a week end down William Shakespeares country 

Fist stop was Warick for a few hours

St Marys church 

Then it was a walk down to the castle

only a quick visit as we had Murphy with us and no dogs where allowed ,so back up into the town for a coffee 

some great buildings

That was us done back to the lodge ,and a bit of wild life

Next day stratford to see william

Here is the bard himself 

a great bit of music ,i even bought is cd 

and this young lad what a voice  opera great to listen to 

even the boats where named after will shakespeare's characters

Canal boats went through here on there way 

so that was a mother afternoon spent in a great place so back to the lodge for some dinner

and some more nature 

mother and chicks

coming in low

 night time at the lodge 

a bit of night photography 

sun set ,this was the view from the Kitchen window 

had a great week end down there 

 hope you enjoyed the blog sorry its a bit long 

 till next time take care all

Sunshine , wildlife , coffee, and music

Had a morning down at the Belper river Gardens to have a look at the peregrine falcons ,met a few friends down there while watching the peregrines ,

after feeding the female the male shot off for a fly round and hunt for some food , so time for a coffee withTerry and fiona ,

then it was a walk onto the gardens for some wild life, grey wagtail caught our eye

black headed gull

swan

mallard chilling out 

and as for the music we sat and listened to these ladies playing there instruments in the bandstand , thank you to these ladies for a great entertaining end to a great morning 

hands on

thank you ladies nice sound and good luck to you all

and just going back to the car and duck , here we come 

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a evening with the grebes 

Headed down to the local res tonight for some shots of the great crested grebes ,and wasn't disappointed a great night to be out 

it was a nice night to sit down in the setting sun and just watch  the wild life and listen to the sounds of nature

a nice bull rush waiting to be used as nesting material

blossom was looking good as well

 infant i think this calls for another trip down just to keep a eye open for the grebes nesting and young 

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A BIT OF WILD LIFE, FOR A CHANGE

A bit of a great day so headed down to belper to Wyver lane nature reserve 

Bit of a disagreement going on

,had a half a hour up there then down to to the river gardens for a bit a action 

ha,ha we haven't got a boat

nesting time 

im outa here 

scatter

lets sit here for a bit

thats us settled

marooned 

lovely markings 

nice to have a bit of fresh air ,

spent a nice hour or so with the wild life on a grey day ,

just hope it gets better fingers crossed 

thanks for viewing till next time take care all 

 

Keswick ,lake district

after being layed up since i got back decided to do some photos of the lake district know i feel a bit better

Had a two night stay at Denton house hostel which i can recommend 

 this was the sight as we walked into Keswick which was a 5 minute walk from Denton house 

 Keswick St johns church yard

From the shore Derwent water 

Off the boat

looking back towards Keswick

Keswick moot Hall

quite night in Keswick

Main street 

Next morning a quick up the road to take this old bridge 

Then a quick coffee in the park before we got ready for the journey Back in the blizzard 

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 till next time