The Woodman

Airfix are still around! Still making model warplanes etc., but now with a line of more modern line of TV warships/vehicles that would be more familiar to children.

Hi Woodman,thanks for the comment on the morning shot,I saw the walker coming over the ridge and just thought I would include him to give a point of interest to that side of the photo. Must admit glad I did it :)
best wishes,ellen

Are you insulting me Woodman? 'Cos if you are, I'll have to warn you, it takes a lot more than cryptic messages that I don't understand to get me riled. LOL :-)

Hello Woodman,thanks for comment on the woodmouse photo.The little fellow regularly appears in the morning waiting for me to fill the bird feeders!Was determined to get a shot of it this morning!!
regards
ellen

Hello - what a coincidence, I have just pm'ed you about an ID!
Yes we have Roe and fallow deer in the NP, I saw a lovely male Roe last week on his own. I have been getting out a bit recently the weather has warmed up. I had a bit of a fright in January, it was -8 and I hadn't been out too long and I was on my own as usual and I couldn't feel my fingers or keep my camera still so I thought I would come home. Then I started to feel so sick and my vision kept going dark, how I rode my bike home I don't know. It took me ages to get in the house as i couldn't manipulate my fingers to get the key. I had to lay down for an hour where I dropped once I got in and the pain in my fingers as they started to thaw out was awful. I had 2 pairs of gloves on. Anyway since then, I have been waiting for it to get above zero, and have only got out a few times for various reasons. I am hoping tomorrow or Tuesday will be OK, there is some fungi I want to check on and with some luck I will see deer again or the Konick horses. once the leaves are on the tree the chance of seeing the deer will dimish hugely. There is also a Buzzard I have been trying to get a decent picture of for months.
Hope you roebuck stays around!
Shirley

thanks for sticking up for me on that Killers thread. you got a friend request! :D

Sounds terrific. Out before dawn on longest day? Always up for a challenge. It is father's day too.

Hi Woodman, thanks for greetings on your 500 post thread...If you & any others know the forest area well enough to do a WABBERS visit, I'm up for providing soup & rolls! :)

Good morning John - it sounds lovely - are you trying to make me jealous? We had a very cold december beginning of January with daytime temps between -3 and-8 for a few weeks, snow and ice. But we are missing the snow Britain is having now -thank goodness - today is very foggy and put paid to my plans of going to the NP today.
There are murmerings of a holiday in the summer - so I hope to be in the lakes in July/August. Daughter number one (20)will be off walking probably in Germany or Scandinavia. Daughter number 2 (14 so stuck with the totally embarrasing uncool parents!) wants a beach holiday some where hot and exotic with not having to walk further to the beach or pool - I can't think of anything worse!
The honeysuckle looks to be doing very well, with lots of new growth. I have just got a clematis montana and was wondering if I would be able to grow them together or they would strangle each other? My other place may be a little too shady. I will cut the buddleias back in a week or two - very exciting all the prospects of the future moths!
Take care and see you around!

Hi Hedera
I'm bemused as there's no fly in the Gallery! Have you been on that Glos cider again - you know - the one that makes your eyes go squiffy?