Thursday 25 February I took a brief and unexpected walk outside today. Just around the grounds of our school, a student joined me. He was having a tough time concentrating and staying in the room he should have been in. This was a problem because we need our young people to remain in their setContinue reading “Day 342”
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Day 156
Sunday 23 August What a treat I have had today! For Christmas, the kids bought me a raptor experience day for two. An early start for me and my mate Pete as we finally got to do it this morning down in south Essex. We got close to about half a dozen birds, some weContinue reading “Day 156”
Day 155
Saturday 22 August A casual morning at home was followed by a sprint to the beach for late afternoon. Back to the birds again this weekend. Before we left I spent a bit of time adding a couple of feathers to my book. They were collected yesterday on my walk. Another from the wing ofContinue reading “Day 155”
Day 146
Thursday 13 August There is a real anger bubbling inside our household today just as the thunder clouds bubble up outside. The heat and humidity are pouring fuel on to both. The A-level results have come out today for England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Scottish students received theirs last week. The anger building stems fromContinue reading “Day 146”
Day 119
Friday 17 July When I was a child, I guess I must have been around 9 or 10, I owned a rabbits foot. I also had a tail. I got them through trading with friends, a rubiks cube was the price. I also acquired a small pen knife that I had also traded, for aContinue reading “Day 119”
Day 118
Thursday 16 July It’s a beautiful morning and I can do anything I want. A few days into the summer holiday and school already feels like a fuzzy memory. Nothing to think about except the here and now. I’ve woken early naturally, probably because of the excitement that was welling inside me before I wentContinue reading “Day 118”
Day 106
Saturday 04 July It’s been almost autumnal today. If it wasn’t for the 19°c temperature, the wind and drizzle-ready grey skies created a backdrop more like November. Me and Stan have been chatting about evolution during our walks. I confess that I have not read up enough of the science behind this. I tend toContinue reading “Day 106”
Day 105
Friday 03 July I’ve actually got so much to write about at the moment that I am creating drafts for the next few days. A lovely off-shoot about writing this blog, is when you ‘bump’ into someone that has read a day or two and it provides an opportunity to ‘talk nature’. You start talkingContinue reading “Day 105”
The Bald Birder 