Seeing Fiona off to France

We set off very early to the bus stop. I do hope she makes all her bus, underground, train, ferry and train connections and changes OK! Have an excellent summer Fiona.

From Desert Island to River Cam.

Cedric & Max both enjoy time on the water.

Standing still

Bat Safari Punting

Last Friday was the world premier Bat Safari by punt which was GREAT fun. We set off in daylight travelling in a 4 punt convoy slowly navigating from the punt yard south towards Granchester.

At Skaters Fen the Bat Detection Units picked up their first signs, we spotted them swooping against the semi lit sky. For at least half an hour through dusk we spotted many more bats both high up against the sky and low down over the water.

Having turned back at the start of Granchester Meadows and with dark having enfolded us we broke out high power torches, we caught glimpses of several bats skimming low over the water on our return journey.

Though we had been supplied with Bat Identification Charts, we of course neither got close enough nor did the bats fly slowly enough to distinguish one species from another. However, it was a 75 minute tour I will remember with great delight for quite some time.

This shot does our chauffer far more justice than my sketch.

Modern Monk

Men's Breakfast was the inspiration for the sketch part of this postcard. Ben had placed his laptop on the rather wonderful Scripting Desk sat in the corner of our hosts living room.

"Faith, Words, Action" and Colossians 3:12 (oops, spot my written error!) were both inspiration from our service at church later on.

What I must remind myself when drawing on the Postcard Pad, make sure the pad is the right way up. The picture above is infact upside down to the PostCard markings on the reverse.