A visitor from dan saff at Rugby

Today Moored Rugby
Weekend Clifton to Rugby, Oxford Canal, 1.5 miles 0 locks

A really nice weekend it was too, lovely weather, and it sure did make a change.  Everyone was smiling!

This evening just a quickie blog.  Vic’s daughter Louise is here for a few days, I met her at the station earlier today to introduce her to our world of travel.. ie buses!!

Before leaving Clifton I managed to click a pic of this georgous moorhen and her chicks..

These were an amazing family, as I said on my last blog there was a couple of older chicks, well I spent a lot of Sunday out in the sunshine on the back deck, and I was absolutely taken aback by these moorhens.  The older chicks were part of the same family and would look after the tiny chicks while the parents went out into the fields to find worms for them.  The parents never stopped, up and back, up and back, sometimes taking 15 minutes or more to find a worm.

Being retired is great, but just a day watching from the sunkissed deck at some wildlife going about bringing up their family can be so rewarding and facinating.

I am off dan saff tomorrow for a couple of days, Vic and Louise are taking No Problem north towards Hawkesbury Junction where I will meet them on my return on Wednesday night..

Right now we are off out to the Harvester just by the bridge here just as soon as Eastenders has finished of course.. Heh both of them are at this moment in time glued to the small screen watching Peggy and Pat at each others throats!!