The past week

The past week has seen Pepe and I at the Etherow lake in Compstall nr Romiley, Stockport (if you haven't visited here before) you have to get out and about whilst the weather is good don't you.

Baby Mandarins

Baby Coot

Being fed

Feeding the kids

Juvenile Coot  

Had enough now, let's go home!.

Took a few video's at the lake during the week but haven't edited them yet, I'm a Telly addict and you know what someone said about that.

Television is the thief of time!, and that's quiet true.

I have no excuse and saying I've not had time is rubbish,see below.

So there you go next time you are going to say that!.

Now Sunday was a great day out for friend Bob and I, and saw us off to the Buxton Toy Fair again to see what was on offer and visit the model Boat lake in the park there.

After parking up we set off up the pedestrian high street checking out the shops at see what we would get on the way back, no flies on these two old codgers!.

Then these two made our day really.

Nice ones Bob.

I think Joyce, Bob's wife would have been quiet happy for him to take these home, though Pepe who was having a day out there with Joyce wouldn't have been too pleased

And Bob would have liked to take this home.

Then on to the toy fair, there wasn't anything that we spotted that we were willing to pay the prices being asked, so after a good look round we moved on to the boating lake, on the way there took a few pix's

The river Wye

View though to the lake, beautiful weather for it.

This is one of Bob's, he has a more artistic flare, would make a nice postcard wouldn't it.

Another one of Bob's, catching me snapping the ducks he's called this, "Duckie and his kinsfolk"

What good pictures, and we only had our Compact camera's with us.

The compact's didn't quite catch the detail under the eve's of this building though, all that detail added by the architect's in the old days which most people will never notice, (including me) but Hawkeye Bob pointed them out to me.

1500+AD this building was built!.

Unfortunately there were no Model boats being sailed, can't understand it on a day like this, he say's being in Buxton and his boats at home in Manchester! 

Then when I was thinking all little ducklings looked the same yellow and brown, spotted this family with a black sheep duckling in the family.

And there he is quiet a rarity, to me anyway.

Also a Tufted Duck, very similar to the golden Eye, but you can just see his tuft behind his head

These are small divers as you can just see here where his mate has disappeared below the surface.

Then after a nice stroll round the park we set off back to the high street to get some shopping and a bite to eat

We went to Chippy's Plaice in the high street and had Fish, chips, peas and bread and butter with a drink

Bob doesn't like waiting. 

Oh is it here already!.

I'm quite happy to wait, no hat on indoors you see, I was dragged up in Moss Side.

Wouldn't think I was only 57 would you, Oh there again mixing up the number of my model Fiesta Yacht 

So it was on down to the pub at the Railway Hotel for a pint and sadly all the railway memorabilia had vanished and only the name seems to be left, still it was a nice drink on a hot day and we discovered that the menu was far better than we had just had, still it's something to look forward to for next time.

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Mary had a little lamb

A lobster and some prunes

A glass of wine, a piece of cake

A plate of macaroons

She gobbled down a sponge cake

And what else we don't know

But when they carried Mary out, 

Her face was white as snow.

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Bob and I weren't that bad honest!.

That's all folks.