-Ziw_KqTwH2EsyeQRU0_UDVhySmWBasOnaFmAHHK3OVYipPOWFZDib31vC-Q6loMRRj9duxUyyOkjWOICSF8uNWv-0O5jjVf6RTFLPVpmjQjSS8Ei8JCGQEfiRi8A9TafDNl_ovZP2o=w459-h640" width="459" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigArxmRumATmJ0WnOzNo01BPnuNLECBR9esCA5rIS10fJNdWrnhKP1ilcK2GFr8E-HtyVgpi-XNZhysjJdjR_gB6-D11pap38Pvx3qsR0L_7vduJIqVkvqN928ldEVOO4K0Sfp7pUqL6y1a3NnlgbHR-0SJNXBegqfWluDy3Uu47h6mXBnrE3AfeMteYM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigArxmRumATmJ0WnOzNo01BPnuNLECBR9esCA5rIS10fJNdWrnhKP1ilcK2GFr8E-HtyVgpi-XNZhysjJdjR_gB6-D11pap38Pvx3qsR0L_7vduJIqVkvqN928ldEVOO4K0Sfp7pUqL6y1a3NnlgbHR-0SJNXBegqfWluDy3Uu47h6mXBnrE3AfeMteYM=w400-h640" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But it had cleared up slightly on the way home so decided a visit to the ressers at Debdale was on the cards. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYrC3lJb6WpuFRlH66bnutbBsPcTDq_kpXImz5borFlcBnvG8F1x9YQYOMdtVPfRE8utn55Fkjb5efIR41O1gFWFkjaO5IwUmwE9KvMAKJmqt4JV-yli1ISDHQ2ckWRz-bw9ETwrd1ny_PX0T96Np5iTS-QrtCTS3rT1sNr6APVinLugjLPsmsSqAUxz8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1000" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYrC3lJb6WpuFRlH66bnutbBsPcTDq_kpXImz5borFlcBnvG8F1x9YQYOMdtVPfRE8utn55Fkjb5efIR41O1gFWFkjaO5IwUmwE9KvMAKJmqt4JV-yli1ISDHQ2ckWRz-bw9ETwrd1ny_PX0T96Np5iTS-QrtCTS3rT1sNr6APVinLugjLPsmsSqAUxz8=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks nice but glad my new coat lived up to its advert and kept me nice and warm.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQNsZEfMbZaPAlTKPmv7PDpM9gX3LK6YWlv-wDey7A7p5bIGod58XN6oi1T0-eBzhOg7Rl1rzN9XoXQPMF4CUE4OWZF2ZiUovoPQScJmQ4Vc6c_UmhLJ68hj0bSxZVX0Q0S0sw8opdq_poYTfr-uHskt3UQAVPsKSlL3ggNTuhwDMHVCOMH-__MZ5PPgE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1000" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQNsZEfMbZaPAlTKPmv7PDpM9gX3LK6YWlv-wDey7A7p5bIGod58XN6oi1T0-eBzhOg7Rl1rzN9XoXQPMF4CUE4OWZF2ZiUovoPQScJmQ4Vc6c_UmhLJ68hj0bSxZVX0Q0S0sw8opdq_poYTfr-uHskt3UQAVPsKSlL3ggNTuhwDMHVCOMH-__MZ5PPgE=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So glad I did as the birds were starving by the way they were acting.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYdudT0vhKp5RUzDkBJD7qCh8DZ3I5lawxm-A2gD0Yn6C_RRxPB0r282-Ro6P420KFpruDgY-nL4bo5DCJBSAvHZF97_h8lvkoyYea56B6rptkrbIkpvtrsrxNjTRTgemhtMMi9IQMdsgVOqaoQBFS7oh49dnJQHVeaciyz-RwhWwyDyUfhhJ1iq_neOo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1000" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYdudT0vhKp5RUzDkBJD7qCh8DZ3I5lawxm-A2gD0Yn6C_RRxPB0r282-Ro6P420KFpruDgY-nL4bo5DCJBSAvHZF97_h8lvkoyYea56B6rptkrbIkpvtrsrxNjTRTgemhtMMi9IQMdsgVOqaoQBFS7oh49dnJQHVeaciyz-RwhWwyDyUfhhJ1iq_neOo=w640-h502" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A lady dropped half a big bag of seed for this lot!.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib5vpyU1OYIpiIcw45IW3S-3lPH508_FZkmZE3AZoHsMTIEWtidjo7jQ-hGfESHFiPDALoR7Ms4_TC5a89FTlGVCaPzuijwww4XyA8W3hlFJ2TRO69SXylFYUO_pcLtEgRxvlvoVdEw9x4rD-ZufrrUwc3qcycnpTpAalvepi9lE0Y3BJVxp9LvmXOEDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib5vpyU1OYIpiIcw45IW3S-3lPH508_FZkmZE3AZoHsMTIEWtidjo7jQ-hGfESHFiPDALoR7Ms4_TC5a89FTlGVCaPzuijwww4XyA8W3hlFJ2TRO69SXylFYUO_pcLtEgRxvlvoVdEw9x4rD-ZufrrUwc3qcycnpTpAalvepi9lE0Y3BJVxp9LvmXOEDA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Resident Swans</div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIJKcUTrXKBpSYtfED6E-LF2CWihIg_gkZdyH9UsjVubvDy9ZnKtu0cKyIxUsAovsDG0CtWlK3adKvqjmnS3ELqwL8XZO_Jblpnzknw2GPk2WbiHPxYljp8P_MlSgI1qSlyQRPxi5Mc7wK2IrHuF8K2Q4mzgpHhVPXJLoKwZIFsGnAISl0nPbo8eznfUA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIJKcUTrXKBpSYtfED6E-LF2CWihIg_gkZdyH9UsjVubvDy9ZnKtu0cKyIxUsAovsDG0CtWlK3adKvqjmnS3ELqwL8XZO_Jblpnzknw2GPk2WbiHPxYljp8P_MlSgI1qSlyQRPxi5Mc7wK2IrHuF8K2Q4mzgpHhVPXJLoKwZIFsGnAISl0nPbo8eznfUA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Enough for everyone.</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjreJprylNdGyq8DTGshZU3hwp9Q3hFphhsFfzoFKfSXYEDHUE_W0SMXxqrNCjWir6OwEkyGPx2TqaeJtmJl5HTRieDteRwbGvvIUHhGwpBvSWY6DP8C-VkIzJ_s53wV_Fa6q21RGHYFChkO7ZoDHMusPYxznLa-7FETe0XaGAZRaYXA0Skx0ozDA-8iBI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="885" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjreJprylNdGyq8DTGshZU3hwp9Q3hFphhsFfzoFKfSXYEDHUE_W0SMXxqrNCjWir6OwEkyGPx2TqaeJtmJl5HTRieDteRwbGvvIUHhGwpBvSWY6DP8C-VkIzJ_s53wV_Fa6q21RGHYFChkO7ZoDHMusPYxznLa-7FETe0XaGAZRaYXA0Skx0ozDA-8iBI=w640-h530" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Need a lot of poo bags for that lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGijE5jC2cxLKJy6Mi2j2mCYXwLdbMBOy_thn_7yciuj5dU-RdBA7q6Eb56fm6aB6kZxv86WXpMg3W2o9kjidpJWW7kcjRKpsLJ_aSAD90TpKXRZVr33Gu8ss-Dy3z-6Zfm5eYu0EPxRUDGDxgXYaCG3Hx8Npi0TNyE2qEte-i6VdSM51e6mD-9uDEBNc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1000" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGijE5jC2cxLKJy6Mi2j2mCYXwLdbMBOy_thn_7yciuj5dU-RdBA7q6Eb56fm6aB6kZxv86WXpMg3W2o9kjidpJWW7kcjRKpsLJ_aSAD90TpKXRZVr33Gu8ss-Dy3z-6Zfm5eYu0EPxRUDGDxgXYaCG3Hx8Npi0TNyE2qEte-i6VdSM51e6mD-9uDEBNc=w640-h557" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cormorants </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOJ1Xr8rBR1ZHY74amtjsdKfq85yW6ZykQc2FSzvuVoklh0kIozCJPEavmc_9GqdAd-yr6xiUp9cEIAAT7dvGJiqR9onOUGeT-mHjzM3gDo0QexPcHBqezLWAtyZnA_2z_6lV0PpXwAJMTU-hn1am88T3nO2Zh3iqynj8VsUvacfNUpPk9-_IyAUzvc80" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Must be fed up of fish and chips at the seaside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjArUerJQrejIVsfCzgylBf51dNHerTkN96Sb10cRFvaOKqSy8JVzlFa6-a_Lz-c_1hogG5wqCOVOH3AGKq6AZEOBPyoApzZvr9usUcI56VD3eE47CauWGm0pVAbD6u5cnnwuUtzE4YUtP4yV346plMMk0on0ODWJkRFl49uJV0MWvmqLhe5BkRGJN-_pI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjArUerJQrejIVsfCzgylBf51dNHerTkN96Sb10cRFvaOKqSy8JVzlFa6-a_Lz-c_1hogG5wqCOVOH3AGKq6AZEOBPyoApzZvr9usUcI56VD3eE47CauWGm0pVAbD6u5cnnwuUtzE4YUtP4yV346plMMk0on0ODWJkRFl49uJV0MWvmqLhe5BkRGJN-_pI=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at the size of those feet, no wonder they can run on water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OAP enjoying the good life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEH6nEfBcBQk97Mzvo8n7WPG7B3GvkbKke4CvFQvLNd0kBSC97FTZHy_HTt-xv0Cxu8o1RLdQweemT2hRbiealKSI9gpFxqWIyOyjSv3lk8mvx-Hge5jeS6FF4HcWgllJr9zxIotYQLK8UdterJ01p7G1Utu4_nfWmicyLVe5hssL82bGTDoSpbjXnt8M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEH6nEfBcBQk97Mzvo8n7WPG7B3GvkbKke4CvFQvLNd0kBSC97FTZHy_HTt-xv0Cxu8o1RLdQweemT2hRbiealKSI9gpFxqWIyOyjSv3lk8mvx-Hge5jeS6FF4HcWgllJr9zxIotYQLK8UdterJ01p7G1Utu4_nfWmicyLVe5hssL82bGTDoSpbjXnt8M=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Checked out the new car battery charging station behind McDonalds as well, no wonder its taking so long to finish, they were locking up when I was there and it was only 2.15!, I must have been in the wrong jobs all my working life!. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSqdwjVFJuhc_Pd5ogo4_p5TWZorrc__j-2u-029kjROqS94nh6OctJNme_Yw1qJbYa5qTaBd5pJaD6N9UYcJXXPJFg_OFzj7Q74pRslwqKZ5bT5qRtPWY2cwW9M14bw2xGgO9Y3koHsHDWyD7zbjGcFEdrLUOKAuHkImf3q9ofcJnmz5PiJmWBF0NxMU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="1000" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSqdwjVFJuhc_Pd5ogo4_p5TWZorrc__j-2u-029kjROqS94nh6OctJNme_Yw1qJbYa5qTaBd5pJaD6N9UYcJXXPJFg_OFzj7Q74pRslwqKZ5bT5qRtPWY2cwW9M14bw2xGgO9Y3koHsHDWyD7zbjGcFEdrLUOKAuHkImf3q9ofcJnmz5PiJmWBF0NxMU=w640-h324" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Wednesday,</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span>went with my mate from next door to show him the way to Portland Basin and the Bridge View Café there, as he was going to sing there, plenty of Christmas parties going on but I managed to get a table that wasn't reserved!.</div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is Chris with a lady customer fancying herself as another Cher.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6qQIIUYDzt8lAsZj5lcWe_K7QvykLq1dUPb6iMuGTJ29dpo_di0Pq0fOGg_elaI_dGphPhyhAw3qPMkGCyObKneq2mDblXVWO2UFrE5-foCcnQas3Tj1cwOBPqE_t-9cXOupZ3FodxWggnK6VQE2yYP3nAVLaMDyjUsZ9adJhyv8-EUk5uMRHYe35cNw" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi054t58jpkr-gxDvACHGVZPEbXjubNSRilcqscx6wEb4-iw4lSZkTh4RsoUpuBTFtbKazZ4ze99VhMvyN2ML1LQzIxmhQr0-agOwiCf2xKEpJgwS7VyoMKS0SN_p8VGnKApKekHHz1MTfsUoWU942DtUnGGnb1x_yZJzWP2gBKCw3oGza7pltl668icro=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her dog very patiently waiting for her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBjRF5bbx9asWViK4iYj85V0SrxKp-M5sDBXrxEBIg-q62gUZ6fVgFg39W23M-bLhsrghQcBO4sWavHRqr60Gsy6b-fkDgJM07gkCrRVAgJ799V3DBy-es_V36yHuno_IGppFkD_vRTRXCKsuz4O_dpu3VVH91HzocFCi42VAz1h1dEozgSjJY8D2Bhn8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBjRF5bbx9asWViK4iYj85V0SrxKp-M5sDBXrxEBIg-q62gUZ6fVgFg39W23M-bLhsrghQcBO4sWavHRqr60Gsy6b-fkDgJM07gkCrRVAgJ799V3DBy-es_V36yHuno_IGppFkD_vRTRXCKsuz4O_dpu3VVH91HzocFCi42VAz1h1dEozgSjJY8D2Bhn8=w552-h640" width="552" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This party enjoyed the extra ente</span>rtainment whilst enjoying the wonderful food laid on for