Sorry about the short post yesterday, but I was a bit tired by the time we got home. At just over two hours each way it was a longish trip, but worth it because of the quality of the paths and views of the birds.
Even as we travelled up the A1, under almost cloudless blue skies, I could feel the curse of daytime TV lifting from my soul.
The sun was in the wrong position for photography, with much of the cliff being in shadow so I didn’t get many shots. Fortunately the young Gannets were relaxing in the sun and gave me plenty of chances for photography. I’d have preferred a few Puffin shots but you can only take what’s in front of you.
Gannets don’t breed until they are about five years old. The ones in the picture are around that age, as they have just about lost all their adolescent black feathers. Next year they will breed, but this year they are practising their bill fencing and preening. It’s not a bad life.
At the end of the summer they will fly as far south as West Africa.
There were other birds too, but they weren’t as interesting.
That’s a bit unfair really, but I was tired and limping and I can get quite unfair. I can also be quite short with people, as one idiot found when he wandered in front of the car in Bridlington.
We went for fish and chips in Filey and ate them on the seafront. It’s an interesting place, but I didn’t have the energy to take photos. It was a big piece of superbly cooked haddock and took a bit of eating.
There were House Martins nesting under the eaves of the chip shop.
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Puffins, of course, are at the top of every list. But as my Yankee husband would say, gannets are pretty darned good, too. As for fish and chips—I love ’em!—and we have several places in central Maine that do a great job with them.
Yes, the Gannets saved the day. Glad you can get good fish and chips. 🙂
Mrs Tootlepedal has a box set of the West Wing which she must have watched all through five times at least while exercising gently on her indoor bike during the winter months. This is economical as well as being better than day time telly.
Good pictures today.
Thanks. I will give this box set thing some thought. Would it be even cheaper to film your own rides and play them back?
No, as these GoPro helmet cameras are quite pricey.
I was thinking of one of those £11.95 cameras from ebay and a £1 roll of gaffer tape. I’m not one for spending freely. 🙂
I am not quite sure whether that would do the trick,. The West Wing is quite a good box set.
Have faith. There is little that cannot be done with gaffer tape and low standards. 🙂
Nice photos, Quercus! Fish & chips sound good. It is one of my favorite meals out, and it is hard to find a place her that does it justice.
We are lucky with our fish and chips. 🙂
Beautiful photographs. After my hip replacement I watched boxed sets – The Sopranos, and The Wire – just saying
That’s because you’re tech savvy and know what a “box set” is. I just looked it up and it seems to involve knowing how to use a DVD player. 🙂
Yep
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Sorry, posted too soon! The idea of box sets does seem preferable to the rubbish I’ve been watching.