Last night, inspired by Spring Watch, we decided to set up our own hide with state of the art lighting and video recording equipment.
So we opened the bedroom window and stuck our lounge floor lamp by it (no infra red heat seeking gear here I’m afraid), angled the reading light part out of the window, [...]
This adult badger was only 2 feet from our bedroom window last night!
Badger by our window
We saved our peelings and then made a peanut butter sandwich – yes we spoil them don’t we!
As usual this fellow was to intersted by the food to be worried by the flash. Believ it or not [...]
Last night we put some crunch nut shreddies out on the fell side for the badgers and sat down to wait. Sure enough after 10 minutes we were visited by 2 of our nocturnal friends. We were stood by the window and they came to within 2 feet of us, seemingly totally unfazed by our [...]
Dodging the April showers (Yes, I know it’s May, but that’s what the weather feels like just now) we headed out for a quick circuit of Troutbeck. By the beck we saw a sweep of wild garlic (ransoms) and the scent was overpowering. These are also called bear garlic, but we don’t get [...]
Last night we watched the badgers finishing of the remains of our pasta (very sophisticated badgers around these parts)
This morning we watched the new occupants taking possession of the bird house outside our bedroom window at the fellside lodge.
There seemed to be two pairs of tits interested – a pair of blue tits and a [...]
Well I’ve just returned from a glorious week at Limefitt Park. Fantastic April weather!
The scenery is magical when the sun shines
Dubbs Reservoir Walk near Limefitt Park
This glade is on the Dubbs Reservoir circular walk that can be done straight from your lodge door.
Another walk we did was on Easter Monday. This spot only a [...]
This year Limefitt Park was awarded the David Bellamy Gold Award for the fifth year running. One of the great things about the park is the way in which large areas are set aside for wildlife, with the result that we’ve seen red squirrels, badgers, deer and the occasional sheep on the park. Getting this [...]
It’s now nearly 15 years since Linda & I were married. We had a particularly lovely wedding cake. A rich fruit number with fantastical icing. Since that was before the days of digital photography I don’t have a picture here for you I’m afraid. Anyway, the cake was so lovely that we couldn’t bear to [...]
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