Up at 5.30 this morning to open the office for the early shift. Despite cursing my bad luck as I staggered outside into the cold my early start was rewarded by good views of the crescent shaped moon enhanced by a very bright Venus appearing beside it.
The moon is on the wane, i.e. getting smaller and I think the term applying to it's current phase is a "waning crescent". All I know is it looked spectacular until it disappeared behind a cloud.
All down hill from here I am sure!
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
COTSWOLD WATER PARK
Debbie and I took advantage of me having an early meeting in Bath on Monday by driving up to South Cerney in the CWP for the weekend.
Enjoyable break with too much food and drink, but our usual walk along the towpath towards Cirencester by the disused canal was thwarted by flooding and the path being closed.
We did manage to get a decent walk in but this was curtailed by me managing to tweak a muscle I didn't realise I still had. Thus forced to put my feet up and drink wine whilst watching the Rugby. Life is tough!
Not much around by way of birds, just the usual suspects, Crows, Sparrows and Tits (Great, Blue and Coal) aplenty and one field was packed with 50 plus Redwings.
On the lakes and flooded fields Mute Swans, Mallards, Great Crested Grebes, Tufted Ducks, Pochard and Moorhen. We had a room overlooking one of the lakes which was ideal so most of the birds were spotted from there!
A nice relaxing break, we should do it more often.
Flooded Winchester next weekend, I wonder what that will be like?
Enjoyable break with too much food and drink, but our usual walk along the towpath towards Cirencester by the disused canal was thwarted by flooding and the path being closed.
We did manage to get a decent walk in but this was curtailed by me managing to tweak a muscle I didn't realise I still had. Thus forced to put my feet up and drink wine whilst watching the Rugby. Life is tough!
Not much around by way of birds, just the usual suspects, Crows, Sparrows and Tits (Great, Blue and Coal) aplenty and one field was packed with 50 plus Redwings.
On the lakes and flooded fields Mute Swans, Mallards, Great Crested Grebes, Tufted Ducks, Pochard and Moorhen. We had a room overlooking one of the lakes which was ideal so most of the birds were spotted from there!
A nice relaxing break, we should do it more often.
Flooded Winchester next weekend, I wonder what that will be like?
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