them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1z8ThcUCIsDRGbEpPRQRg6XgDf42JtNPZVMhnjYg3y_Rt3ULQ2PR8XzQYCyKLEPunF7DbsrDSfEj7B8s9ZBuutjao7ytuHsyoqVHrlCugZKkf4nVkKpS3Jcb88wefwyfi4WXUzz2yBqpzLS8Qbb7TFaRPm2eF0dXBYToTYvMfHWa-yTeXYA70eZae8_I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="507" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1z8ThcUCIsDRGbEpPRQRg6XgDf42JtNPZVMhnjYg3y_Rt3ULQ2PR8XzQYCyKLEPunF7DbsrDSfEj7B8s9ZBuutjao7ytuHsyoqVHrlCugZKkf4nVkKpS3Jcb88wefwyfi4WXUzz2yBqpzLS8Qbb7TFaRPm2eF0dXBYToTYvMfHWa-yTeXYA70eZae8_I=w325-h640" width="325" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the Christmas Menu during December well worth a visit, can recommend it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl6rIk8b9S0TXXbAQlKBFN9Mzckl1Jwjl6ZybTaDZHSyj4cl-vS-tpWFZiv3CXC0Vnw3cdfjIjgpftQgkPVqOpMZIwIe5sbW21gFDOdbZbDiMF7ydHAdTsqcoJwhLsbZR_aLwPbdY2Zeg5KuI-gMu6DqHEmplkrQWIumG-jK40enonnBK54rc2ljJjG-0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="723" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl6rIk8b9S0TXXbAQlKBFN9Mzckl1Jwjl6ZybTaDZHSyj4cl-vS-tpWFZiv3CXC0Vnw3cdfjIjgpftQgkPVqOpMZIwIe5sbW21gFDOdbZbDiMF7ydHAdTsqcoJwhLsbZR_aLwPbdY2Zeg5KuI-gMu6DqHEmplkrQWIumG-jK40enonnBK54rc2ljJjG-0=w464-h640" width="464" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhio8fqVlWCNKFof4Eb18vIC-uS3AF6u-GWUi01gbdtQxm5bBRwApyMAnt2KxtB38-slDPpi8jdRg1q8pnHSs5KUr5JKXA7zHvrYQ-hNGbcM2c_BW-ufayPJq3tBpagd7moBtyDeq_8tg4LnJqLQY_WWLYNuihSUSzSuIqmknJwelzxocjva_Xxf5ZBmo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="679" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhio8fqVlWCNKFof4Eb18vIC-uS3AF6u-GWUi01gbdtQxm5bBRwApyMAnt2KxtB38-slDPpi8jdRg1q8pnHSs5KUr5JKXA7zHvrYQ-hNGbcM2c_BW-ufayPJq3tBpagd7moBtyDeq_8tg4LnJqLQY_WWLYNuihSUSzSuIqmknJwelzxocjva_Xxf5ZBmo=w435-h640" width="435" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At home, you must think I always have my badged hats on, but you would be mistaken as I wear a beanie at home, you lose 17% of your body heat though your head you know.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicfmqN99wxNeEZtgv33FEUuTTn-kDwjQTR1kk4uNTUu_gPPSYSzGzYuwNI8Y3gOxoMaXgBHdfiuVk2pz_HwKrAx-QK4z5F9EaLH8X_0T0i0OxREH9A7-fluLuH14fBrxNtCpbx0etxli9Zt2QQZyk4T82DZpqU6zhpwrbYHdgjBuWu6OsdwcdOqwK_49s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicfmqN99wxNeEZtgv33FEUuTTn-kDwjQTR1kk4uNTUu_gPPSYSzGzYuwNI8Y3gOxoMaXgBHdfiuVk2pz_HwKrAx-QK4z5F9EaLH8X_0T0i0OxREH9A7-fluLuH14fBrxNtCpbx0etxli9Zt2QQZyk4T82DZpqU6zhpwrbYHdgjBuWu6OsdwcdOqwK_49s=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My tortoise's menu today, he's never had it so good. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDpK5eq2hR-ha7OZJGfjVt1j8vG_iPn3cAwDOEQBKA2px9tw7HCi-IeoT0-dA1skglxRQeyS47JlF-UaVpKC5n8ycYxxH63Y0wmq0tgvtK2QjQ8_xpPgsDfoAZzn7CshxYaQgDjA2KZrc4xibQM_OEzs4AribEY9d3QuUrIthmMH0wmu5usArS_MVPgtA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="711" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDpK5eq2hR-ha7OZJGfjVt1j8vG_iPn3cAwDOEQBKA2px9tw7HCi-IeoT0-dA1skglxRQeyS47JlF-UaVpKC5n8ycYxxH63Y0wmq0tgvtK2QjQ8_xpPgsDfoAZzn7CshxYaQgDjA2KZrc4xibQM_OEzs4AribEY9d3QuUrIthmMH0wmu5usArS_MVPgtA=w456-h640" width="456" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Saturday </span>it was another visit to the Bridge View café where the parties were in full swing </span>again.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sunday</span> it was a day in and some long overdue jobs done!.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Another coat of Red Oxide on the gate and fittings.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5MYwTU70-VY014ex4nzPtUf3cV78GEDobNS8-a_SCD5_7JiHlYOi6wWJ7_UBy08afzA4BeCotHHLGiGdRD5cYHc86qzfj-M9y9pNHYMDM_PO201VD6BCPQGEIbqCqQELYYcZTMZYS095NT09efBRNmMx-Q_0Ac9f6M1MZx3Ekh0xjHLgVjpG6HdQu0jk" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So all in all another good week!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........................................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDeKtFqRc_0wgxmEtR0_otcAtN-cwpyGGH6AjPlmkonGyVYxJGV1-0rfRTXZleZfWXpE1Udkal9waDQvDFXcmyLDDJh4mHcablkE-hvJ44oy1oNyyBCetYCBlFQOvlnWUedJacKYPBDNwE9M8zrjpZszaEC4h9G46iQRdPDSRqUwDqJ-EC9vrgK8uXIWw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDeKtFqRc_0wgxmEtR0_otcAtN-cwpyGGH6AjPlmkonGyVYxJGV1-0rfRTXZleZfWXpE1Udkal9waDQvDFXcmyLDDJh4mHcablkE-hvJ44oy1oNyyBCetYCBlFQOvlnWUedJacKYPBDNwE9M8zrjpZszaEC4h9G46iQRdPDSRqUwDqJ-EC9vrgK8uXIWw=w517-h640" width="517" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkHBHbd2mCId6J25QkaHuNCi8rzJWEc80nDPmWSFE0yVl44WQKabfb2n0LeBKSNYl70mOsUa7g7D8U4TDL7nIaRIiXCiqeQ-xdS4TDIpx6Jdf7MX07zGceYfncoFvXF-dgUd_aDwEJFvIW_C-DP2J89AY3WcMfo5spunaFsH8HDz6FIrs1IiO_HubZWEs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkHBHbd2mCId6J25QkaHuNCi8rzJWEc80nDPmWSFE0yVl44WQKabfb2n0LeBKSNYl70mOsUa7g7D8U4TDL7nIaRIiXCiqeQ-xdS4TDIpx6Jdf7MX07zGceYfncoFvXF-dgUd_aDwEJFvIW_C-DP2J89AY3WcMfo5spunaFsH8HDz6FIrs1IiO_HubZWEs=w507-h640" width="507" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The good old days.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEAQlZetjaQIVyvvAYPBaHYUWU_u2YkXgH5wfzZmXTRVy_W3bEcbmthZQGIGFln9SW2nn32lnVVpYqgJ-tz7bSTUw5euXV4_HJmxTA-iM3Xkk-LTO2G8OWlbr3l2TtZCNynB3_4ygeI5MbAZL-ctioktf9p5-awUJqvqSbaJz3vjoyMYe7XxmQtYKT9XA" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I do have a pair of driving gloves with the right index finger cut off but they aren't very warm, will have to get the scissors on a padded pair.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was funny watching the geese come flying in and landing on the ice feet first and skidding along on their bums.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqwGbMAizPIX1NfXuB7PMyavzFAWHw1CcjCKQ3aSKJNZkyU-VmRK91ElV4UvvTjKCMU6C4h_lAv5nRigU6EMt2Wf1nFykd_cZdkghgKrdS__9j0MGMT1vUtkDQf235slgwV5vquQEWApFqLJm7a0i4igZJahVyhkhqeIg6m2ZU4LKktgWskGVqn4HjD8E" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqwGbMAizPIX1NfXuB7PMyavzFAWHw1CcjCKQ3aSKJNZkyU-VmRK91ElV4UvvTjKCMU6C4h_lAv5nRigU6EMt2Wf1nFykd_cZdkghgKrdS__9j0MGMT1vUtkDQf235slgwV5vquQEWApFqLJm7a0i4igZJahVyhkhqeIg6m2ZU4LKktgWskGVqn4HjD8E=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Just a few open patches for the birds to swim and feed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG3MQBmUJ-I2u4g-4QknuoHKI238CZSbeWpeHaWTyEb7MPzTrJ5mscmm4Dn646IBOzfswbwOJPdcZmPlnPtPyINcCKEKtnV7yjJWwzmiFUdKAN0EDDFTtfiffRbUS1e54wWdZCJFDYgc60bBe6bvrqhv1zq5dfU2mU720THIuHVlfj-4CFbMPAWpIdfPk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1000" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG3MQBmUJ-I2u4g-4QknuoHKI238CZSbeWpeHaWTyEb7MPzTrJ5mscmm4Dn646IBOzfswbwOJPdcZmPlnPtPyINcCKEKtnV7yjJWwzmiFUdKAN0EDDFTtfiffRbUS1e54wWdZCJFDYgc60bBe6bvrqhv1zq5dfU2mU720THIuHVlfj-4CFbMPAWpIdfPk=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada goose not quite got it's plumage right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDyEWzYbCWCm9Kg3VgEBO8BVt1dS5B4KHLCOB6BZZm3zTL9j-4KInKOtlsIgmM64HpaFZZqoCZkGX8PRKSMsUJD57hb4o0_1T-fg6Ksv7m-ZkYA6gwe2p2WtrRfQhIDQIzXhU-xYtUOplZFyQeyuFOh4aD7TJ_uFWdDhZAsdw423AV4TgTIlvbNPK80ho" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1000" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDyEWzYbCWCm9Kg3VgEBO8BVt1dS5B4KHLCOB6BZZm3zTL9j-4KInKOtlsIgmM64HpaFZZqoCZkGX8PRKSMsUJD57hb4o0_1T-fg6Ksv7m-ZkYA6gwe2p2WtrRfQhIDQIzXhU-xYtUOplZFyQeyuFOh4aD7TJ_uFWdDhZAsdw423AV4TgTIlvbNPK80ho=w640-h497" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The robins were still plentiful, and I met an acquaintance who is very knowledgeable and said "I thought they were territorial", and he said "Food in short supply comes before territory" so now we know. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheCTZFG5Jti6AmLop6r4CDxepkLD9Gx1cFNYY-51AGwsi9suMb0vQYbZatE46zTaKX5xtwxpGFa-n7M-Hc3IzRnAyfaqWW0DueEogj1B5uP0qpuraXUDrdHx_tlw_NeTayF3VG1FV79vCALisMPssWHbWJbl7nbqCNKAKNZpmCZSOVmKUmjmYsN3dj9_o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1000" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheCTZFG5Jti6AmLop6r4CDxepkLD9Gx1cFNYY-51AGwsi9suMb0vQYbZatE46zTaKX5xtwxpGFa-n7M-Hc3IzRnAyfaqWW0DueEogj1B5uP0qpuraXUDrdHx_tlw_NeTayF3VG1FV79vCALisMPssWHbWJbl7nbqCNKAKNZpmCZSOVmKUmjmYsN3dj9_o=w640-h509" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crow enjoyed the monkey nuts.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia3gyrsZytcvDZ9rDg3Hzxu8nnopvIlPSvuD5KZrHni6ysD73eOWx3PyN-QQzCmP2J7-sSWf5XrcSEgLjyxcn-pA7z_CG0MoKtufBRAvR8jX4WcqPrl7_tA5grxoQCm8mMNouEcsG_jJeUEDrCNni6sGcK4mgTFeRF0JdyD8eZYr_7gO83KgyMiY9ks1Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1000" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia3gyrsZytcvDZ9rDg3Hzxu8nnopvIlPSvuD5KZrHni6ysD73eOWx3PyN-QQzCmP2J7-sSWf5XrcSEgLjyxcn-pA7z_CG0MoKtufBRAvR8jX4WcqPrl7_tA5grxoQCm8mMNouEcsG_jJeUEDrCNni6sGcK4mgTFeRF0JdyD8eZYr_7gO83KgyMiY9ks1Y=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is how you get into them guys, stand on them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHozH2Du52EbEZxvVi1zp1Qk1IBYJ-2kcupdyCTKLGpFB69HULaFF3dPZCKWlqXdWnXU9a6Kzn8lg4pPx6_J2X4Puj_E58SL1exDts4Xcj7ATIqHI6EoN6yCGodtsECDGBxirlOugorSSTRsvv6gdl9Xbj9eaeCp1afwoQBGFRYFXthVR1Nko4BiObg8M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1000" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHozH2Du52EbEZxvVi1zp1Qk1IBYJ-2kcupdyCTKLGpFB69HULaFF3dPZCKWlqXdWnXU9a6Kzn8lg4pPx6_J2X4Puj_E58SL1exDts4Xcj7ATIqHI6EoN6yCGodtsECDGBxirlOugorSSTRsvv6gdl9Xbj9eaeCp1afwoQBGFRYFXthVR1Nko4BiObg8M=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">These guys have no trouble getting into them.