{"id":83944,"date":"2025-07-13T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=83944"},"modified":"2025-07-13T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:11:19","slug":"time-off-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/13\/time-off-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Time off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It's been a busy weekend, not least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/13\/thank-you-4\/\">because of the generosity of so many people here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But, that said, time was taken out. We were at Welney yesterday and today. Good birding, even if not notable for rareities. But this picture includes a group of ruff and black tailed godwit wading at the bottom right:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-550x390.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-550x390.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-423x300.png 423w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-2048x1453.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.45-564x400.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sheep had got the message about the heat and hid under the bridge:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10-550x734.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10-550x734.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10-1151x1536.png 1151w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.59.10.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This teasel was magnificent in front of the main hide:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16-550x732.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16-550x732.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16-768x1023.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16-1153x1536.png 1153w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-16.00.16.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then last night we went into the city for a drink because it was finally cool enough to go for a walk.<\/p>\n<p>It's always important to remind myself that I live near this extraordinary building:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40-550x706.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40-550x706.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40-768x986.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40-1197x1536.png 1197w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40-312x400.png 312w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.57.40.png 1228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This window was catching the light:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33-550x731.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33-550x731.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33-768x1020.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33-1156x1536.png 1156w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33-301x400.png 301w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-at-15.58.33.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I admit, this is a good place to live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy weekend, not least because of the generosity of so many people here. But, that said, time was taken out. 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