Sunday
13th November Fresh SW
Cloudy
morning and heavy rain in the afternoon.
Cricket
delays me. England may beat India in the First Test match. Wicket
after wicket is falling.
It
is a draw. Very creditable for England though.
Trees.
Large, tall beech trees arch over the road with a variety of colours
of Autumn leaves. These are the first such trees I have seen for over
three months. No such trees on the Northern Isles. Well not along any
roads that I have cycled down.
A
great tit on a roadside fence post. The first great tit seen in over
three months too. No great tits on the Northern Isles too. I remember
that a blue tit on Fair Isle, seen back in October, was a very rare
bird there.
Back
to the reality of the Mainland the plan for the day is to cycle just
twenty two miles from Stonehaven to Montrose. The weather forecast is
for heavy rain from 4:00 p.m. Add to that the wind is in my face
making the going rather tough.
My
body has to get used to cycling distance again. A different group of
muscles are needed compared to the ones used for walking and general
birding. The last three months spent mostly birding, mostly walking
around the ditches and dykes, cliffs and geos of Fair Isle and North
Ronaldsay, have been superb but now I need to cycle many miles every
day.
I stop at a War Memorial to pay my respects.
Rain
starts to fall at 2 o'clock.
http://greenbirdingworld.blogspot.co.uk/
In
a beautiful Bed & Breakfast, The Hermitage in Montrose; one where
I stayed last year too, I find a friend request on Facebook from my
wonderful nephew Tim. Friendship accepted, I message Tim to say
hello. He replies asking whether I have broken the European record. I
go to Jim Royer's superb Green Birding Record blog to show Tim and am
surprised to find that the banner photograph at the top of the page
is me! Thumbs up Pressa.
I
send a message of thanks to Jim. Here is his reply:-
You've
really done well this year! And you've been a great ambassador for
green birding. Congratulations. I've enjoyed following your year.
Good luck for the rest of the year!
Thanks Jim and Tim.
http://greenbirdingworld.blogspot.co.uk/
22.11
miles 1077 elevation up 1065 down
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