Bits and Pieces

Blacktoft Nature Reserve

The first day of March and it was freezing in South Yorkshire. However, the snow had fallen back in Woodlands while at the nature reserve there was just a biting northerly wind which meant our time walking was very limited.

The birds included a large number of greylag geese and wigeon. It was the first time I’d seen a Little Grebe and Reed Buntings.


Glen and I took a trip into Petty Motors and inspected Stuart’s mini which he built up from scratch. It looks fantastic and hopefully that comes across from the photos. On the way back to Rawcliffe we gave Georgina a lift back and gave the car the pleasure of a carwash to return it to its original black rather than the muddy brown which has spread out over it in the last few weeks.


Jane and Keith’s home is quite something and it is shared, along with Georgina and Stuart, with 10 cats, some of which are shown in the pictures. They have a number of goldfish which have to be pretty hardy to survive the freezing weather we have now.


Thirty Plus slumped to another defeat, 3 – 2, at the hands of a team that had not managed to win yet this season. Two goals from Kevin including a penalty and great strike left footed from distance, leant some respectability to an otherwise below par performance. Maybe it’s the cold weather and the onset of rheumatism but the spark seems to have gone from the team presently.