Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Kiplingcotes

Wednesday 23 May 2012

To Kipligcotes for a short walk as the clouds thinned and the sun came out.

We parked by the starting post which has gained a small sculpture...



















Before the addition it looked like this.

Kiplingcotes is the oldest horse race in the country,but the racecourse has "good to VERY firm" going...


There is a history of the race here.

All around we were taunted by yellowhammers, warblers, skylarks and others who remained tantalising out of reach of my camera.  Eventually one snatched pic of a whitethroat...


I hope for better later on in the summer.

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 Back home and the sun came out and the poppies were so bright that they overloaded the camera with colour...


Looks a bit like a 1970's poster.

Yesterday's power-washing of the patio had made a lot of woodlouse families homeless and picking up the brush set them off again...


Next door's House Martins were sitting (I think) on eggs and the partner was struggling to fit in...


The swallows were being a bit elusive and I didn't want to interrupt nest building, so they will have to wait for a while.

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