Friday on My Mind - The Esybeats - Part II

 It is but a further hour to the west where we would find ourselves at the 

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 

and another fine fella. The car park was already overflowing but, after a 10 minute chat with the Voluntary Warden he removed the cones from his own berth and allowed us in and also highlighted where might be best for what we wanted to see - a very warm welcome to start!

Having already spotted (Dave that is)

WALL BROWN BUTTERFLY
it was considered the 'good luck' might continue after passing,

complete with 'plastic Puffin', then conquering the

steep incline where the view opened up to

SAINT BRIDE'S BAY

with attendant cargo vessels at anchor to starboard

and the Islands of
SKOKHOLM

and SKOMER to port.

Via the power of Dave's telescope we were able to clearly see such creatures as

GUILLEMOT

along with most people's favourite seabird

the

PUFFIN

 a decent number of

FULMAR

a sprinkling of the Concord-like

GANNET

and even one or three

RAZORBILLs
From the Sublime to the Not Even Considered in was, yes Dave again, who pointed out c2 male

EMPOROR MOTHs
flitting across the windswept heath while swatting off a batallion of

SAINT MARKs FLIES
While expectations were in the lower levels, hopes were nonetheless high

that was the moment we simultaineously heard the first

CHOUGH

the scarcest and most sought after of all the

BRITISH CROW's

and a Devil, for me at least, to capture 'in flight'.

With the first of 2 Tourist Boats on the way to Skoma and as could be seen the

SUN 

was well past its zenith, our attentions were turned to

FLORA

with an abundance of
PROSTRATE GORSE
cascading down the cliff-face, a new one on me as

Dave examined

the tiny and delicate

SEA SQUILL
before leaving the tranquilty of the

LONE YACHTSMAN
to round the western point of Skokholm.
A Round Trip of approximately 440 miles but - OH, WHAT a DAY
which we feel sure your friends and families would love to share!

 “I am the Walrus Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob”

(The latter reputed to be the final words of Humpty Dumpty before he fell off the wall!)

The Beatles

Friday on My Mind - The Easybeats - Part I

 It was an 04:30 start to the rendezvous with Dave Foot in Dorchester where we met an hour later and with him at the helm to undertake the next 4 hours drive with a few Birds en-route such as

RED KITE

maybe as many as a dozen

GREY HERON
and

COMMON BUZZARD
along with a brief view and a couple of snaps of the

WICKER or WILLOW MAN

before reaching the older of the 2

RIVER SEVERN BRIDGES

and finding a "welcome in the hillsides" of
WALES

and still a fair old gallop

before reaching the

historic and bijou town of

TENBY

with ultra-narrow streets, a

Monument to Prince Albert on the Hill the

Castle Fortifications

and the wide and not displeasing sweep of

TENBY BAY

and it also looked like the Mod's, of which I was once one back in the 60's, were intown.
However, with all of that nothing more than an aside the only building we had interest in was the

RNLI LIFEBOAT STATION
and the attendant crowd after the long and timely reminder of the meaning of the word
'TWITCHER'
That feeling of anticipation and hope that your target was still there after such a long journey!

FIRST VIEW

of the

 WALRUS

in its favoured spot on the

LIFEBOAT SLIPWAY

but hardly moveing a muscle

but you cannot have everything.

but we did capture the odd flap of the fins,

Close Up

while the
TOURIST BOATS
seemed not to be plying much trade!
I must go down to the sea again,
to the lonely sea and the sky.
I left my socks and knickers there,
I wonder if the're dry?

Spike Milligan

CLOSE UP II

Otherwise the was a bit of action elsewhere as Dave

dived into a patch of

WILD CABBAGE

in pursuit of who knows which
Moth Larvae
without success additionally it was the people there who put the 'cherry on the cake' and make mention particularly of the young American gentleman in company with his English lady and the small contingent of Chinese Univercity Students to whom we would send our Best Wishes should they be reading this - MAGIC!

Trying to Sit Up,

Scratching

and finally in
CLOSE UP.
Having plyed Northern Waters extensively and crossed the Arctic Circle on foot, by car, by surface ship, in flight and even while Submerged
it is almost unbelievable that this magnificent creature has not been encountered before!
Let's call it Making Up the Deficit!

In those days all such certificates were produced and issued by 

Bernard's Naval Tailors

who had none to commemorate a transit 'under' the Circle which we had to adapt ourselves!

It was all to long a journey just to about-turn and head for home so, with a number of things in mind we headed for the west coast which we hope we can bring to you tomorrow - CHEERS!