goosey

Hi Goosey! Good to see your posts. The one about spraying plant with water to protect them was interesting. Our crane journey was a little light on cranes but plenty of other birds to look at. We went to a bird photo exhibition yesterday and then on for coffee and cake at a stately home with some goldeneye photos to follow.
Hope you are well and that the spring agrees wtih you.
Gareth

Hi Shirley
Looking after an elderly dad and dreadful weather have limited my forays. I have found a couple Scarlet Elf Club and Flammulina elastica so that will have to do for now.
Mal

Thanks goosey.
I went up yesterday and cut some in half, put 2 on a raised pile of wood as that's where the blackbird and robins are often seen and the other 2 I spiked on the end of some of the branches on the tree with the feeders. Not sure if they've been on it yet although I did have a flurry of activity with robins, blue tits, great tits, long tailed tits, a dunnock and a chaffinch. I'm up tomorrow so I'll check again then.

Thanks Shirley, very kind of you. This is probably the most friendly and lovely forum on the net.
Life treating you well?

/Mats

That's a relief - not going to Leeds! I might nip out to Holmfirth though ....

Glad you had a good break - shame about the broadband, hope it is back soon. Any good pressies?
We had good Christmas Day and our eldest was over for a couple of days, but then our youngest has had flu since Boxing Day, luckily because I was protected by a flu jab in the Autumn I had a lesser reaction to it which only lasted 5 days but until yesterday was knocked for six - so time off and goodish weather were wasted and I didn't get out. But we did get to see the Hobbit at the cinema .
Then New Years Day our poor old cat died which was awful .
There is good news , my camera is being collected on Monday and with luck will be repaired!

Hi and happy new year. Back from uk but broadband is down. I have some
photos to load up but will wait until i can use my pc internet again. Hope you are well!

I have seen the news and the awful weather conditions - I hope you made it back to South Wales Ok and you aren't stuck insome station or airport!

Thanks Goosey. Will be out of circulation on the forum for a little while but hope to back in 2013 with new photos

Going through Leeds tomorrow but don't know if I'll go to the start of the Tour the year after next - perhaps try and get a good hilltop view? If they go southward it might come closer to Sheffield?