Damp, cold and windy…yes, it’s a Bank Holiday Weekend!

What a difference a week makes.  Last weekend the temperatures got into the mid twenties with bright sunshine, this weekend it struggled to get into double figures!  So with the forecast for light rain all day I decided to visit one of the local hides...

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Warbling Delight

With promises of it being the first day of summer weather on a weekend, this year, I managed to drag myself out of bed at 5:00 am this morning – it’s amazing how much more easier it is to do so at this time of year when it’s bright and sunny than when it was dark...

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Along the Tyne

I thought I’d have a wonder around somewhere different this weekend and so went along the south west part of the Tyne River where I had passed by a number of occasions and was curious about.  I’m not a born and bred ‘Geordie’ but I have...

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Bit of a mixed bag

After a few hard weeks at work, I went out and about this weekend for some R & R.  I think I’m becoming more and more depended of being able to get out into ‘the wilds’ and find some remote location and just sit there, listening to the sounds around me,...

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