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd not seen any Chaffinches during my visits to the Vale lately (That's not to say they weren't there, just that I'd missed them) but on the day there were plenty there, perhaps the lack of food brought them out.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1JLiO5ybZyPJikFmIIwDMKGsMOJQ-jEJp61quh5yl7U4HyykHTdgQGwWVkctRdcTTefvMc3WkPxGk0iM90OEHPidMzpgZ4gwoWajXYEq0mBaU790yfVWSrCHttpuH14OMc3GLnYdalEx0AnNxLjPY7Fet_NFObi1PkW7C7ihao21uCnQ_Fn5uhy7SUyE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1000" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1JLiO5ybZyPJikFmIIwDMKGsMOJQ-jEJp61quh5yl7U4HyykHTdgQGwWVkctRdcTTefvMc3WkPxGk0iM90OEHPidMzpgZ4gwoWajXYEq0mBaU790yfVWSrCHttpuH14OMc3GLnYdalEx0AnNxLjPY7Fet_NFObi1PkW7C7ihao21uCnQ_Fn5uhy7SUyE=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">The only problem is they all seemed to have Bumblefoot, an infection of their feet common in Chaffinches </div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz4c298scES7EhDKIlPrJyaFcfYkN0xYxn1qHENI7zZ3xVKX_q3n3ueYDGHZ1alnD3SlEOmgCAZLNaN5CiXpZlK8uWIDGcJCJxsJtHTjNAbKMmIJxV16S_GVN9zzphGqhBy_n0E7DgWKE53ZU7Itx7_B14zVyE9CTYdLMcOO7eiW6u_HahR28EdaoUIvw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="989" height="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz4c298scES7EhDKIlPrJyaFcfYkN0xYxn1qHENI7zZ3xVKX_q3n3ueYDGHZ1alnD3SlEOmgCAZLNaN5CiXpZlK8uWIDGcJCJxsJtHTjNAbKMmIJxV16S_GVN9zzphGqhBy_n0E7DgWKE53ZU7Itx7_B14zVyE9CTYdLMcOO7eiW6u_HahR28EdaoUIvw=w640-h567" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A shame as they are beautiful coloured birds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY9gfiYki3AljSO9qO-QwWE3MlfL-KTqhZDLgduIWB-PKDkz-64c2AirZxlMLMs4jkzoDBkl0rtbWTXKJwq1z9bAlgI9ejNO4r_qhWMsMYtFx0YhfyFnWpDz51FDuLVzaSmGsW5pC4Za-T-JETZmYjjQyXTLtCHGSbro53mpouLjMQrphEYwtQws8rhhU" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Saw one in my Garden too this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plenty of nuthatches about too.</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitw0RtSv_B1iF64UizROuEvuuxHvgAf5Afi-38lKLslK59JQqEwfc2WWoBwPwwLhThuzcz27t8AbGnKF_vFpzWIymtkfS_WWV766E9IqIZIfvy0rdFe2TEeIU2bN_lfG9ro1WipfNdEYQ6IXOrTS0heDh5TJlLXJLn329iffRjZerdyku2NjOWNoTrGpY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1000" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitw0RtSv_B1iF64UizROuEvuuxHvgAf5Afi-38lKLslK59JQqEwfc2WWoBwPwwLhThuzcz27t8AbGnKF_vFpzWIymtkfS_WWV766E9IqIZIfvy0rdFe2TEeIU2bN_lfG9ro1WipfNdEYQ6IXOrTS0heDh5TJlLXJLn329iffRjZerdyku2NjOWNoTrGpY=w640-h517" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A male Wigeon on the top mill pond.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhejdmb86fApDZ_UF7joXomZKxmvHBr9-bbvKPyr3SyR7nP9Hgbw2NlYt2PdU5-sa-zPu_4CfxMPavAP2ipcwWtYpkOQ4NKP2yILVSFv60aX11jtTjFCxyIm5OYb8LHL3PFt2iaUevPrh2Z7bUUFki-6RgKxcPOEK8ZuOJsOy2tz0EvZR89GpLJpQvkMPs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhejdmb86fApDZ_UF7joXomZKxmvHBr9-bbvKPyr3SyR7nP9Hgbw2NlYt2PdU5-sa-zPu_4CfxMPavAP2ipcwWtYpkOQ4NKP2yILVSFv60aX11jtTjFCxyIm5OYb8LHL3PFt2iaUevPrh2Z7bUUFki-6RgKxcPOEK8ZuOJsOy2tz0EvZR89GpLJpQvkMPs=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A Female Wigeon on the top mill pond.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS6rDEMIFkc3o2ODIG0puZG_0eByVhfjpBx0yFlxDiWyPD1DMyTv279GPrT9UMk-5Xsw0n0jp1jMVl7VitRYpgx4TYhF9sWIVz8hks2eW8LttAnOaGu2spv7WsUvEMbgbskqm-31ysfGeXDAMjz3u7M4FF1ny1ZjVgIdkP7DdNYxu1dDzbGbjUrZDq2sg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1000" height="559" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS6rDEMIFkc3o2ODIG0puZG_0eByVhfjpBx0yFlxDiWyPD1DMyTv279GPrT9UMk-5Xsw0n0jp1jMVl7VitRYpgx4TYhF9sWIVz8hks2eW8LttAnOaGu2spv7WsUvEMbgbskqm-31ysfGeXDAMjz3u7M4FF1ny1ZjVgIdkP7DdNYxu1dDzbGbjUrZDq2sg=w640-h559" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then last but not least there were still a few Mandarin ducks on the lower mill pond.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGUC-_TtbiAbNeogDhnljp85e-26Pf889mfPvLOgIi41P_8w1WBwTgFLDMJu2XD3QxrAcHe5kP2UrgW56wmzD0OrajEydNSs8-QgKipj5WMYE2HdoZQ61YNXWSVEOMsIKZ4HW-w4yaGWLQNJ7-qVHYg0zvc43TxCyuAnqzv9vcXjMUzxVjEnqT7CqruU8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1000" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGUC-_TtbiAbNeogDhnljp85e-26Pf889mfPvLOgIi41P_8w1WBwTgFLDMJu2XD3QxrAcHe5kP2UrgW56wmzD0OrajEydNSs8-QgKipj5WMYE2HdoZQ61YNXWSVEOMsIKZ4HW-w4yaGWLQNJ7-qVHYg0zvc43TxCyuAnqzv9vcXjMUzxVjEnqT7CqruU8=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Not been around for a while but hopefully found a nice home for themselves and will stay around for a while now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5HlgJu-pNVABik0Uc3ZGuJXXQwRjNf9NfWjKznRLrfRjGAvTWeShacXwVHbfOPei4A0vWLKB-yzbAOgzvoz5NSgNp8tiYcvWICTnRr2oennaZ-9cLfaGy0UtnUyeCWObHw4WfSiRRXL7dZ3-qUTxqo_XbkniCpEBddnhoX7JG39pLKnmfNjGeUuBSIM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5HlgJu-pNVABik0Uc3ZGuJXXQwRjNf9NfWjKznRLrfRjGAvTWeShacXwVHbfOPei4A0vWLKB-yzbAOgzvoz5NSgNp8tiYcvWICTnRr2oennaZ-9cLfaGy0UtnUyeCWObHw4WfSiRRXL7dZ3-qUTxqo_XbkniCpEBddnhoX7JG39pLKnmfNjGeUuBSIM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1000" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5HlgJu-pNVABik0Uc3ZGuJXXQwRjNf9NfWjKznRLrfRjGAvTWeShacXwVHbfOPei4A0vWLKB-yzbAOgzvoz5NSgNp8tiYcvWICTnRr2oennaZ-9cLfaGy0UtnUyeCWObHw4WfSiRRXL7dZ3-qUTxqo_XbkniCpEBddnhoX7JG39pLKnmfNjGeUuBSIM=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So even with the cold it was a good visit on the day, then it was off to Morrisons for lunch, but ohhh No, no fish and chips left, suppose I should have got there earlier on a Friday!. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So it was a SMALL all day breakfast, can't be bad, all that and a Latté for £6.50!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbge_SPLJfTfEuecr59bqWsx9ZgwJCLe7qiVgmj8dYWojXTDFlJjWGuaVLFzHm-uIBjMrv0Esnlun4MQYkBw7CuH9_LC6Zb31L6uIt5gMBUtROjx4EwNgl4MKO2UFnJfOjsBtKNfbKwoJj1yEgJ3nd3jYdG3fhWp9ZN1lP-Og5He-Y82gGtS0MCD9YqV8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="765" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbge_SPLJfTfEuecr59bqWsx9ZgwJCLe7qiVgmj8dYWojXTDFlJjWGuaVLFzHm-uIBjMrv0Esnlun4MQYkBw7CuH9_LC6Zb31L6uIt5gMBUtROjx4EwNgl4MKO2UFnJfOjsBtKNfbKwoJj1yEgJ3nd3jYdG3fhWp9ZN1lP-Og5He-Y82gGtS0MCD9YqV8=w491-h640" width="491" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><u><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Saturday </u></div></u></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was off to The Bridge View Café to met friends and have a nice meal as usual.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the way home stopped off at an Asian shop and got some batteries and cheap paint brushes for my front gate. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for £5.00 </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can throw the brushes away afterwards, not worth saving cheap </span>brushes.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCBKW_ELnTbBYpmT4NhqAlXx1EC8SgljyTVoYhNqrW2Y2NCeXJdVVktolr6s66ysM2AgnL7h27F_gYMZGjVOcpOcwVmXIgMO3uhpUaqhGUbqnll21L8PFj0f9-65fe9Y8OQ--LmhBrcYHk0UQyDbiLKR5rGgV4GJj1Zv9t8F_VtMIpE8FWCRhcyxdZe6M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCBKW_ELnTbBYpmT4NhqAlXx1EC8SgljyTVoYhNqrW2Y2NCeXJdVVktolr6s66ysM2AgnL7h27F_gYMZGjVOcpOcwVmXIgMO3uhpUaqhGUbqnll21L8PFj0f9-65fe9Y8OQ--LmhBrcYHk0UQyDbiLKR5rGgV4GJj1Zv9t8F_VtMIpE8FWCRhcyxdZe6M=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Sunday </u></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not out today Sunday as it snowed during the night, gone now but still quite cold, so just topped up the bird feeders and wrapped up some Christmas presents.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">................................................................</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and have the two as close as possible.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I don't suffer from stress he said, I'm a carrier!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Why don't Mexico have an Olympic team?,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">All the Mexicans who can run, jump or swim are already in the USA.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...........................................................</span></p></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-214811515739609672023-11-29T20:46:00.002+00:002023-11-30T14:41:04.211+00:00Monday to Today, 29.11.23.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u> Monday, </u>I met my friends at Pear Mill Café, I said "did you like the Christmas tree at the entrance" to which they both said "Didn't see any Christmas tree!".</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My answer to that was "You can get 2 for one on specs at SpecSavers"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How can you miss that!, that's the blue front door on the left.