Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Sparrows 20th August 2011

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Another ten minutes on the feeder.

Long Train on the Racetrack

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A cycle ride to Overton Bridge the starting point of "The Racetrack" the longest straight on the British rail network where new locos are speed tested. Nothing so exciting today just the traffic of a Summer's afternoon.


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Planet Caravan

Uranus

On the one really hot day in recent weeks I took a ride through the recently refurbished Solar System. The Sun was always far away and sure enough the nebulae thickened as the afternoon progressed and thunder rolled across the galaxy.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Foss Fields

Wood Elephant Rowntree Wier

On the last day of July I took the Little Red Bicycle for a spin up York's version of the Amazon. There were monsters, strange dark paths and endless deserted grasslands.

Long Tailed Tits

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There were some rare visitors to the bird feeder today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tailed_tit