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I recently decided – reluctantly – that after six and a half years of zooming around in the MX-5, it was time I changed it for something more sensible. Today R and I went to Stratford to start this process, … Continued
Crazy waving
R and I had lunch in Stratford today, ran some errands, and walked quite a lot of riverbank. There were a few redwings digging up the rec’ for worms, and a couple of pied wagtails flitting chattily along the south … Continued
The entertainer
We were in Stratford this morning, running errands, when R spotted the bicycle piano busker Rimski in the Bancroft Gardens, surrounded as usual by a crowd of amused onlookers. We haven’t seen him for a while (it’s nearly three years … Continued
Safety in numbers
Just when I finally began to beat the cold I developed a fortnight ago (which I’d feared at one stage might need medical intervention), I layered a new one on the top of it, courtesy of the Boy Wonder. This … Continued
Winter thrush
This isn’t what I expected to be posting today: R, who was in Stratford having his car serviced, called at around 10am to tell me that he’d just counted twenty two tufted ducks on the Avon, so I zoomed over … Continued
Arc of a diver
Today was slightly colder than yesterday but with much better light, so this morning I took the camera and went walking along the Avon in Stratford, looking for birds. There was no sign of last Friday’s goosanders, unsurprisingly, and sadly … Continued