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiozxOu6j3Fjk0io5Wr-9LVJ3AonB3NpWHGh2GF7rGPJBCJEUiIgwUOIh7KdVGD--f03GG-S8yfWAIjxrxwFJQIqyMgzkjygd-vK_7yWr9ARGWymbN-IQMFVYJXbrVPYcWsrml92X6iytOgTcvIzv-aAU-lXIBZjGEaDWrXvYAKHlmM_U1quiVAH_L0HPw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were lots of mandarin Ducks in trees on the lower mill pond and the males still in their breeding plumage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYtf8FzVxQ3snXBZPNjPZwplUKTQ2POGTXeGdWPuxndQgOlGkemyFF7U4_uQWhfrTwt5l-19YLkCnCjksGXGFW-p9SgNF6j5s_hByP_UQYmCSnydHoAwPlgfzHSQBSrY3LBKtGjx4tvefCCdVksrriVaQItWBs3F35ArVqqNGoaLN7E0NFmXx-qIHGDbY" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upside down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtDAyGtyCC2QcOhuosKuwgO63_tUEYOn0L2fhn62lv7GQRaYcPNwoP5fZCNFyyeJi0vlLENpIUz1Yl_qExAHhQTXs_H644PgotsKvf-9JIfPJAElOf6-USyUlxujQ7cv1QlBJs8DJ62z0BTvcmEEh0vNo1u4H_jhrV1jNqRT532aTTjFoM_iNKNsviDpw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1000" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtDAyGtyCC2QcOhuosKuwgO63_tUEYOn0L2fhn62lv7GQRaYcPNwoP5fZCNFyyeJi0vlLENpIUz1Yl_qExAHhQTXs_H644PgotsKvf-9JIfPJAElOf6-USyUlxujQ7cv1QlBJs8DJ62z0BTvcmEEh0vNo1u4H_jhrV1jNqRT532aTTjFoM_iNKNsviDpw=w640-h492" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The resident cormorants.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPJTtutumgvv64_X8io_WsDam4pPG6_-7ItC6HUjctMZxnplIDFEpSvHBkBkKQ07IBBE_uzaAeZeRWNCnVhntbH-PFmxxFCPPNH8RZIEuTOBCysfrTfbtOY8bEp6vl1oHqQl60_yDZaFhltcwwgPxmAmAKykVAsPlHkKXdig9zYPr-yz9Oswe-5e0y-lY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1000" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPJTtutumgvv64_X8io_WsDam4pPG6_-7ItC6HUjctMZxnplIDFEpSvHBkBkKQ07IBBE_uzaAeZeRWNCnVhntbH-PFmxxFCPPNH8RZIEuTOBCysfrTfbtOY8bEp6vl1oHqQl60_yDZaFhltcwwgPxmAmAKykVAsPlHkKXdig9zYPr-yz9Oswe-5e0y-lY=w640-h557" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I found the upper mill pond the best on the day, with plenty of wildlife about and perhaps it was because there wasn't many people.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWqa8g1BSOSRYTx3mFPrfVSv_XMXcsRzQRaphdVrM896Jbxdus_sPEjyYIXs6t-NkIjqJEGuy19n6gUCp2msT3aGqd9Y8DKyw50yqAG9dClfBJDLHXiu70DxNpiPQA7FTGUAjNXIydCgutPR_EgBdVrIugjJpV5rY36BZohz2eg-3LBez9y91Wp_-v3qs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWqa8g1BSOSRYTx3mFPrfVSv_XMXcsRzQRaphdVrM896Jbxdus_sPEjyYIXs6t-NkIjqJEGuy19n6gUCp2msT3aGqd9Y8DKyw50yqAG9dClfBJDLHXiu70DxNpiPQA7FTGUAjNXIydCgutPR_EgBdVrIugjJpV5rY36BZohz2eg-3LBez9y91Wp_-v3qs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is a real fatty isn't it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhj-y3nm9hqr9gAJcDx2-kiwHf68UpoS--9PkTGmmWZ7Y3PnrIttyyve3wEiiP87dK2QQIowE2Yyazd9qKsVu_z-tjFDrRqgzTSj6G6XHIvNjLrXoXZklN7pV4uEJmEVBBd7Di5YJcBGNeS0anOlMJodD-xfB4sjQwcbdUkeHZhdS-OX-vzAucVYukHkmQ" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Everyone loves a robin don't they.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVKAFmLD6i80_wiIMMvGXPx0-7bp_E5y9oTBQ56V0yiPfrOTWiY87ChKRJFlB88I2ofEUuKHBloGXv001kNn2vz5O5y6aesEGfiEfCsCIfG7rfzcmiDVmYTuMFU1z1a58jsQ2VVVIFPQfdnrvdKu3VMeDsNmvD1glDEXNk0Ytlfjbf2Vrd8OyCl-1wWGc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVKAFmLD6i80_wiIMMvGXPx0-7bp_E5y9oTBQ56V0yiPfrOTWiY87ChKRJFlB88I2ofEUuKHBloGXv001kNn2vz5O5y6aesEGfiEfCsCIfG7rfzcmiDVmYTuMFU1z1a58jsQ2VVVIFPQfdnrvdKu3VMeDsNmvD1glDEXNk0Ytlfjbf2Vrd8OyCl-1wWGc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A pair of Mallards.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0_RZpY3PcXKQIqGi5vdc-zzq9Vo_BKcUBeDlSPd4rnJYlNXc3M9q_nUU-P9gbphxy1HgV9DdrGniACQVSuqcMBuPOsv_F8DNe7ugZG0VxAbaV1Or45FNXxOAN6koGDrGeos-S_A3It5CHxFQBBPNohP8F7AnmmBn2sEJ5tIXEPMNzRUnK4B7FcA8VdG4" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>A hunting Heron.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgptoDCyf1QFvKmjKBypJJn2gKZViOXoW6hevIJd4nQJDPsrHXAe499jS9TRt5TepPcFJdzqU1pIadNSQ6OHZD_8H3iZTfFwo0n6KyM7D7cDwA18fFdOejLfgbMjUKSJ5VwulcucmvCi_UrrVORs2s-fG4cyM4fYfhp7Fu0eN54bTU1nakn9IIVvHspkhs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="857" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgptoDCyf1QFvKmjKBypJJn2gKZViOXoW6hevIJd4nQJDPsrHXAe499jS9TRt5TepPcFJdzqU1pIadNSQ6OHZD_8H3iZTfFwo0n6KyM7D7cDwA18fFdOejLfgbMjUKSJ5VwulcucmvCi_UrrVORs2s-fG4cyM4fYfhp7Fu0eN54bTU1nakn9IIVvHspkhs=w549-h640" width="549" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These nuthatches are very timid.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkRuZ-LzFpiaW4bYM6wQsRyhxZ_k-J5D-jxWg-zZmmR_w-9yzTNvbEYmpJid9r9qZ4cHgemvf-u6LXlWnDB785xpexdaaoj79hLOHQFaUCqj9X-0clUr0ZqDYlDlvnRAMZU9drkIrBHaBVQ1aL5ViZf2RiGc4IUh8BmCm9R7wmSFOZ-eySXFqiBP1LWrs" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then a little Blue Tit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTseIIxiX-3IGyLyZJTaKBd8ip9xj3aS6ldBH_t_hsZ3t7UhySAFZdi3P0I5swhl8KTwcx6XY3287jRLnASinKfpOlkx3gECok2W5qCjEfBoF1tGkOgEV28hINUpYa8QNq4b-QHgN56cgwv2JFt5uxA4bma9m_m5x6-jGc2PRbx-mnLwF_WbOoV8iAg_0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1000" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTseIIxiX-3IGyLyZJTaKBd8ip9xj3aS6ldBH_t_hsZ3t7UhySAFZdi3P0I5swhl8KTwcx6XY3287jRLnASinKfpOlkx3gECok2W5qCjEfBoF1tGkOgEV28hINUpYa8QNq4b-QHgN56cgwv2JFt5uxA4bma9m_m5x6-jGc2PRbx-mnLwF_WbOoV8iAg_0=w640-h483" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A Male and female tufted duck<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOiRajJCiBt_99ds6uIk32F_aV0AHe3-CtIlEe64Fe2lH18DDArOQIo0ej-layhFw4oW4l5xWxJz24vRAZN2a7E-b1a50xPpeWDnau0qaMoouQCVI4KQ656YDIYPPD4TNp6Cc4e6TAZJyo_ARnAXY1hd4MvtfjBn_oVAhhsSK-KyXAL9oxsRTa3q1aCyA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1000" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOiRajJCiBt_99ds6uIk32F_aV0AHe3-CtIlEe64Fe2lH18DDArOQIo0ej-layhFw4oW4l5xWxJz24vRAZN2a7E-b1a50xPpeWDnau0qaMoouQCVI4KQ656YDIYPPD4TNp6Cc4e6TAZJyo_ARnAXY1hd4MvtfjBn_oVAhhsSK-KyXAL9oxsRTa3q1aCyA=w640-h509" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No Teal's though only me!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So it was a nice visit on the day, topped off with the usual fish an chips at Morrisons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got a bargain there as well, 6 ring donuts without the holes in, there for more donut hey!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today <u>Wednesday</u> met my friend Jean at The Windmill in Denton and has she had a voucher on their apt on her phone for 25% off and when she presented it at the counter it turned out to be 50% off so we had a carvery and a drink for about £4.50 each! which can't be bad in these days of prices rocketing skyward.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........................................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Two cannibals were relaxing after a big meal, one turns to the other and says "You know that missionary we had has given me terrible indigestion".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">The other replies, "you know what they say, you can't keep a good man down".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Why did the cannibal become a policeman, so he could grill suspects.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Small cannibal - "I hate my teacher!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Mother - well just eat your chips then.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.....................................................</div></div></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-33939010233436542502023-11-23T15:10:00.001+00:002023-11-24T20:05:25.849+00:00Tuesday, 21.11.23.<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> Tuesday, down the Vale it was nice and sunny and quite warm, although it might have been my Camo coat made it feel like that.</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">First sign that greets you as you go down the road to the carpark. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX6x-oihbIpgzKeGHXcK4xluJQdr6TN9Ewbxz0RauR4QYXxNk0oqAGNq8h23bd2tDoO9QFVkCYgmGUnntM3sEbt0Ov2-FCbKxhXoX4KcTC-4twdY0cRecL7-cpGYngbgnrltx4uhbc2eZg66OYQg0Imv5qV7UQKGGz21iueE2HfbAsptwhQtRUpzFwLzM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX6x-oihbIpgzKeGHXcK4xluJQdr6TN9Ewbxz0RauR4QYXxNk0oqAGNq8h23bd2tDoO9QFVkCYgmGUnntM3sEbt0Ov2-FCbKxhXoX4KcTC-4twdY0cRecL7-cpGYngbgnrltx4uhbc2eZg66OYQg0Imv5qV7UQKGGz21iueE2HfbAsptwhQtRUpzFwLzM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Was quite surprised to see this Terrapin out sunning it self, thought they would all be buried deep under ground by now.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only looks a young one so perhaps doesn't know it's supposed to hibernate now it's getting colder. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikdbS8iEio0IGtbacKTrcUlQ8nG4BIZBq9GdXer1Z9IIBZsUN3YTB3gm1sgufK5WReTmH_StygGEHcSH8JgzcI3kL1ZxK_JKljnoaRqjRKT8Xn11zxQe1UOEv5oVhZz2w5F4MMliR1X3QE3DlhpOmAzhTMtmEeuMZ9_ePT3Nj1H8XJvuXu5nXVAoT45QU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1000" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikdbS8iEio0IGtbacKTrcUlQ8nG4BIZBq9GdXer1Z9IIBZsUN3YTB3gm1sgufK5WReTmH_StygGEHcSH8JgzcI3kL1ZxK_JKljnoaRqjRKT8Xn11zxQe1UOEv5oVhZz2w5F4MMliR1X3QE3DlhpOmAzhTMtmEeuMZ9_ePT3Nj1H8XJvuXu5nXVAoT45QU=w640-h491" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>It had plenty of company with these Cormorants.