Friday 10th February 2017

Dry but very, very cold. Snow in Oxford.
Drove Colin and Janet to the John Radcliffe Hospital for their early appointment. Spent the day in Oxford visiting the Natural History Museum, never tire of visiting this museum.
Enjoyed a dinner in Oxford with J & C this afternoon before driving them home.
A long day but pleased to help out.

Thursday 9th February 2017

Dry but very cold with little sun.

Day at the Hospital.

Wednesday 8th February 2017

More chilly today than of late but still sunny and thankfully dry.
Morning spent at Citroen while they sorted out the alarm system, fingers crossed I have no further issues.
This afternoon met at the community centre for further discussions on setting up the museum and how we move forward with Whitley Travels. More meetings scheduled for next week.
Worked on the garden wildlife book for another hour this afternoon.

Tuesday 7th February 2017

A good day. Mild and sunny most of the day.
Mixed up day, broke up single bed with a trip to the tip this morning to dispose. A couple of hours litter picking at Fobney and the car washed and cleaned.
No time for the garden but plenty of bird food eaten so my guess is it was a very busy day in birdland.
             This afternoon spent some time working on the 2016 garden wildlife book(s). Unable to increase book by a further 15 pages so will be split now, part 1 and part 2.
Wanting to include trail camera images this year is the reason for the extra pages, important to include as there had been some good results like the green woodpecker and redwing.

Monday 6th February 2017

An overnight frost but soon cleared from this mornings sun. Day remained pretty good but rain returned again tonight.
Day spent at the community centre discussing the future and immanent building work for the Whitley Museum. Also the future of Whitley Travel, another meeting planned for Wednesday which will also linvolve children from a local school.
Seem to be getting a little involved now, ummmm.
         What time I had this afternoon was spent going through hundreds of trail camera images. My word, not disappointed. Cracking images of me and a Sparrowhawk. How did I miss it?

Sunday 5th February 2017

Another good day, mild and sunny most of the day with rain during the evening.
Day spent in the garden. Four bee friendly climbers planted against the new fence, two hellebore plants planted in the stumpy area, six new bird boxes fixed on the new fence and also four hanging baskets. Next job will be to cover the fence with trellis for the climbers. Do still miss the ivy hedge.
             Removed the wire protection on the wild flower meadow as grass is beginning to grow now. Really hope the wild flower seed had survived the winter? Will be some while before I will know that.
The alpine house is looking good with a few plants flowering. The issue is the fact they are April/May flowering plants. Good news however is that they survived as only planted last May.
Was a good day in the garden today but must concentrate now on finishing the art studio for Lorna.
Picture 1 - Alpine House.
     "      2 - Climbers planted.

Saturday 4th February 2017

What a glorious day. Mild and sunny all day.
A trip to Brighton today, my word so pleased for good weather. Main reason for the trip was for a pre-booked visit to the British Airways i360. What an amazing piece of engineering. Looks stunning and on such a lovely day the views were amazing. My problem was in fact the sun, photographs spoilt by the reflections. Did manage some good images from outside and some brilliant sunset images.
Enjoyed a good dinner at the i360 before a walk along the sea front to the Palace Pier. Walked to the end of the pier enjoying the fantastic clear views of Brighton Sea Front from this perspective.
Arrived home mid evening, pretty tired but just loved this day out.
             Will rely on the trail cameras to confirm what was about the garden today.