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Quarries toads and chickens
The main reason I’ve moved to Crook is that it is very easy to get up into Weardale. Weardale is a walkers’ paradise, largely because hardly anyone can be bothered to visit. An earlier work trip to Birmingham meant I … Continue reading
Posted in Cloudspotting, Out and about
Tagged Bollihope, camping, chickens, cloud spotting, curlew, footpaths, Frosterley, Hill End, iridescence, lapwing, lenticular, plover, quarries, quarry, red grouse, rights of way, ring ouzel, skylark, Stanhope, stiles, sundog, walking, Weardale, Weardale Way, wild camping
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and then the wind changed
Today the wind direction changed, and boy did we know about it. The snowy weather has so far been arriving from the North East coast. This has brought constant snow showers as cumulonimbus clouds form and bubble over the North … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about
Tagged clouds, cumulonimbus, Durham, skylark, snow, stratus, weather, yellowhammer
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Still snowing…
It’s still snowing. And hailing. And thundering. And no sign of temperatures going much above freezing over the next few days. Every day I’m amazed when the birds turn up for their grub in the morning – how do they … Continue reading
Posted in In the garden, Out and about
Tagged blackbird, chaffinch, coal tit, garden birds, house sparrow, pheasant, robin, skylark, snow, tree sparrow, winter, yellowhammer
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