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQpECjyU8C2gPh-uaAQWPdibqHIo04nncgi8ajboHq36nz2oHPiXsAYXkzfFUCdKnyg5UO8-03Vp65vxVoW0BfqMSLk5zhihICSOLeqMfEkTQ7iOeZPV0UiQxJF_yRDxnJA91zCYcXFh_b69VpqmgpwQlhW5QisVMBwNMml7YFiFm1tzyTRymoUKaN13c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQpECjyU8C2gPh-uaAQWPdibqHIo04nncgi8ajboHq36nz2oHPiXsAYXkzfFUCdKnyg5UO8-03Vp65vxVoW0BfqMSLk5zhihICSOLeqMfEkTQ7iOeZPV0UiQxJF_yRDxnJA91zCYcXFh_b69VpqmgpwQlhW5QisVMBwNMml7YFiFm1tzyTRymoUKaN13c=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPASOX3Z4A-w35XrHfW69O_s1rXT_FP8jeURrloPmOEWjEiM9bFFC2bqqj3iLJL52rAcl4aTvfXQ5JgP_q7im_EKIjkFs5dJpc-Ka0-c3D8Xo2mEdSKx6TSluiqWmMIR4hA6Z1nL1AlgKoJvslb49qsyAd1BS_rTYlImylaPexxkHuLL8GEJcYs9ySyqY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1000" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPASOX3Z4A-w35XrHfW69O_s1rXT_FP8jeURrloPmOEWjEiM9bFFC2bqqj3iLJL52rAcl4aTvfXQ5JgP_q7im_EKIjkFs5dJpc-Ka0-c3D8Xo2mEdSKx6TSluiqWmMIR4hA6Z1nL1AlgKoJvslb49qsyAd1BS_rTYlImylaPexxkHuLL8GEJcYs9ySyqY=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The young signets were looking beautiful in the sunshine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgScr-uTTKAsA6axxxSp6x1ExNBok6XfCoY67xae9fRNj-P64uU5bpCUxooVsGkrPxjaUC5hguyVESUGRXcFSxvHZ6jG9u13rR_XJ2Cxr7bEK7e8rfCZtsRf8njru8gbO7wjKPvk96hgfm-XDQdmbHeBc2V7Pas83A1K7bu_WoNGpwM_iFEQSlnLnG1Vj0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1000" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgScr-uTTKAsA6axxxSp6x1ExNBok6XfCoY67xae9fRNj-P64uU5bpCUxooVsGkrPxjaUC5hguyVESUGRXcFSxvHZ6jG9u13rR_XJ2Cxr7bEK7e8rfCZtsRf8njru8gbO7wjKPvk96hgfm-XDQdmbHeBc2V7Pas83A1K7bu_WoNGpwM_iFEQSlnLnG1Vj0=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></div><br />After a walk round to the upper mill pond met a chap who had forgot his binoculars and thought he had seen a little egret in the far corner, well here's what you saw friend, the one on the right was a young Cormorant, that far away this is the best I could get.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9zqxSqqPy3cLCH4uUVcWFHEEM5d5uCyBKtGl7Pbrf0v-t93U-_qUM0m5XvVrRqM7T5BBVkIcZoHxN2o5fz98ya0yYmiQ0SNuuuUX0xMrN9JcIQPlJXJzrhAbK37Rfw5eIRPR4idgipaD3W9dvze44LKEVA53lAYLlfrtMZiBSjf2di8T_M44dF4Q2PpM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1000" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9zqxSqqPy3cLCH4uUVcWFHEEM5d5uCyBKtGl7Pbrf0v-t93U-_qUM0m5XvVrRqM7T5BBVkIcZoHxN2o5fz98ya0yYmiQ0SNuuuUX0xMrN9JcIQPlJXJzrhAbK37Rfw5eIRPR4idgipaD3W9dvze44LKEVA53lAYLlfrtMZiBSjf2di8T_M44dF4Q2PpM=w640-h593" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The one on the left was this young heron, so sorry to say no Little Egrets today.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1NnAiqlOijal0R6dWHXMOgs_RUA7gYINWSmRTvYYX8wB8XK4E8nXO7g9lTib9WUQSMM4yiWgayWS11UhIjH3ECsziZzU6o6gnTU44x5tsuLzQ0qK8PSFt4AMx3rSpuI3FM7OAfAJl2QtJUa9b5w_xjjSXyK2POAccT361PrVtS4WvtGATKfn8YwkRPPo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1000" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1NnAiqlOijal0R6dWHXMOgs_RUA7gYINWSmRTvYYX8wB8XK4E8nXO7g9lTib9WUQSMM4yiWgayWS11UhIjH3ECsziZzU6o6gnTU44x5tsuLzQ0qK8PSFt4AMx3rSpuI3FM7OAfAJl2QtJUa9b5w_xjjSXyK2POAccT361PrVtS4WvtGATKfn8YwkRPPo=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was also a Cormorant with an itchy bum. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzRHAILz9m_x2mccbuApnFQ6fnYXu4AXwy6ZUWS4x2op7mTL2SHeIOGdGlXUHuJSqKtNAhi_T1Qi5BkAgrAz7WUB9PB4YhIi-jDHYur1CQTSSfC2MiiZTSA6q7gGhUe2zzhY0bhnMGqdLLsMqzBrBFSr2Nw4mVJdUv9s2zEML-B757Hy9Fvt0RXhHouEc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1000" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzRHAILz9m_x2mccbuApnFQ6fnYXu4AXwy6ZUWS4x2op7mTL2SHeIOGdGlXUHuJSqKtNAhi_T1Qi5BkAgrAz7WUB9PB4YhIi-jDHYur1CQTSSfC2MiiZTSA6q7gGhUe2zzhY0bhnMGqdLLsMqzBrBFSr2Nw4mVJdUv9s2zEML-B757Hy9Fvt0RXhHouEc=w640-h539" width="640" /></a></div><br />It was still early to go for my dinner to Morrison's so had a walk round to Sunnyside pond and had a chat to my friend Bill an Ex fireman to tell each other a few old yarns.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whilst there noticed that a young chap had added a couple of feeding tables to the right and left front of the hide there.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice job he's made of them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR6lTUfRE-t95yFJg4hVVuMhbS_MiM1bEYkuToJQLobVgojoitOYzCV6xXksqMYzBlf_7ZnXJLnVTEGGKxMhQ3I09hpJatjV4HGLwCK8tWfknE2kY8GsDeZvqU7ietKCnUmPtL2dI_j5Huy8vdByMPjsaYXyg4baChcsI4kVY96-AH563u5lp7dv8gX_o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR6lTUfRE-t95yFJg4hVVuMhbS_MiM1bEYkuToJQLobVgojoitOYzCV6xXksqMYzBlf_7ZnXJLnVTEGGKxMhQ3I09hpJatjV4HGLwCK8tWfknE2kY8GsDeZvqU7ietKCnUmPtL2dI_j5Huy8vdByMPjsaYXyg4baChcsI4kVY96-AH563u5lp7dv8gX_o=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Much appreciated by the squirrels.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHRM9Kbz6duVVkvYqyE6XF_UdEzUkvPIbqR7fMUabaQPMlEjMXhrTr59ix24q_S-D9zI_tKp7fW-qp22FY_7PnGKX8UlNSt-2wQ9F0SRMPZNcb41TZZLxXFbs39CNs-fKQdPlp_Uos3g0FqsJah5EJhc7jew7LeTk7wGm2_5OX3N4CCBmz9YtsAwZxD4Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1000" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHRM9Kbz6duVVkvYqyE6XF_UdEzUkvPIbqR7fMUabaQPMlEjMXhrTr59ix24q_S-D9zI_tKp7fW-qp22FY_7PnGKX8UlNSt-2wQ9F0SRMPZNcb41TZZLxXFbs39CNs-fKQdPlp_Uos3g0FqsJah5EJhc7jew7LeTk7wGm2_5OX3N4CCBmz9YtsAwZxD4Q=w640-h553" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then off to Morrisons for dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had dinner at The Windmill on Wednesday and very nice as usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That much turkey on the day, had to bring some home for my cat friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvtHlOo17NTwph27dsMn741z49PanixMcxNVYIQCaK4q-J_wfs2vIB-jNQaWE4yH_tJIT3i0lgwzqalkAq5YmY6MheFoUyYqzoazCXVFnyxn2KB_OTSJ9Fim5BarmHiu97unEBvzrBkO0orUDHbyFt462IDVH31j-Aq_l4FpVFskGuYeq1fQh-KvnnFrQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvtHlOo17NTwph27dsMn741z49PanixMcxNVYIQCaK4q-J_wfs2vIB-jNQaWE4yH_tJIT3i0lgwzqalkAq5YmY6MheFoUyYqzoazCXVFnyxn2KB_OTSJ9Fim5BarmHiu97unEBvzrBkO0orUDHbyFt462IDVH31j-Aq_l4FpVFskGuYeq1fQh-KvnnFrQ=w461-h640" width="461" /></a></div><br />So a good couple of days finishing up with a visit to Pear Mill today to meet friends and chat about the chancellors autumn statement, the triple lock still going to be on but not until the spring, if it had been something with tax going on, it would have been on tonight!!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........................................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Farmer Giles had a very attractive young wife .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">He discovered he couldn't keep his hands off her- so he fired them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Man to friend-Jones makes a very good living with his pen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Friend -I didn't know he was a writer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Man- he's not, he breeds pigs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Why are farmers only buried three feet deep,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">So they can still get a hand out!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">........................................................................</div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-10819691384571119492023-11-20T21:10:00.003+00:002023-11-20T21:10:57.550+00:00Weekend of 17th- 19th 11.23.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friday it was a nice fine day so it was off to Reddish Vale with my camera!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The colour in the trees is beautiful at the moment, but its not going to last with the high winds we are having at the moment.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggyP24IW0AKuvC0OVQLdxe903j8pzvt2ZdYtnsPAjR99K_YHoLJUuTT99Nrmvw7lZzV3wdHWTWzEedWY9ciknCSh2W5VHccC9pHX-NWV-bR11jSKpX4pUvt7C58L4aBEaNn_GcMqsE7JCbZCN4Sptvju8hNOfPICS9UAPEbyQtnCfykibewE_mMeeRck8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggyP24IW0AKuvC0OVQLdxe903j8pzvt2ZdYtnsPAjR99K_YHoLJUuTT99Nrmvw7lZzV3wdHWTWzEedWY9ciknCSh2W5VHccC9pHX-NWV-bR11jSKpX4pUvt7C58L4aBEaNn_GcMqsE7JCbZCN4Sptvju8hNOfPICS9UAPEbyQtnCfykibewE_mMeeRck8=w493-h640" width="493" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone loves a Robin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF6LJh3I8J2SJwDslh1K_FHx_jXQ3BTJkkkZBwim8raX9LcPODyGPhjPqZW7bvPU_ldqLhG4zSVo7GGGx0NGoXA2FjtKiZpt2CsxSEirCUwyi1DNptbVyQb8vE7o3FaJ-A127Dy-Ch10zTYA6dAGb0e71RxxGehMqUTmJ3ETS6SRcJ8TLvXDAQJPxigd8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1000" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF6LJh3I8J2SJwDslh1K_FHx_jXQ3BTJkkkZBwim8raX9LcPODyGPhjPqZW7bvPU_ldqLhG4zSVo7GGGx0NGoXA2FjtKiZpt2CsxSEirCUwyi1DNptbVyQb8vE7o3FaJ-A127Dy-Ch10zTYA6dAGb0e71RxxGehMqUTmJ3ETS6SRcJ8TLvXDAQJPxigd8=w640-h515" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The crows having a ball with the monkey nuts <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS8jT_5Z7-4HbaqGSWwhKY0htRllNlDhgbYId8M1tfiI06UjSBcpdsbvWALBFG4UK9LaZvk8VVTqVqZZ9ZyRrACsNkuNxaziztodZ43yqMvWejIyF09xBBI_Itn9-EgXGZX9p_sRlH8MYmN1Q6Z3oorFVdoJ45DE_z1gSYlXS2-x4QTsjGOMLmwzbN0rc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1000" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS8jT_5Z7-4HbaqGSWwhKY0htRllNlDhgbYId8M1tfiI06UjSBcpdsbvWALBFG4UK9LaZvk8VVTqVqZZ9ZyRrACsNkuNxaziztodZ43yqMvWejIyF09xBBI_Itn9-EgXGZX9p_sRlH8MYmN1Q6Z3oorFVdoJ45DE_z1gSYlXS2-x4QTsjGOMLmwzbN0rc=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Seeing how many they can get in their mouths at once.