Appointment at the eye clinic at lunchtime, fortunately they never put drops in so able to do stuff!
Took the Benelli out for a little spin over Kirkby Moor.
Looking back over the Duddon Estuary
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After reading the recommendation from @DCS222 about Blea Tarn I took the Benelli for a very wet spin up there this morning. Even in iffy weather it’s a lovely spot!
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Love it!
Did you go as far as the cattle grid? That’s the money shot!
That second photo is a lovely moody shot. It’s just lacking a motorcycle to make it perfect 
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Got to the car park. Was going to go right over to Great Langdale but my arse was wet through due to spray and was starting to shiver! 
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I was sat on it at the time, does that help? 
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I’ve mostly been keeping my fingers crossed…
In 2018 I came across a high risk stock on AIM that I thought I would have a little flutter on.
It’s been up and down like a fiddlers elbow but I’ve had to stay in as the stock price went down and down below my entry price. But I kept the faith rather than bail out and fingers crossed it may come good this week. Not life changing amounts but a nice little earner if it comes in.
Fingers crossed til the news drops later this week. ( I feckin hope…!)
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Did you cycle from home? 
No, I cheated… parked in Coniston iirc
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I was thinking it’s a helluva ride from Ulverston!
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We were working late tonight on a holiday cottage changeover, and didn’t leave until nearly midnight. As always when driving home on country roads at night, I was driving at a moderate speed, keeping a good lookout for nocturnal animals like badgers and foxes, which we see quite often. It was just as well, as a mile or two west of Dumfries I had to brake for an otter crossing the road. I’d seen coastal otters on the seashore before, but never seen an otter so far inland, and quite a long way from the nearest watercourse. Apparently river otters are largely nocturnal, and sometimes travel quite long distances on land, which I had no idea about. Anyway, that was quite exciting, and one more creature to keep an eye out for at night.
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I love otters, just lovely creatures! But they’re a menace in my home town at the moment…
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British local press at its best….
“Around three weeks ago, Nige was awoken by the sound of a high-pitched ‘squeal’ ………(which came from his wife at around 2.30am.”)
I thought it was going to be the sound of the otters, not his wife…!
And then you get “ Ben Potterton” the Otter man…"!
Classic stuff.
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They must think it’s Christmas: all those kind people leaving generous food supplies out for them in special pools in their gardens…
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Dug out my mountain bike as it’s not been used for a while. Rode through the lanes and up to the trig point on Birkrigg common. Beautiful day in Cumbria 
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Today I’ve be wondering why I’m not out in the sun riding my bike and instead chose to do housework then solder a couple of thousand connections. 
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You missed one
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After missing yesterday’s bonnie weather in the first half of the day, I nipped out on the TDM this morning for a couple of hours whilst erindoors was trying to sleep off an infection (lot of it about atm 
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So I tootled up to Coniston, Ambleside, Windermere, Stavely, Kendal, Crook, Gummers Howe, Newby Bridge and home again. I couldn’t believe how much traffic is still kicking about! No photos, so in some people’s minds, I didn’t do it… I guess they chose the blue pill! 
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