The painter will be in tomorrow, hopefully for the last time. He's due to "magnolia" my old study in the smallest bedroom (but nice and long which used to accomodate my big desk & filing cabinets). The estate agent is calling round, too, so I hope he's going to get his finger out and get us 'sold' very soon. Still have to renew some of the carpets - that will mean more movement, this time of all of the furniture that didn't disappear into store in St. Neots. [Queer that; Jen's stuff is in Kettering]
Other things on the move just lately, south this time, were - Sky Larks in small flocks of up to 7, Meadow Pipits in ones and twos, odd Siskin, singleton Brambling, a trickle of Robins & Chaffinches, and some Song Thrushes. The winter trek of gulls, mainly LBBG from the Grafham roost to the Brogborough tip, is evident most mornings and evenings; some of them drop into Priory for a 'wash & brush-up'.
Walking round the perimeter of the new estate opposite (it is surrounded by large plots of wildflower meadow), turns up a few birds. There is always a Robin singing in the same dog rose-cum-hawthorn bush, a Song Thrush by the stream, a Blackbird and a pair of Bullfinch in the eastern hedge and a couple of Mipits rising up from the new, now devoid of topsoil, development on the otherside of the hedge. Further round, where it borders farmland, there is often a score of Rooks and some Wood Pigeons or a Chaffinch or two. Still further round to the west there is an 'unofficial path' that runs along a newly planted, mixed hedge and rabbit fence. In the field beyond, there are always a couple of Sky Larks and half a dozen Mipits. Today (Monday), there were at least 14 Mipits, a pair of Reed Buntings,
one or more Yellowhammers, a Pied Wagtail and a Chaffinch, all making use of the fence wire or posts to warm themselves in the early sunshine after a cold night (at least minus 1C). Turning back for home along the brook, another Blackbird, a couple of Blue Tits, a Dunnock, a cat and a small flock of Long-tailed Tits.
Walking round the perimeter of the new estate opposite (it is surrounded by large plots of wildflower meadow), turns up a few birds. There is always a Robin singing in the same dog rose-cum-hawthorn bush, a Song Thrush by the stream, a Blackbird and a pair of Bullfinch in the eastern hedge and a couple of Mipits rising up from the new, now devoid of topsoil, development on the otherside of the hedge. Further round, where it borders farmland, there is often a score of Rooks and some Wood Pigeons or a Chaffinch or two. Still further round to the west there is an 'unofficial path' that runs along a newly planted, mixed hedge and rabbit fence. In the field beyond, there are always a couple of Sky Larks and half a dozen Mipits. Today (Monday), there were at least 14 Mipits, a pair of Reed Buntings,
Made a pitch for a detached house between Taunton and Minehead over the weekend- young estate agent has not come back with anything yet ... no news is good news???
My next big job is to clear and /or pack the contents of the garage. As I have managed to 'fix' the up-and-over door, we can have a skip on the drive and a massive purge of all those knackered or superfluous items that I have accumulated over my 14 years in Bedford and the 24 years in Gamlingay before that. Tally Ho!
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