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwMIskg_UawU3fVJdeh89Fn-dGr43anqzxQflphSiA3y22QRWYc5lBNkj4i48cwaIDK5pIZaBEbvJ_auwz5aMVOv5MXZKjPaiPmYc6ElDP8Cljyu6aHav3cnXS70KC-gjSqJ8rgnsevLrDRDojopx7ka4yKc-47yXf4ehItHF0eSacby04kMIP0yM6-hA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwMIskg_UawU3fVJdeh89Fn-dGr43anqzxQflphSiA3y22QRWYc5lBNkj4i48cwaIDK5pIZaBEbvJ_auwz5aMVOv5MXZKjPaiPmYc6ElDP8Cljyu6aHav3cnXS70KC-gjSqJ8rgnsevLrDRDojopx7ka4yKc-47yXf4ehItHF0eSacby04kMIP0yM6-hA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Little grebes that were born on the top mill pond this year all seem to be doing well.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpiQuXnpvh22gce_VNtGZPxBj8JJBC3PzAOg9_OjDMcRa7I-SH1CpeyPwURw_ZkgSFJ_IRtqboYglFMWxMFfXE5HJFlp4ybc8YsT5EaX4HrAlMZEUIjBlWFchhLc-JtJiercmVPql922Cs-G0QWPEdMP3_ED2UShFwLK7Phr6ICPmtsXLNgCmQf2vQelE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="933" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpiQuXnpvh22gce_VNtGZPxBj8JJBC3PzAOg9_OjDMcRa7I-SH1CpeyPwURw_ZkgSFJ_IRtqboYglFMWxMFfXE5HJFlp4ybc8YsT5EaX4HrAlMZEUIjBlWFchhLc-JtJiercmVPql922Cs-G0QWPEdMP3_ED2UShFwLK7Phr6ICPmtsXLNgCmQf2vQelE=w640-h510" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_8X0dvPATnUGPUE9RdAIE3l3-s249SMni1eD-wOs8qaIbnSpBUEGxOThC-ISCYMBuEMMLl7vL0s9-JDvJ6dvM7xZ0eFsfyVR_48toSH4UEIDxwpMfOL_2YMvY5sEnj5631yolrdFQmGKK0CUhnfP61NRPSaUs_FvTxE8Gg5SboZTG3J1os6hQhT7PA2U" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Water quite still and plenty of reflections.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMNRLo2eYrRicjVL6rMxtA46Ae5s--20wv11YYLWKw59Vz0AOvUD2nu_gi_KU5GcO536P9RPz3HsQCv4lOWzlypG2gNIHQerbXGWbpLfHFUMr6XV0Tm3EyHiaMJBqiFxE_FAj0WFL0SICUNEHvLSEyowE44_uFHTV6ScNTtwEL0b3mQyJrnRnslZqkKC4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="731" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMNRLo2eYrRicjVL6rMxtA46Ae5s--20wv11YYLWKw59Vz0AOvUD2nu_gi_KU5GcO536P9RPz3HsQCv4lOWzlypG2gNIHQerbXGWbpLfHFUMr6XV0Tm3EyHiaMJBqiFxE_FAj0WFL0SICUNEHvLSEyowE44_uFHTV6ScNTtwEL0b3mQyJrnRnslZqkKC4=w467-h640" width="467" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Heron on the hunt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAGM87MPyPeGZFCJ6SJEJpIcoGPJGWiMkGOzpv_lNi2mcar7yORfixHqFINq-pVpk06rd4Teq79qOGyxx1svFExusrSexABV_70Rur1xAzvF9eg-lUyP6Ls176oYV66mGWTBD2FZ7qgmqfhooGI8Z4kW_N1oFx-t0JMUXMWNxuH71EtM_267jFMxT6w98" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLsQHxTcLgo5a39hmcx8Qnf6HPTFtMPjOfKre3hAH-nFnKAsgr1il67VFzEITpkrMmMA3RRCLGOVHPx14DmmKGUVxla6iqbrf4yW8DDTV_7LfoH5WQo2k6QxyHiMixfi587NmibRFyf99282svQ9Pj2zGskUTqhEJ0ApOr8gE1Ef16yEblJ0yp-Y0jYSQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLsQHxTcLgo5a39hmcx8Qnf6HPTFtMPjOfKre3hAH-nFnKAsgr1il67VFzEITpkrMmMA3RRCLGOVHPx14DmmKGUVxla6iqbrf4yW8DDTV_7LfoH5WQo2k6QxyHiMixfi587NmibRFyf99282svQ9Pj2zGskUTqhEJ0ApOr8gE1Ef16yEblJ0yp-Y0jYSQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way home called at the building site behind the Gorton McDonalds to see how the electric charging park was coming on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pictured coming out of the park carpark, McDonalds on the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqwrKVBLnrR5FdvQUkCe27DZaykvqH4kFu4LUpAL0i5QI9C64-aS0u_hnPS_spzHMgd34UFyqpB-NhTUytcKymlneC9gBIy6mhu1cF7gD50PLIWFdpcIot3dsfT1hX2sJWQBnihYslQU0Ez5v3CTQ1vMxyHxcwFzG8nHilop5xJdSAmnkNO5yA86N6pGA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1000" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqwrKVBLnrR5FdvQUkCe27DZaykvqH4kFu4LUpAL0i5QI9C64-aS0u_hnPS_spzHMgd34UFyqpB-NhTUytcKymlneC9gBIy6mhu1cF7gD50PLIWFdpcIot3dsfT1hX2sJWQBnihYslQU0Ez5v3CTQ1vMxyHxcwFzG8nHilop5xJdSAmnkNO5yA86N6pGA=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like to keep you up to date.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHDzv6fzuz8EMgD5Kd4ainQVdD-ygz0DlsVTAEO_lMdGVuDq1U0p2ecLpogSNTmmLI7l-7Cjpmv7e7idQd05p-nm-TD5Ym3Ktp4yODmWEAr697MGpRmIDQAo69LTrVb4SBBv3zSlSoyBbqZNMiX3qLrZOUn0rLvYyMB-fM9pF7biqq4pD0DOgLnHFAKM0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHDzv6fzuz8EMgD5Kd4ainQVdD-ygz0DlsVTAEO_lMdGVuDq1U0p2ecLpogSNTmmLI7l-7Cjpmv7e7idQd05p-nm-TD5Ym3Ktp4yODmWEAr697MGpRmIDQAo69LTrVb4SBBv3zSlSoyBbqZNMiX3qLrZOUn0rLvYyMB-fM9pF7biqq4pD0DOgLnHFAKM0=w640-h456" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the way one of the top prizes at McDonald's Monopoly is an Electric car!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But who want's one of them?.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was on the internet the other day!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3_jCrWbP8nddmYDabEvq3KlcDdJ29f2tPvYJOGGNl1T04G1bJ04Mlrb_nLGNqGqkf2E5kPeKf1ocqxSWE_HzlOq3v-N6qagcvfVtiAjtiBaQiDtwB6jkD5EF9Z5oGnWqaoX1oC5p4-PJwpGfk0AZf5yDeocdY2G2AYdwp_XfJNrP5_iZKfhoV74RmdmQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="1000" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3_jCrWbP8nddmYDabEvq3KlcDdJ29f2tPvYJOGGNl1T04G1bJ04Mlrb_nLGNqGqkf2E5kPeKf1ocqxSWE_HzlOq3v-N6qagcvfVtiAjtiBaQiDtwB6jkD5EF9Z5oGnWqaoX1oC5p4-PJwpGfk0AZf5yDeocdY2G2AYdwp_XfJNrP5_iZKfhoV74RmdmQ=w640-h306" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Notice the extra charge if you stay longer than topping up your car, so nipping into McDonalds while your car is charging could cost you dearly. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5pz3j5wE0OiZVmdsF8cZxrpq5d4pecw2vnrTmvO-ffhHJItKT-2vZlL4uHroA0E1j-eTxFF-jsqNtrPvSh1SaK8sLK416zRn7PbPwGc6yMRhhcYb6jaPLZlOb772VU-eBGrw1GByfCytd9n3lqVZlEYIgfxGihRUTm6W9uWv87nWshgt0G9kieT5PNqo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="1000" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5pz3j5wE0OiZVmdsF8cZxrpq5d4pecw2vnrTmvO-ffhHJItKT-2vZlL4uHroA0E1j-eTxFF-jsqNtrPvSh1SaK8sLK416zRn7PbPwGc6yMRhhcYb6jaPLZlOb772VU-eBGrw1GByfCytd9n3lqVZlEYIgfxGihRUTm6W9uWv87nWshgt0G9kieT5PNqo=w640-h304" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whilst on motoring have you see the new speed cameras?, they are very noticeable but they don't need the lines on the road these days with the new technology, AND they can catch you in all lanes and see if you or your passengers are wearing seat belts!, or on the phone!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally finished my taking down my mates gate post, I'm going to let him finish the job as I know he will do a better job than I, just the inner bricks to get rid of now as I'm going to use the outer rustic ones in my back garden for Alfie's run in the Spring so no rush there, time to look at the steel gate in the garage now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx4GBpKUl8JtCV1tuJEJT_MLlE6pWTEfzIj4tW4axJMfJH86KQzxqP7EKP16-Pe8cAROrqCRbN1n8ZH9HNxrRfjV-3tsWI6jqtrAHLSJ8OUaFoNM1CwJGMIufnOrp3FQ0bMn8YMf9qMVu-byna0yJfsR2uvWIfMyfYiLt7sK20oYAtHFcATt_sqOe52W4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1000" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx4GBpKUl8JtCV1tuJEJT_MLlE6pWTEfzIj4tW4axJMfJH86KQzxqP7EKP16-Pe8cAROrqCRbN1n8ZH9HNxrRfjV-3tsWI6jqtrAHLSJ8OUaFoNM1CwJGMIufnOrp3FQ0bMn8YMf9qMVu-byna0yJfsR2uvWIfMyfYiLt7sK20oYAtHFcATt_sqOe52W4=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This weeks visit to The Windmill I noticed the Christmas festive menu is now available as below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOBDumZSomN8CxmeJMEBXIgO-GKCeyCMzQwP9U5dQ9p29kCxtxN98YptVmzitxnAqNRLOt9qWEbjKM6jbP4LAlLoXRiJbFwtGLuPIMy-fl8itvXbaOmEiBR7xkw6WLoL1fwa8ya0kPxOmd2qxhYsWczeIYchw_ibZfmL7z82DPyjWCg-GyQLS-qcexTmk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOBDumZSomN8CxmeJMEBXIgO-GKCeyCMzQwP9U5dQ9p29kCxtxN98YptVmzitxnAqNRLOt9qWEbjKM6jbP4LAlLoXRiJbFwtGLuPIMy-fl8itvXbaOmEiBR7xkw6WLoL1fwa8ya0kPxOmd2qxhYsWczeIYchw_ibZfmL7z82DPyjWCg-GyQLS-qcexTmk=w461-h640" width="461" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Pear Mill Cafe is still doing well, in fact I don't think most people realise there has been a change of ownership, so that's good for everyone I suppose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........................................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Did you hear about the cowboy dressed in brown paper?,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">he was arrested for rustling!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Old bricklayers never die, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">They just throw in the trowel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Old bankers never die,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">they just lose interest. </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..................................</div></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-48552697853323244212023-11-14T21:12:00.003+00:002023-11-20T21:15:00.967+00:00Tuesday,14th.11.2023.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Not been out with the camera the past week due to the weather, cold and damp, in fact wet!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My front wooden gate has given up the ghost and was rotting away before my eyes and has it was the third or fourth since we moved into the house I was saying to my neighbour over the garden wall, (Remind you of Les Dawson, Cissie and Ada) that I was thinking of getting a metal one this time and he said "You can have mine at the front has I was going to take it off and remove the brick gate post" so I said "I will do the work and remove the bricks whilst you are on your business trip"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The right tools help don't they.