A great day out
We had friends from the rectory area over for the day.
“Have you been to Strumpshaw Fen?” they asked.
“No, where’s that?”
“Just round the corner from you. It’s an RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) reserve.”
So we went there for the day, and it was terrific. We took a picnic and our binoculars (actually ours aren’t much good, but theirs were the real McCoy), wandered round lakes and ponds, stopped in hides, ate lunch by the river, and saw lots of birds, including Marsh harriers, herons and cormorants.
Then we all came back here for supper and the odd glass of wine or so. A very good day which has inspired Ed and me to contemplate joining the RSPB (or suggesting it as Christmas present from the family.) And we’re determined to visit the fen again.
Isn’t it amazing what you have on your own doorstep?