The week began quietly enough, I finished off the berberis. Barbara has had difficulty seeing over it so I have trimmed it right down. Whether it survives has yet to be seen.
On Tuesday, I went up to Willersley while Barbara was doing her fellowship. It was a very unpleasant day with lots of rain. I got very wet on my charitable endeavour. In the afternoon, I had a longstanding appointment to give an illustrated talk. Shortly after my spell in Japan ended, I did a Powerpoint presentation about Japan. It was based on Barbara's stay there and was given to the Wive's Group at Church. I have been able to give the excuse that I don't have a projector to avoid doing it again. Jessie M rang me from Cottingham Methodist and asked if I could repeat it for their ladies group. I gave the usual excuse but she told me that her husband had one I could use so I couldn't get away with it. In the event, it all went very well. I spoke too much at the beginning and had to rush at the end but it was okay. Barbara made sure I had a sympathetic audience by inviting Audrey W and Margaret S to come with her. They both said it was very good and Barbara was pleased to be reminded of the trip.
In the evening, we went to the local RSPB meeting. The talk was about North Cave Wetlands, a site that most of us were familiar with. There were only a few slides, mostly very boring but the speaker had plenty of facts and figures about the place so we enjoyed it.
On Tuesday, I went up to Willersley while Barbara was doing her fellowship. It was a very unpleasant day with lots of rain. I got very wet on my charitable endeavour. In the afternoon, I had a longstanding appointment to give an illustrated talk. Shortly after my spell in Japan ended, I did a Powerpoint presentation about Japan. It was based on Barbara's stay there and was given to the Wive's Group at Church. I have been able to give the excuse that I don't have a projector to avoid doing it again. Jessie M rang me from Cottingham Methodist and asked if I could repeat it for their ladies group. I gave the usual excuse but she told me that her husband had one I could use so I couldn't get away with it. In the event, it all went very well. I spoke too much at the beginning and had to rush at the end but it was okay. Barbara made sure I had a sympathetic audience by inviting Audrey W and Margaret S to come with her. They both said it was very good and Barbara was pleased to be reminded of the trip.
In the evening, we went to the local RSPB meeting. The talk was about North Cave Wetlands, a site that most of us were familiar with. There were only a few slides, mostly very boring but the speaker had plenty of facts and figures about the place so we enjoyed it.
On Wednesday, I went to Spurn with the same RSPB group. Barbara decided to do her own thing. The group met at the Bluebell Cafe car park. There were only 10 of us. Not surprising after the previous days weather. Still we had a good day. I got a stonking photograph of a Dunnock.
Not the most difficult bird to find but it was such a confiding bird in bright sunshine that it was worth a snap. We walked round the Kilnsea square and then went up to Easington on the twitch for a Dusky Warbler. Unfortunately, it hid for the time we were there only reappearing once we had gone on to Sammy's Point. We had gone in two cars and the drivers turned back halfway so we could walk along to Kilnsea while they went back to the cars and met us there. In the meantime, we had heard that the Little Bunting was still on Spurn at post 58. Half a dozen of us decided to take the chance and went for a look. Amazingly, it was still there and we got tremendous views. Another rarity had been spotted back near the cafe but it was long gone when we got back. As it was 4pm, I decided to call it a day and headed home. I got embroiled in the terrible traffic that is Hedon Road/Castle Street and it took me twice as long to get home as it had taken me to get to Spurn.
Not the most difficult bird to find but it was such a confiding bird in bright sunshine that it was worth a snap. We walked round the Kilnsea square and then went up to Easington on the twitch for a Dusky Warbler. Unfortunately, it hid for the time we were there only reappearing once we had gone on to Sammy's Point. We had gone in two cars and the drivers turned back halfway so we could walk along to Kilnsea while they went back to the cars and met us there. In the meantime, we had heard that the Little Bunting was still on Spurn at post 58. Half a dozen of us decided to take the chance and went for a look. Amazingly, it was still there and we got tremendous views. Another rarity had been spotted back near the cafe but it was long gone when we got back. As it was 4pm, I decided to call it a day and headed home. I got embroiled in the terrible traffic that is Hedon Road/Castle Street and it took me twice as long to get home as it had taken me to get to Spurn.Barbara had heard that a disabled lady who she had cared for died on Tuesday and wanted to go see her friend Diane who lives in the same residential home. Barbara had been a carer there when she went back to work. She took the car while I got dinner ready.
Today we went shopping first thing as Pauline was coming for lunch. The rest of the day, we have been sorting stuff out. Having a break now while Barbara is at Wives Group!
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