Wednesday, 15 March 2023

2023

The 2023 season is underway!

So it’s been a manic few weeks for me and Emma.  Moving out of Owlwood and getting it ready for guests and then travelling west to Wales (via Southport and Rotherham to do our shopping!). 

As ever, the car was full to the rafters with food for several months and all our gear and some stock for the shop 

We left Southport at 04:00, arrived in Wales at 05:00 this morning and headed for a 07.30 rendezvous with Colin at Cwrt.

Croeso i Gymru

Boat full of 'stuff'

Upon arrival we set abut getting the baggage to the Observatory before the brief weather window closed and it all became grim again. The weather turned soon after Colin had delivered us to the islands and we spent the rest of the day in wet and  windy conditions. 

So after a looooooooong day we eventually went to bed at 10pm some 20 hours after getting up. We had a good catch-up and panad with Meriel and Gareth. We met the new Trust staff  (briefly, as they helped carry all our stuff to the gift shop with Emyr, Emma and me)

We moved all our stuff to the gift shop and began to clean down our house - kitchen, bedroom and bathroom initially and get ready for unpacking. Not much to report bird wise. A Goldcrest calling in the Observatory Garden near the Helgoland Trap (which appears to have withstood the winter well). 

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