Wow it certainly is a hot one and looks like it for the rest of the week.
It was Wick Court’s (where I volunteer) Open Day. I of course was story telling (it has been a busty week and next week looks equally busy)
I visited one of regular schools on Friday story telling- it is lovely being welcomed back- feel like a long lost uncle!
The story telling this week is certainly going to be different with a few miles to be clocked up. (will blog about them later in the week.)
STAY COOL EVERYONE!!!!
First gig of my busy period! I was at a Care Home near Wotton for my second visit there. I am going back again in two months.
Had an enjoyable padel with mates this afternoon.
i watched my first World Cup game this afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed Cape Verde holding Spain to a draw.
Short blog today. Busy fortnight ahead with a mixture of gigs. Different settings and certainly very diverse audiences.
The Two Severn Bores had a mini rehearsal this afternoon. We are working on a couple of projects at the moment. I did write an extra story for our Merlin show so we are working on changing the order of the performance around.
Some of my bird photos from last week.
A couple of pictures of castles Bamburgh (from the sea) and the famous lighthouse on the Farnes where Grace Darling helped launch the famous rescue!
Okay- not Hare in the popular saying.
Below are pictures of a Hare I saw up near Craster in Northumberland. I was fortunate to get so close- lucky for the Hare I wasn’t a fox! You will get more pictures of wildlife from Northumberland in the next few days.
Also started my first story telling for a while tonight at Wick Court (I am now in a busy period.)
Last post from Northumberland! We cycled to Newton By The Sea again and this time did a lovely walk out on the northern headland. We were accompanied by many trilling skylarks and saw several fly up high. There were quite a few Eider Ducks by the shoreline. Once again we enjoyed the idiosyncratic Ship Pub for lunch.
This evening I was delighted to find some Tree Sparrows a bird becoming a rarity down south.
Tomorrow we have boat trip out to the Farne Islands before the long journey home!
I will post photos from my camera of the wildlife around the weekend. I have some good shots of a Brown Hare on it. Hopefully plenty of Terns and Puffins tomorrow to add!
I had a great bike ride today – I cycled up the Northumberland coastline to Bamburgh. The castle there dominates the landscape (picture below from the village. I cycled inland afterwards and it was a delight riding undisturbed country lanes. Hardly any traffic! What a super part of the world We are in.
We have had a wonderful morning we walked to Dunstanbergh Castle mainly a ruin. We were interested in the rocks and cliffs by the castle. I was enjoying spotting small birds on the rocks when we were entertained by a pod of dolphins hard to tell how many but well into double figures. There were young in the pod. The were breaching and looked like they were playing! I took the picture below on my phone. I also saw Ringed plovers, Linnets, Kittiwakes Fulmars, Razorbills, Gannets and a single Eider Duck.
We are currently in Northumberland camping at one of our regular sites near Craster. Weather has so far been kind and looks good for tomorrow. It is a beautiful part of the world. We cycled to Alnmouth today- challenging when we went off road!!! Yesterday visited Newton by the Sea and had a bird watch and a lovely lunch in the pub with its own micro brewery (a National Trust pub). A couple of pictures below taken on my phone more to follow when I get home including a lovely picture of a hare!
