I was going to write a piece this morning about why discussing removing Andrew Mountbatten Windsor as eighth in line to the throne appears to be such an irrelevant topic for debate, when we should be removing the monarchy in its entirety.
Then, after thinking it over, I decided I really needed to take a trip past Sandrungham. I will, of course, not be looking for the person in question. I will instead be heading for the Norfolk coast and some birdwatching before the winter is over. Today's forecast of good weather makes that a more attractive option.
Please forgive me if I take some time off. The last of the winter's sanderling (a favourite bird) are calling, and the only place to see them is on the tideline as they rush in and out, always just on the right side of the advancing and retreating waves where their food might be found. Their situation always seems so perilous, yet they survive, expending vast amounts of nervous energy in the process. A bit like us, then.
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Happy birding! I need to get some binoculars; I have seen little birds with flashes of white, running up and down the tide line, occasionally flying from a fiercer wave. Maybe they were sanderlings. Must dig out my book.
If they were in winter they may have been. Very often they might also be dunlin.
Snettisham is a long way, but so worth it.
We went to Titchwell – post just up
You deserve time off and I hope you enjoyed it with good ‘birding’ – I have had to give up my x 10 binoculars and now use x 8 – old age I think – and weather still **** – but an evening of ‘Northern Soul’ to look forward to tomorrow in Buxton Opera House (almost sold out) – undoubtedly I will need water wings (again) to get there – especially for those of us under 150cms tall. But as Desmond Tutu said ““There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
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I only use 8x – weight matters and I can carry them all day over quite a lot of miles – we did plenty today
Enjoy the Northern Soul