Walk To The Fishy Ponds

Yesterdays wanderings around the community orchard and the fishy ponds. One lone fisherman shooing off some inquisitive swans. "They are after my bait box!" Quite a rare thing - a fisherman - they usually go down to the river. Bright sunshine with ominous grey clouds in the distance. The rain held off thankfully. Nice to get out and stretch our legs. The willow horse has had a trim except for the antlers. Maybe it's a reindeer after all?

Tony & Pene Visit

Nice lunch with our old chums T&P. Good to catch up. I made a mushroom and tomato quiche/flan. Salad and riatta. Pickled bootroot from a jar. Thats shiuld be a beetroot! This G&T has gone tio my head! Hazel is back from her hooping class and this is a nice way to wind down after a busy day of entertaining friends and popping to Co-op for things we forgot to get yesterday. There's always something. Went for a walk after lunch - gosh it was so warm - a real Summer's day! Saw two dead frogs and two swans. Hazael fed one some frozen peas which had thawed by the time we got to the fishing ponds. The other swan was making a nest in the middle on a patch of reeds so hopefully some signets in few weeks time. The peas were greatly appreciated - the swan was licking his beaky lips! Home for some tea and cake alfresco in the back garden. Yum!

Saturday Walk

Down the road to the comunity orchard and the fishing ponds. A bit nippy but no frost thankfully. saw a few ducks, a coot and a seagull. Hazel thinks she saw a heron flying off in the distance ( she's pointing at it in the photo ). The twiggy horse was looking well and the apple trees have been pruned for next Springs growth. I did some pointing too!

Archie had a guess as to what I was pointing at!

Community Orchard and River Dane

This mornings walk down to the River dane and the community orchard. A muddy walk round the pond to spy some frogspawn and one dead frog. Saw a heron fly off - up and over the trees to the river. The sun was out briefly and felt a lot milder than of late. Good to get out and breathe some fresh air. Lots of daisies and dandelions blooming - catkins and whatever those little yellow flowers are?

Walk To Orchard

Lovely sunny walk to community orchard to show Linda Merriman where we pick our apples and raspberries etc. Surprised to see so many left on the the trees and bushes. Looked at the swans and cornfield. So warm - like August again!

Swans Again

This mornings walk to the postbox and then the fishing ponds to say hello to the swan family hiding in the reeds. They came out after they saw we had some bread crusts to feed them. They were obviously well fed as they pecked at the soggy bread and turned their beaks up! I can't blame them. Not the same as swan pellets or whatever it is they have been getting.

Walk To River Dane And Community Garden

An early morning walk before it got too hot. Sat in the community garden admiring the bench doodles and detritus. Lots of green growth after all the rain the other day. No baby coots sadly - just one lonely coot struggling against the pond weed. Then to cornfield to see how high it was. Not yet up to my knee. A bit late this year. Nice to get home again and cool drink. Did some doodling and catching up with social media etc.

Community Orchard and Fishing Ponds

Nice wander down to the community orchard and the fishing ponds this morning in the sunshine. Hoped to see some baby coots like last years but none to be seen so far . Ponds getting more clogged with weed - a sad sight. Hopefully they can be dredged like they were a few years ago. 21st May 2023.

Community Garden

Early morning walk to the community garden and fishing ponds whilst it was still cool enough to enjoy it. Sat for a while enjoying the sounds of nature - the birds chirping and the butterflies fluttering. Some dog walkers passed by. A couple of coots still dabbling in the fishing pond but most of the youngsters had flown off. Warming up as we wandered home via the railway bridge and cornfield. Phew! Glad we went out early. Hopefully cooler tomorrow.

Walk To The River Dane

This mornings wanderings down by the community orchard and the fishing ponds. Nice and sunny but with a fresh breeze. I had to take my hat off as was scared it would blow away! The coots seeme to have moved on to pastures and waters new - just one solitary coot we could see which kept it's distance. It was nice to see the family (actually two families ) grow up and thrive down there. The cornfield was quite big now and a surprise as we hadn't seen it for a while. Not quite up to an elephant's eye but getting on that way!

Community Garden and Fishing Ponds

This mornings walk to the River Dane, fishing ponds and the community garden. Berries still a bit green. Saw the coot family and young ducks. No froglets. 25th June 2022.

Archie Home - Off To SeeThe Baby Coots

Nice to have our boy home for a couple of days - for Father's Day and my birthday. Phew! A very warm walk this afternoon to the fishing ponds to see the baby coots who all seemed to be doing well. Back home again to our cool house and a cool drink!

Jubilee Walk To The Fishing Ponds

This mornings walk and dance round the fishing ponds and the Community Orchard. The baby coots are doing well - two families of them - some slightly older than the wee ones. Two baby ducks. 2nd June 2022

Picnic By The River Dane

Sadly our old chums Tone and Pene couldn't navigate their way for some reason and went back home again. So our picnic - already packed - was taken down to the Community Orchard by the River Dane and the fishing ponds. Nice to see all the little coots and ducklings thriving. The sun came out too so felt very hot in my jumper and raincoat! 19th May 2022.