Possum Galore
A life ‘Down Under’!
The girls are back…and a boy too!
So…we have ‘chooks’ again. We got four hens, a rooster and three chicks back from our neighbours. They are the offspring of the hens we used to have. Very sadly one of the chicks died the first night, perhaps it was the stress of the move. The rooster looks like the one we left with our neighbours, he was very aggressive, but he died protecting the hens from a fox attack. Thankfully our new rooster is not as aggressive as his dad. We haven’t named any of them yet.
Backtrack - Whitby.
So…Will and I went to Whitby for Christmas. We wanted a break after Mum passed away and didn’t want to spend Christmas alone in Mum’s house. Our Hotel was on the North Cliff at Whitby and was full of coach loads of pensioners who appeared to do the same thing every year.
The first room they gave us didn’t have a shower and there was a loud kitchen fan right outside the window. Will went down to see if we could get another room. I didn’t hold out any hope but he charmed the receptionist and we got a quieter room with a bath!
The hotel put on a cold buffet for Christmas Day as the kitchen was closed. It was £30 per person and was pretty terrible. There was a lot of meat that Will could not eat but there was some salmon so he did not go hungry. The sausage rolls were very dry and there were no salads. Drinks were extra but the waiter waved the cost after he read how unhappy the room was.
We spent the days exploring the North East coast. The weather was overcast but remained dry. We went to Staithes and Runswick Bay one day and Scarborough and Ravenscar another day. We called in at Robin Hood’s Bay on the way back.
Foxes meeting.
So…I have my wildlife cameras up and running and caught this the other night…(make sure you turn the sound up)
Backtrack- Glasgow.
So…also in December 2025 we had a trip to Glasgow. Will was attending a ‘sound recording’ conference. I went to an evening concert in Glasgow Cathedral for the Glasgow Well and we both walked around the city following the Mural Trail…
Backtrack- Barnard Castle.
So…early in December 2025 we went to see The Unthanks in concert at Barnard Castle…
