Sunday (a walk in the countryside)

Having the full day out on Sunday and taking my mini kitchen to make a brew...I have  a bit of maintenance to carry out as well a a couple of hours shooting vermin, I am also hoping to get a bit of filming done with the Kites and Foxes but this will depend on the weather...I have all my stuff ready to go and I am kind of getting exited at spending the whole day out in the field...I have the customary tin of Sausages and Beans for my lunch as ell as a few wild mushrooms etc that I find on my travels..always makes for a superb lunch...we are all blessed with having the countryside on our doorsteps and none of us is more than a couple of miles from the green stuff...its about time we all took advantage of this free facility before the government find a way to tax it...Its a good way to work off all that chocolate we will all scoff this weekend and you never know you might just like it....More later...now its breakfast time.

Well I did say more later, it is nearly two weeks later and as promised here we are...the whole day was very cold with a niggling wind that refused to leave off and it took the edge off a great day....my permission is next to Harewood house and is situated between Leeds and Harrogate, the main river that runs through this area is the Wharfe and is mostly privately owned through the whole of the length...many of the creatures I was hoping to se refused to show as the biting wind made it uncomfortable, the day started off slightly crunchy underfoot with a scattering of frost, I was amazed to have to scrape the windows of my car when I left my home in Manchester early that morning...I was joined at 08:00 with my brother and his friend and we set off to help the farmer with the lambs and repairing fences etc, along with a bit of shooting....I was shocked to notice the lack of Red Kites through the day, we usually see a good dozen or so, sure there were signs of the foxes and badgers and the odd deer scraping but the lack of Kites has made me wonder if the land owners are shooting them to protect game birds as the Kite has become enemy number one of late...I did hear stories that they were going to have an unofficial cull and knew this would not be good for the Kite...they are hardy though and they will be back you can bet on it....Rabbits, they have the Mixyand are very badly infected with it and this will not be a good summer for them, though they are hardy and have bounced back from this terrible Human Engineered Disease many many times over the years and will do so this year...as the day was mostly boring work with a smattering of new born's to make us laugh, it was soon over and time to go home to a hot dinner and warm cosy house...I did not get any filming done as the wind made it impossible to record sound...so that will have to wait until later....I will get around to clipping some of my work together and posting it this year I promise.