I'm just back from Sunday morning run of 4.5 miles after a 3.5 mile run in pouring rain yesterday which left me soaked through again and freezing cold. hat's a total of 160 miles for the month. Most of that was running with just 35 miles on the bike. I'm a bit nervous on the bike when it is frosty or we are having rain due to the possibility of coming off again and therefore not too many opportunities to get out on either bike. More to come as the weather improves.
We've done the garden birdwatch again this year which saw 14 different species arrive over the hour:
collared dove - 3
great tit - 2
blue tit - 3
house sparrow - 28
goldfinch - 4
starling - 4
wood pigeon - 3
blackbird - 3
chaffinch - 1
robin - 2
dunnock - 4
coal tit - 1
siskin - 2
nuthatch - 1
The number of sparrows has risen in recent years with the nest boxes proving a big hit. They are in and out of the hedges all day long, chattering away. Very pleased with the nuthatch coming during the watch. We have had two at times but they aren't always around. Goldfinch numbers are fewer than they used to be.
Lovely wet walk with the family yesterday. We managed to dodge the worst of the rain but the puddles were massive, completely covering pathways in places, the ground is saturated.
Very pleased with two vegan pizzas made for tea to go with the successful vegan lasagne from the night before.
On Friday I had walked to Joy's house and back across the golf course. There was some sunshine for that excursion but again, the ground was squelchy and slippery.
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