Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
By and large we have been very pleased with the weather in the 15 months we have lived here in Clitheroe. There are very very few days indeed when we can't get out for a walk of some kind. But a recent few days of rain meant we could crack on with our 1000 piece bookshop jigsaw, which was not easy! One of our most common walks is through the Sculpture Park and back along the Ribble. This seat is one we use a lot, and I am annoyed if when we get there it is occupied! Lokking straight across is where we saw two kingfishers dive into their home in the bank. On this walk the sheep seem to be getting friendlier and friendlier........ Our other main walk, maybe twice a week, takes us to Waddington, and the community stream-side gardens are looking particularly lovely at the moment. All three pubs are great for a half-way drink. Today on this walk we saw a chiff chaff, a stoat sitting up like a merecat and then running the width of the field when it noted our interest, dippers, a thrush (fantastic), crows, a magpie and tits including a long-tailed tit. We also heard the curlews which have just returned from warmer climes and a bird of prey which was quite distinct. How lucky we are.
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