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A drive into deepest darkest Leicestershire (OT)

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Christina Websell - 01 May 2006 19:27 GMT
Being a bank holiday today, I decided I would look for the farm where I was
told they kept geese, for when I am ready to get new ones.
It's quite a long way away through country lanes, some of them single-track
and I wombled my way along looking all around and occasionally having to
pull into farm gateways to let impatient motorists past.  They obviously
knew where they were going and I didn't..
I'd taken my binoculars with me, hoping to do a bit of birdwatching on the
way, but it kept pouring with rain every few minutes so I ended up not
getting out of the car.  I did see lots of pheasants though.  A cock and two
hens were on the side of the road when a car came the other way, so I had to
stop, not able to swerve to the side obviously to let him pass easily.
I was hoping to see baby lambs too, I'd forgotten how late it was.  Some of
the lambs must have been born around January as they are half as big as
sheep now!  but I did see a few babies, one still had a dried umbilical cord
on so he's "very" late.
I got a little lost on the way there as I came to a HUGE road so I managed
to reverse and go back the way I had come, much to the displeasure of the
drivers of a couple of cars waiting behind me.

It didn't take too long for me to find the track that led to "Seldom Seen
Farm"  rightly named - you can't find it! so I know where it is now when I
want some more geese.
I wished I'd taken my digital camera with me.  The countryside is beautiful
out there.  Rolling hills, hedgerows, fields of yellow rape in bloom, lambs,
calves, foals,  views into infinity.

Tweed
Jo Firey - 01 May 2006 20:28 GMT
> Being a bank holiday today, I decided I would look for the farm where I
> was told they kept geese, for when I am ready to get new ones.
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> beautiful out there.  Rolling hills, hedgerows, fields of yellow rape in
> bloom, lambs, calves, foals,  views into infinity.

It sounds just lovely.  And you have described it to where we can share it
too,

Jo
Karen - 01 May 2006 20:50 GMT
Oo. That sounds lovely. I do so want to see England someday.

> Being a bank holiday today, I decided I would look for the farm where I was
> told they kept geese, for when I am ready to get new ones.
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>
> Tweed
Christina Websell - 01 May 2006 21:19 GMT
> Oo. That sounds lovely. I do so want to see England someday.

Well, it's nice (I like it!) but the climate is pretty rubbish and I've
heard Americans say that the roads are so small that they freak them out.
Otherwise, come over and see! and bring an umbrella.

Tweed
HRFLTiger - 01 May 2006 23:50 GMT
> Well, it's nice (I like it!) but the climate is pretty rubbish and I've
> heard Americans say that the roads are so small that they freak them out.
> Otherwise, come over and see! and bring an umbrella.
>
> Tweed//////

That's quite true actually. I had a friend come over and stay who lives
in Portland, OR. I took her out in the car and she was a gibbering
wreck by the time I had navigated all the country lanes and the roads
around Brecon! She couldn't believe that I got my car in the places I
did as they seemed so small. Mind, that's why I drive a ford fiesta and
not an SUV... ;o)

Helen M
Sam - 02 May 2006 04:30 GMT
>> Well, it's nice (I like it!) but the climate is pretty rubbish and I've
>> heard Americans say that the roads are so small that they freak them out.
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>
> Helen M

Ooh!  A Fiesta?  They still have those there?  We had one in 1979 and it
was absolutely great.  Then Ford replaced it with the Festiva which was
OK, but not quite as good.

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Adrian A - 02 May 2006 09:48 GMT
>>> Well, it's nice (I like it!) but the climate is pretty rubbish and
>>> I've heard Americans say that the roads are so small that they
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> which was
> OK, but not quite as good.

There have bee three new models since then, the latest one gets very good
write ups.
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Irulan - 01 May 2006 20:54 GMT
Tweed, sounds like a nice day all in all in spite of the rain and getting
lost. My DH loves to just ramble around in the car driving for hours and
hours. Being horribly afflicted with motion-sickness, I inevitably end up
fast asleep most of the time, but he enjoy sit so much that I just go along
and let him drive. Once, driving from one city to another from a conference
to a vacation, it took us instead of the usual 2 hours a total of 8 hours
just meandering through mountains and parks. I was almost in tears towards
the end, but I did manage a nice nap and he did treat me to a nice dinner
once we arrived at the resort that I was easily mollified.
Lily & her mama

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to the stars we return
from now until the end of time

> Being a bank holiday today, I decided I would look for the farm where I
> was told they kept geese, for when I am ready to get new ones.
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>
> Tweed
Monique Y. Mudama - 01 May 2006 22:46 GMT
> I wished I'd taken my digital camera with me.  The countryside is beautiful
> out there.  Rolling hills, hedgerows, fields of yellow rape in bloom, lambs,
> calves, foals,  views into infinity.

Sounds beautiful!

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valorousflame777@hotmail.com - 02 May 2006 00:52 GMT
Christina, you have a lovely way with words.  I could really picture
everything you were experiencing.  I live in Los Angeles.  I grew up in
Connecticut, New England, and it is much like you described across the
pond.  I really miss it.  Makes me want to go on a road trip in the
Bug.  I have ten kitties at home.  I run my own rescue group called
Kitty Godmother Rescues, and I take in and find homes for abandoned
cats & kittens.  There are so many of them here in Los Angeles.  I have
never had a problem finding excellent homes for any of them, except for
one little orange tabby with huge gold eyes that I have named Precious
Ray Of Sunshine.  He needs a megacolon operation, my vet has quoted me
$950.00, which is a total bargain!!!  I am now in the process of
rounding up the funding.  Vacation will have to wait.  I would never be
on vacation again without my Precious Ray of Sunshine.

Write more about your gorgeous country and wonderful nature adventures.

I saw a robin redbreast the other day at Griffith Park's golf course.
And he was chattering away at a little wren.  Haven't seen birds like
that in a long time.

Valerie
Adrian A - 02 May 2006 10:06 GMT
> Christina, you have a lovely way with words.  I could really picture
> everything you were experiencing.  I live in Los Angeles.  I grew up
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>
> Valerie

I love seeing other parts of the world, but there's nowhere I'd rather live
than England. I've started making a list of the different species of birds
I've seen from my window, so far it's at least 30 species. The only real
danger to cats round here is cars, which for many of us aren't a serious
problem, so indoor/outdoor cats live long and happy lives.
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mlbriggs - 02 May 2006 01:22 GMT
> Being a bank holiday today, I decided I would look for the farm where I was
> told they kept geese, for when I am ready to get new ones.
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>
> Tweed

I was thinking about you the other day.  When I awakened in the morning, I
heard a raucous noise  and went outside to see where it was coming from.
A huge black and white goose was sitting on the edge of my roof and
telling the world that he was there.   In the 44 years I have lived here,
I have never seen a goose in this area.  A neighbor told me later, a pair
had been living in the carport area.  MLB
 
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