“Dad can we go to see the Birds at the cliffs”
So it was a trip to the RSPB centre at Bempton. A truly epic landscape with wonderful seabirds. Well that was the plan….
First route attempt interrupted by a work call resulting in a rapid u turn and a quick visit to the unit. An hour later we set off for the birds again. Then a traffic jam. Changed route and then we get stuck behind an accident. One route option left and this time it’s closed for the day due to road works.
Some days you just have to say ‘it’s not happening’. We turned the car round and headed home. So we had a think about bird names to describe our failure. These are mostly our sons efforts.
- Donnocks
- Puffbirds
- Gannets
- Shag
- Red footed Bobby
- Coots
- Nutcracker
- Woodcocks
- Dickcissel
- Great Tit
Anyway here is a bird from our last visit.
Life happens!
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It does.
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There will be another day for your trip. Hope you guys enjoy yourselves.
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Maybe nexts time better weather
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Hopefully.
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Wow!!! This just wasn’t meant to be today, was it? Those cliffs, though, look awesome! Hope you get to go soon … tomorrow, maybe?
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He is off for a week soon so probably then.
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Cool! You guys will have a great time!
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I’m sure we will
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
GREAT LIST…JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS…TO DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT! HOW DID HIS SON HANDLE IT?
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Thank you
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Lovely pictures. Looks like the cliffs use in English TV and Movies like Agatha Christies’s Poirot. By the way, the close cap sometimes spells Fortnight or Fourthnight. confusing when I want to compliment my British friends with love of their home.:))
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I have the same problems
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Sorry you didn’t get to see the birds – love the names 🙂
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They are good bird names Robyn…
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My WP is playing up my comments are disappearing on your post. Declan is a beacon of light.
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Thank you! I found it – for some reason WP put in my spam folder (?) Silly WP – thank you though!
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Sounds like WP is wiser than we thought.
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Great pics! It is always disappointing when you don’t see something you are looking for.
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It is but makes the next trip even more exciting
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Neat!
..as a side note, can you try NOT to write so prolifically for this coming week? 🙂
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I’m sorry. I will start playing Donkey Kong then. I think many will applaud that.
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🙂 If you want to.
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🙏
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Wasn’t meant to be. Don’t sweat it.
What kind of bird?
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Common Gull I think… must ask son.
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Dickcissel?? Really?? ( He’s not just making that up? 😉 )
Awesome!
That was not the only (or biggest) disappointment for the day…
My ‘Team’ lost the ‘unloseable’ election !! 😦
We don’t always (often?) get what we want. – Valuable life lesson!!
Hoping you have better luck next time! 🍀
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These are strange times with scared, unhappy and angry people.
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Or…. normal times, but now the scared, unhappy, angry, people get to let everyone know how they are really feeling via social media and the regular news which now uses S.M. as it’s main source of information/stories!!
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Sadly. I was in a shop and a chap was reading one of our gutter press publications. The way he was talking to his wife clearly indicated that he just believed parrot fashion the cheap lies the paper was promoting. Sad times.
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There is certainly something strange when people are so willing to believe untruths but also refuse to believe facts.
Mind you, i’ve heard some really ‘dodgy’ facts lately!!! 😉
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It sometimes feels like the establishment wants the world to dumb down. Makes their world and profits so much more reliable.
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Seems to be working! 🙂 ( for them!)
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If you are ever in London, you must pay a visit to me, Cat Daddy and Louis Catorze and also try and spot the Angry Birds (the attractive but very noisy green parakeets). 🦜
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They sound fun.
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Hope this link works:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.timeout.com/london/news/most-googled-why-are-there-parakeets-in-london-050219/amp
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I couldn’t name all those birds
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Funny ones are more easy to remember
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lol – birds with naughty names! Have you seen all of these? I am afraid that if I try to google them, the security features on my laptop are going to block them!
Sorry you did not make it. Just reading a comment above – there are lot of green parakeets around London.
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I bet the Parakeets are very naughty. Bit cold for them in Yorkshire I suspect.
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I think we’ll go there next time I need a top-up of flour from the Yorkshire Wolds. Good to know about.
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It’s stunning.
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I’m sure it is. I love the East Coast.
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Lovely part of the country
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Well, aren’t we blessed!
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We are
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So the flip side is, you had lots of extra time on your hands. Oh, wait. You probably lost it with all the disruptions. Okay. Forget the flip side.
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No that’s a good way of looking at things. More time is better than no time.
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You know…yeah, this stuff happens. We were supposed to go to the family cabin this weekend, but that got cancelled when it was discovered that the water heater was leaking. Were we all disappointed? Heck yes! But then came this morning: after hours of torrential rain, I came downstairs at 5am to discover the connector between our sump pump and the pipe out of the house had BROKEN. Water was splattering all over the furnace room. Thankfully Bo got the connector back on and I could get the sump pump folks out to look it over and replace the connector with a new one. Imagine what would have happened had we been upstate for a few days!
So sometimes those botched plans are more than okay. xxxxxxxx
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That was with hindsight really lucky. But sorry you didn’t get to the cabin. Will you get another chance soon. Hope things are ok – apart from the house. Take care, xxxxxxxx
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Eh, things are so-so. I’ll be writing about that this week. We’re not sure when we can get to the cabin because of its own water issues, but we’re hoping for SOMEthing in June. Hope you’re okay too!
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Hope you do get there in June. The water was the last thing you needed. I suspect like you it’s a day to day sorta life.
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It really is. xxxxx
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One day things will change. xxxxxx
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I hope so xxxxx
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🙏🙏
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