Thursday 12th June
A warm morning with some sun. I walked with Marta from Rushton to Bull Pen cafe. No diversion into Barford Meadows Reserve this time. We passed a field with a large bull, cows and calves. (All behind fences). Another field contained shorn alpacas from Homefield Spa.
Tuesday 20th May
Drove to Marta’s to do walk over to the Bull Pen cafe, through Weekley Hall Wood.
A lovely sunny morning, which warmed up nicely. Quite a few butterflies in the woods - brimstone, a couple of blues and possibly a speckled wood, though it looked slightly more orange.
An over-exuberant Alsatian type of dog jumped up and scraped my arm with its claws - just being over friendly…
Used first aid kit at the Bull Pen, and ended up with a bright blue plaster. In the cafe there was also a woman with a tiny ‘lap dog’, sitting on her knee the whole time. Some places are a little too ‘dog friendly’.
Back to Marta’s for a cold drink before returning home.
Monday 3rd March, with Norma. Beautiful spring morning, after the chilly start.
We followed our usual route, along Grange Road, where we saw what we think was a sparrow hawk (though my phone says buzzard). It was pigeon sized…and posed for a while.
Along the woodland paths the sunlight highlighted plentiful catkins.
We crossed the main road near Glendon Lodge, and called in at the Bull Pen, which seems to be continuing the good work of the Fox and Peony.
On the way back we saw some blackthorn in blossom