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjABoKraHX0TpdGZzrLQ7wCDH62ciz1Zx7oBrUs_weDwF-SvdkLu1h0bdHHJ8Krgl7_qBIlRK1PdTx-C2_U2njjvecMBVkcRAil6odFFsdQdM5WGpcGh-GJFF_OgNuvkl_OmYOQX-f9ZTqeYsyPhsuA6gmJiry-_5Vr1WduT7OiF4Tan2OQNYYTf2iEWDI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjABoKraHX0TpdGZzrLQ7wCDH62ciz1Zx7oBrUs_weDwF-SvdkLu1h0bdHHJ8Krgl7_qBIlRK1PdTx-C2_U2njjvecMBVkcRAil6odFFsdQdM5WGpcGh-GJFF_OgNuvkl_OmYOQX-f9ZTqeYsyPhsuA6gmJiry-_5Vr1WduT7OiF4Tan2OQNYYTf2iEWDI=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well the weather hasn't been kind again and its taken me longer than I'd have thought, but there again it's coming too the end of it now, and finding the wheelbarrow behind my garage helped!, after carrying the first two lots though the house, What a gorrp! as my mate Bob would say!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfcy7gBa-8dCmjtDn9Aul9uWRUt25TneU6tFkUz4ytnGahZVtI3ttqbi1DfRUBe48our0L8jmmXBVrhtLLlQD3zy56KTUk4WG8RtrfIOy5_5HxXp4QOX59EYZqE1dig8PpHxPQo-fPkAgag0yY2jhPNE_jcbsfRYji1mBPrZ1Gpl8XSGErtzupggOD5go" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfcy7gBa-8dCmjtDn9Aul9uWRUt25TneU6tFkUz4ytnGahZVtI3ttqbi1DfRUBe48our0L8jmmXBVrhtLLlQD3zy56KTUk4WG8RtrfIOy5_5HxXp4QOX59EYZqE1dig8PpHxPQo-fPkAgag0yY2jhPNE_jcbsfRYji1mBPrZ1Gpl8XSGErtzupggOD5go=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not much more to do now, I like to clear up after each session out there, you can see why it's better coming out by how near that car is!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhycH5BxGyxvsbg9DNX4WPrvTIUvwEeviC1hO2DT29fvLTWgYwhlLtyasSt0s3Wya05ic-2mXiA3Fy92noYfsvc-ZIlPDa2ZIgAN-zS45Hr7lD-WBwQ_6ZONHwyGOtudVzu3L253h4y0Yg2mjW7mfuqQOFb_zI-Bm8dvoJEt1aPwE7d0Fi1ATNPDr4BTL0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="1000" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhycH5BxGyxvsbg9DNX4WPrvTIUvwEeviC1hO2DT29fvLTWgYwhlLtyasSt0s3Wya05ic-2mXiA3Fy92noYfsvc-ZIlPDa2ZIgAN-zS45Hr7lD-WBwQ_6ZONHwyGOtudVzu3L253h4y0Yg2mjW7mfuqQOFb_zI-Bm8dvoJEt1aPwE7d0Fi1ATNPDr4BTL0=w640-h382" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I had another fall of soot !! why take the bricks to the tip and thought of using the bricks for a run for Alfie in the Summer, but that will wait and will be able to clean up the bricks at my leisure and cement them in, tortoises can climb very well. Will be able to let the weeds grow for him to forage.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrZpN_tp7KZh8WLlXXoYqxVJ-_kbiYehKO8z8AUxu9hUCATFgb-p0DE0mS4pzBp2TdEuEu3881tsU4hyJVf2ZvvifylYovpGuM9uINWY3IhTFj4WF_qIlRbYgXIR-z4cRqBfbc5wGlm7cAvE3ZWXELbz-BDcHZPlZbmxOzQDo3Urtyuyc2M3J4xVJFSfA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="1000" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrZpN_tp7KZh8WLlXXoYqxVJ-_kbiYehKO8z8AUxu9hUCATFgb-p0DE0mS4pzBp2TdEuEu3881tsU4hyJVf2ZvvifylYovpGuM9uINWY3IhTFj4WF_qIlRbYgXIR-z4cRqBfbc5wGlm7cAvE3ZWXELbz-BDcHZPlZbmxOzQDo3Urtyuyc2M3J4xVJFSfA=w640-h306" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today Tuesday, I went to Reddish Vale and it was raining on the way there but I had my big camo coat on and was nice and warm, but by the time I got there the rain had stopped but was still overcast.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were plenty of cormorants there.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a squirrel helping me to finish my apple. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLYlFECgEcVBSPU3mFdENmSfxUWD4NDII1XrRJBkVHmhhGXX8BeqFDu0fxXnFO7up7T1ulWwEBqdpxQQoUKJn3uxrGuagbZ4mYFjsvsxr1ktc1T5UP4go5Iw2BZTlfSa3-XzCNrI9nRshc9P1Nh2JWv60F9VjLYtBrseaEKXE4Ajck945sBWKtznol7X0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1000" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLYlFECgEcVBSPU3mFdENmSfxUWD4NDII1XrRJBkVHmhhGXX8BeqFDu0fxXnFO7up7T1ulWwEBqdpxQQoUKJn3uxrGuagbZ4mYFjsvsxr1ktc1T5UP4go5Iw2BZTlfSa3-XzCNrI9nRshc9P1Nh2JWv60F9VjLYtBrseaEKXE4Ajck945sBWKtznol7X0=w640-h491" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The crow was trying the apple after all the monkey nuts were gone.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQYGy_eK9Qfqez39jyaMr18hirGWPI77mXX9E8HQZ60hqQtxaZy6BEjZeeYn5pzJspJlDPUECFJ45ARTQxv6xKC5YjziFYzA2n7KaQmoWvUMvk0sqajF9yMMLi9I4MTq0oePnsrGiU3nL2wc4Jzuu8bwIhVtevfdR-tpxxi9B79iMqJ8i76hX_Fm-_0Ys" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1000" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQYGy_eK9Qfqez39jyaMr18hirGWPI77mXX9E8HQZ60hqQtxaZy6BEjZeeYn5pzJspJlDPUECFJ45ARTQxv6xKC5YjziFYzA2n7KaQmoWvUMvk0sqajF9yMMLi9I4MTq0oePnsrGiU3nL2wc4Jzuu8bwIhVtevfdR-tpxxi9B79iMqJ8i76hX_Fm-_0Ys=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So it's been a busy few days, but I've slept better for it! </div>..................................................................<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">A hungry termite walks into a bar and says,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">"Is the Bar tender here?" </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The local curry house sells a chicken korma that really tickles the palate - they leave thee feathers on.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">..........................................</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's the way I tell em.</p></span><p></p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-35531015842681188342023-11-06T21:21:00.001+00:002023-11-14T20:05:29.053+00:00Monday, 6th Nov 2023.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Weather not too good at the moment here in the rainy city, still it's better than a lot of places that are flooded out for a second time.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, the gang and I went to Portland Basin to the Bridge View Café there, plenty of people there but weather wasn't too good for many photos.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Workman's</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> barge.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Took this picture of the factory with the chimney coming out of the roof for my mate Bob who painted it years ago, I'd seen it come up on Facebook in the week.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf3QXH4Xy7i_c5fHrKLUgeOLatSsj7NavTNPfXBd9FzwwaMr5SCwYTLw9Q4UEyPQUthlL2hcplyn_3WBosvW7dvej_r6nLbqFe_uVTh8bQqf3teeCNfh6qtufYGMkQsWOdN2SOuZwCML8FjqutBvBuU56Rt6oL32lB25TAFZoK4uLhB6dRbZVEszZApn8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf3QXH4Xy7i_c5fHrKLUgeOLatSsj7NavTNPfXBd9FzwwaMr5SCwYTLw9Q4UEyPQUthlL2hcplyn_3WBosvW7dvej_r6nLbqFe_uVTh8bQqf3teeCNfh6qtufYGMkQsWOdN2SOuZwCML8FjqutBvBuU56Rt6oL32lB25TAFZoK4uLhB6dRbZVEszZApn8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday it looked like rain again so stayed in and cooked my dinner, spam, egg and beans, with toast.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="713" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIFrdXq4Axa8UjubnNbIyKV6Trm3U9AD---7LwutjYGIZKPQkRT2sj4qzZQGwhegPd9kdAMXd4iJv0-gwpGDtRIyJMlyFXduDK8s-i7luAkHtHOOBQ9pfz_Qzoh0IUnoHvkeNQI513KqmUIrxWgwAHA9PUBuWwlOIsW26-ebmdPkXByuCKZMHbe5UhFpI=w456-h640" width="456" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All cleaned out </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih24TrImhkCdWcVTDFDcW3EgZTXZhPBZfi2_gk-XrMmEJFZhT20j98qdiUbX2MJn6UfC27i8HHgkabPYLRdNpkfdDhYBA1MU4ICOTLEP11NHnINXOmPwUQi33gly86khOz76alLmSolPbMilBeXy5j4rk8-sOtmqeyzOq3KamvnsaEIB-Ww-N1EE1qzhk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih24TrImhkCdWcVTDFDcW3EgZTXZhPBZfi2_gk-XrMmEJFZhT20j98qdiUbX2MJn6UfC27i8HHgkabPYLRdNpkfdDhYBA1MU4ICOTLEP11NHnINXOmPwUQi33gly86khOz76alLmSolPbMilBeXy5j4rk8-sOtmqeyzOq3KamvnsaEIB-Ww-N1EE1qzhk=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Lid back on his sleeping quarters and plants back and watered.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsvQZa52Vry2LjK0KlmtTVTeYG0LuaialEXlV6DhLnoGEQWu1WqmbYLk7BwNikYrhFMNrkfrxUOhGkzo-iAbLqy3s2gX3W_4uE6qWVBzRGkSUkureNAMIvijO5uo1fpScJymRV0ks4DTxt_8RULQd-BkLMROezNRrJ0mC9lLGA9GX5e3_8QNj7LcF8mrA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsvQZa52Vry2LjK0KlmtTVTeYG0LuaialEXlV6DhLnoGEQWu1WqmbYLk7BwNikYrhFMNrkfrxUOhGkzo-iAbLqy3s2gX3W_4uE6qWVBzRGkSUkureNAMIvijO5uo1fpScJymRV0ks4DTxt_8RULQd-BkLMROezNRrJ0mC9lLGA9GX5e3_8QNj7LcF8mrA=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What does he eat, you may ask. