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Flying south

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:56 pm
by 2catty
I saw the first geese flying south for the winter today... how depressing, another short season. :(

Re: Flying south

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:33 am
by aquaplane
Stormy said the geese were on their way today too, I thought they were just off to fresh feeding grounds, it could be the same though.

Re: Flying south

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:24 am
by claymore
Well - we still have our swallows, and two nests had 2 litters - but then we are further south.

Re: Flying south

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:09 pm
by Alcyone
Been picking blackberries for two weeks. First hazelnut last Friday, well ripe. Strange that, usually another week or so, longer when cold and wet.

Re: Flying south

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:43 am
by Telo
2catty wrote:I saw the first geese flying south for the winter today...
Lucky git! I should have done the same. I'm on the First Scotrail sleeper. There is no power in the Lounge, so no service, so only continental breakfast in the morning..... I am reliably informed that the same thing happened on the same train last week. Given the continuing problems with their online ticketing system, I might as well forget about trying to do anything about my already rather large carbon footprint. Depressing, innit?

Oh, and there's no wifi either (using dongle).

Re: Flying south

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:18 am
by So_Sage_of_Lorne
Alcyone wrote:Been picking blackberries for two weeks. First hazelnut last Friday, well ripe. Strange that, usually another week or so, longer when cold and wet.

Our nuts may well not be ripe until November then! :(

Re: Flying south

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:18 am
by puddock
I noticed the geese in Norway were heading South about 3 weeks ago. They have had as lousy a summer as we have.

Re: Flying south

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:57 am
by Telo
puddock wrote:They have had as lousy a summer as we have.
Things must be bad. They were flying over Stirling towards Falkirk the other day.

Ooops, sorry Dan....

Re: Flying south

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:35 am
by So_Sage_of_Lorne
Shard wrote:
puddock wrote:They have had as lousy a summer as we have.
Things must be bad. They were flying over Stirling towards Falkirk the other day.

Ooops, sorry Dan....

S ok, he won't notice. he flew south to sail in the med for a couple of weeks. :)

Re: Flying south

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:57 pm
by Falkirkdan
So_Sage_of_Lorne wrote:
Shard wrote:
puddock wrote:They have had as lousy a summer as we have.
Things must be bad. They were flying over Stirling towards Falkirk the other day.

Ooops, sorry Dan....

S ok, he won't notice. he flew south to sail in the med for a couple of weeks. :)
Not gone yet, just been cleaning off the sh*t they left on the car! (Now SSOL me cleaning the car a first!!!!)

Re: Flying south

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:00 am
by So_Sage_of_Lorne
Not gone yet, just been cleaning off the sh*t they left on the car! (Now SSOL me cleaning the car a FARCE!!!!)[/quote]

edited for accuracy:)