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe_eGiYQg8XpkuKWef60k64tM-1nJffO6wkQQghBJbZbD4KmbLAF1GnVLIt20rsHNu8NwqCvDqkyr8lpVEFTpZBNxaSa692xCNKrQB_AviBE49pKcWKolhku9CgJgfNfOpETW-_16SAZCSw6wQcRVB2SM5Xzst69JljVOwP1pjA8YqYfyhe1SZ6lHcVkw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="661" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe_eGiYQg8XpkuKWef60k64tM-1nJffO6wkQQghBJbZbD4KmbLAF1GnVLIt20rsHNu8NwqCvDqkyr8lpVEFTpZBNxaSa692xCNKrQB_AviBE49pKcWKolhku9CgJgfNfOpETW-_16SAZCSw6wQcRVB2SM5Xzst69JljVOwP1pjA8YqYfyhe1SZ6lHcVkw=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most supermarkets sell this type of stuff</span></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtUZNWTM5T992-zb2QEgtzBF8zOuPmpIFC_sI6vfnA7Ajr--rAl_bC7bXTafKfM_-sgt2QcCPBN7AJVltAkD2WF2txl4D_mrAowm0AEKZKZwQJ_A7TGbGO33iF6TtzbyHW2lj1r7wXTCoUQT7K_x2ymEmgjGmslvKXSeB4G6YTHZjZF86-hwxcWQlUFZg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtUZNWTM5T992-zb2QEgtzBF8zOuPmpIFC_sI6vfnA7Ajr--rAl_bC7bXTafKfM_-sgt2QcCPBN7AJVltAkD2WF2txl4D_mrAowm0AEKZKZwQJ_A7TGbGO33iF6TtzbyHW2lj1r7wXTCoUQT7K_x2ymEmgjGmslvKXSeB4G6YTHZjZF86-hwxcWQlUFZg=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiyLcDdmUWj2oZm5hBLL0g7K_L2Fl0edIfpJSscOv287idzsI1tOP2ZPt3cTgE2H8uM382CKL6P758ozEE-wDu-zRImJYZjvYHr_aRR17Lw4SSCaxaVQrnV9Af66bY8gZ73g3y5VwqmOSmweuCZ7l8wLEzd1HwzMZVT1xdOFUIbzx3B-Hoplhd77ZKsZo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiyLcDdmUWj2oZm5hBLL0g7K_L2Fl0edIfpJSscOv287idzsI1tOP2ZPt3cTgE2H8uM382CKL6P758ozEE-wDu-zRImJYZjvYHr_aRR17Lw4SSCaxaVQrnV9Af66bY8gZ73g3y5VwqmOSmweuCZ7l8wLEzd1HwzMZVT1xdOFUIbzx3B-Hoplhd77ZKsZo=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><br />His favourite is Green grapes and cauliflower!, but will eat most anything green, ie Dandelion leaves so quite cheap really. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After watching a chap on Facebook talking about his group, he mentioned keeping a logbook, so I'd put new batteries in my small scales and weighed him for the first time.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Made a log on my WORD processer and will be able to see his progress now instead of wondering if and when!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA8Oxk9FGHE4HhOot0q-8BpmySA9sPoXeNdWy9Soxwao1cn7mNH3ge23tb5YzuCeSaJTi97pS9bajhoEmoo71gpXjShQhfD58aia79DxvHB9kqWZbe9T0cBirzqBAJgSsJE0djfgm2WPq_Ry5o1n7Fov5kz32DI-Pl3ttUJoKWni8gk51FqHxeTPGanY8" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1000" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA8Oxk9FGHE4HhOot0q-8BpmySA9sPoXeNdWy9Soxwao1cn7mNH3ge23tb5YzuCeSaJTi97pS9bajhoEmoo71gpXjShQhfD58aia79DxvHB9kqWZbe9T0cBirzqBAJgSsJE0djfgm2WPq_Ry5o1n7Fov5kz32DI-Pl3ttUJoKWni8gk51FqHxeTPGanY8=w640-h374" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So not a wasted weekend, perhaps the weather will improve next week, ever the optimist!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...............................................................</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen. </span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">The United States have developed a new weapon that destroys people but leaves buildings standing. It's called the stock market. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;">...............................................................................</p>Duckie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08053737544882754817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795551121548486894.post-52640896854130637982023-11-01T21:20:00.003+00:002023-11-01T21:34:28.311+00:00Wednesday, 1.11.23. <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u> Tuesday </u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was off to Reddish Vale even though the weather didn't look too good, thought it might change by the time I got there., but no such luck!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The car park was deserted but the colour change made up for the weather.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh84F9WEdzDk3F919o2kCeeYnrUpQgwTs6Kxhy-W65zOddSRh4W5E0DlmuenFdP3qd-2NUX_-v1iXxT4uHMR5Jr5NtTP4vRiHyMX9AMJ1x4QAtilTC-R_1G7uUe1I5omoJcrcy-5wzpmF5EDDduYQcn8Z2U9lpQZhTKVNdjaW8HMtTMIAw4unPxjjpNHcc" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="977" height="559" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibaxuylR1Bi1v3ft3jakayw-yqFNpUpEh8Y9xjJIk-S3UyN7AdvPPiT4tm6Q8yI3LOeRAsi-F_qSQzYamdnJs9-scSZLnNKkcnwG54SLDgVfqIQ-NFaJFH9OnjcWdE_sllk_EVIonO9GM0OLpHOYt-tZ2cl-mGN80Oy4abmJvBx7a6Ii-XdMCGrj5mBTU=w640-h559" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There were six Cormorants on the lower pond.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDyen-KwFHa024ApJMCYf954Try3kuadwpvzXGF_vY3dxH0o14esHnz94iUppqdM43DXe2STCsFHl_7VBd7kvIxkImBqB1D_OAgwXwHCRMJn6ZHlX7tsCk4KDeuUQ-6bqImaN9qL96ifii41lwPod3frGrG-M870yfHxFWsa8fGCsZr0cYxJ85fk9ytrM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="1000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDyen-KwFHa024ApJMCYf954Try3kuadwpvzXGF_vY3dxH0o14esHnz94iUppqdM43DXe2STCsFHl_7VBd7kvIxkImBqB1D_OAgwXwHCRMJn6ZHlX7tsCk4KDeuUQ-6bqImaN9qL96ifii41lwPod3frGrG-M870yfHxFWsa8fGCsZr0cYxJ85fk9ytrM=w640-h384" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">From the other side of the pond.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div> A great tit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA7vVfj953pVEsjdtAOZ0tpVjOhhmi-RCtALUF3pFApKEvAEfXBghY7-XuNraGR1oFtcu5fgxfYgbPsBSZb5y8n011ppm2J6KurE8OBI4L1dJ6LKtb9M7orgQ5I_7wfQQhFkNSdJ8eUDHqBaWo75XqJ5TA6eZ6Kqg8uTJGXtBmwEEKSZBpZe1OSHLD7Co" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1000" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA7vVfj953pVEsjdtAOZ0tpVjOhhmi-RCtALUF3pFApKEvAEfXBghY7-XuNraGR1oFtcu5fgxfYgbPsBSZb5y8n011ppm2J6KurE8OBI4L1dJ6LKtb9M7orgQ5I_7wfQQhFkNSdJ8eUDHqBaWo75XqJ5TA6eZ6Kqg8uTJGXtBmwEEKSZBpZe1OSHLD7Co=w640-h491" width="640" /></a></div><br />Two's company, three's a crowd they say.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw7JVVtsbMrM-Z1dARQOKVgl_E3IijOV-r-599vgp6ncOxUslSFKdHk8A9uzhewlpNDXAVT65OtKiVdUmM3A-DlDVQLKr3pTNEK8edQ5CRP-40XjayVRfkA7ZoxfHhXk1vhC8FhxrnPrQaq4YwDZYbW75XIcy1oBRyZeRWmxXnvnkoj_6Zbp-8hBKz7sQ" style="margin-left: 1em; 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After a squirrel took it, he was quite thrilled and said "Have you any more please" so I gave him a lot more for being so polite and I think it made his day, as well as the squirrels!.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczEyRnWguX75Hsl882XxoiSI_BGnqCUQ7VG0zJFyVfFsdjnWSSwQWo-EjacMBuXv8oZCJbvXKXrWkoDOtyvHlHT43qBxmSHqmCh8opfb5eodMTAOvedhkGrTTbSuI0ZGJQHkbbq5GNaE6LTYAlNx9_uPlJ4I3gU2au1q6plOT0tatuHN3uSuP6rB2tMk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1000" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczEyRnWguX75Hsl882XxoiSI_BGnqCUQ7VG0zJFyVfFsdjnWSSwQWo-EjacMBuXv8oZCJbvXKXrWkoDOtyvHlHT43qBxmSHqmCh8opfb5eodMTAOvedhkGrTTbSuI0ZGJQHkbbq5GNaE6LTYAlNx9_uPlJ4I3gU2au1q6plOT0tatuHN3uSuP6rB2tMk=w640-h444" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">So even though it was drizzling all the time I was there it was worth it, and perhaps made a little boy a nature lover of the future.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having trouble with weeds in your garden, that's nothing compared with these sites!, the railway arches at the vale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYUoCAmM7LvXHXonmgcl6AHZU30ggB5-UmTYkh0MatHJr7s6_-oajWVY9zzacfk49piZXbcypa1VJiQbCTnuxI5cbqQ9BTohe0KjaDMSRlJY5zTOkKXDYL4fSZZkssNnqZYZSZZUcZAq_VU2257VOvDtRd5HzN8v177gXvP03Qzr1YaBKH3GUmYYyi1Ww" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi667OA0eUHT9FkNmCFhBDyflx6TCSFhzKnTq1NoLbGdhhxmoGYN_iTqEiwWldVQymbx8jytvM7QQwR-55VerHgPnKK4zvtUpT34gQIxY9-n1aRLADbkrgiTxa9ajuyRB9xNrS6a8zfJYK2jcO0m53-Q0pAjK4CBtN6Q1Q9MR1Sotzkpn9iaH3X93oNsnA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1000" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi667OA0eUHT9FkNmCFhBDyflx6TCSFhzKnTq1NoLbGdhhxmoGYN_iTqEiwWldVQymbx8jytvM7QQwR-55VerHgPnKK4zvtUpT34gQIxY9-n1aRLADbkrgiTxa9ajuyRB9xNrS6a8zfJYK2jcO0m53-Q0pAjK4CBtN6Q1Q9MR1Sotzkpn9iaH3X93oNsnA=w640-h517" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> So yours aren't so bad after all hey!.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So after a nice Fish and Chips at my favourite Morrisons it was home to Alfie and his dinner., trying him out with Melon too.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCeV3SyTWNoNYCZ7nXf2KSgfkl7D35J9I6COTRD2km6wVqiPtIMsbXshVuOABfpnYhPzjJ3itD6ebCCqwKyD48a-E20aq9gF5gqQpPaY_8Xrq0jJbu-qC722I1V0pEKAGQrpp2LmVejfBmoaENQ-eYVsbg0xVpLc08Sn9s1zuCEQpGz2lAr2VRjLGXuWg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="661" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCeV3SyTWNoNYCZ7nXf2KSgfkl7D35J9I6COTRD2km6wVqiPtIMsbXshVuOABfpnYhPzjJ3itD6ebCCqwKyD48a-E20aq9gF5gqQpPaY_8Xrq0jJbu-qC722I1V0pEKAGQrpp2LmVejfBmoaENQ-eYVsbg0xVpLc08Sn9s1zuCEQpGz2lAr2VRjLGXuWg=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Found this in Morrisons for Alfie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzarmSfBclbp2jdOKSF8eg-OXLJ5M80ZhYqOI9_rrOpP4OxxuUY-gRIHk4hFG1s3PKdgoVsPJIYuHq5mAypxWcY05OmCndp8mAByowzLSGi7xwD-VgiMcy8r1HfIgvlY6Kbmo5oXHmvJhq-_4IYWx9l2kYgOUN6GC_QXJQmyYWiMTVo8ACb-omILxqbQA" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCXv4E2WurtOC5_tlW5jGdSvPDRmZkK3jfv0trOJaSnSLFRW_YCx13K2Eo0iQ3KNZS4S7jc-bsTF-pOmKCPMbAJshD1iQdq9BLHDHkMXuyF-yNp5_Un2A7DKn0VVBmarf26uOl2KjPQl5cQXYhPyHeAz1Td7kW_yTA3iynMu7ReVYLRb0XN4u0_M_XZvQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1000" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCXv4E2WurtOC5_tlW5jGdSvPDRmZkK3jfv0trOJaSnSLFRW_YCx13K2Eo0iQ3KNZS4S7jc-bsTF-pOmKCPMbAJshD1iQdq9BLHDHkMXuyF-yNp5_Un2A7DKn0VVBmarf26uOl2KjPQl5cQXYhPyHeAz1Td7kW_yTA3iynMu7ReVYLRb0XN4u0_M_XZvQ=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">................................................</div><div style="text-align: center;">No this isn't Alfie, thank goodness, this one is on FaceBook in America and lives outside all the time.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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