Water Torture

Bradshaw – Soil Hill

16:30 – 18:00 (ish)

After a day or two without wearing the walking boots I was getting a bit restless today.

We had, had an enjoyable hour or so at Shibden Park with Emma and Abigail this morning – there was a Great Spotted Woodpecker, Male Tufted Duck, a few Coots, Mallards, Juv. Coot, and Swans with Cygnets seen/heard as we played in the park.

I got the opportunity for a walk, when Sue offered to drop Emma at Sowerby Bridge and Abigail at Heckmondwike, without my involvement, so I could go and look for my marbles on Soil Hill that Sue was certain I'd lost.

The awful heavy drizzle had stopped, or so I thought, so I went up Taylor Lane to Soil Hill.

Soil Hill was quite wet on my arrival and positively very wet on my departure.

A Russian farmer type was tending to a very sick looking “Heifer” to the left of the Soil Hill track.

As I approached him he looked forlornly at me and asked:-

“Are you VET perhaps?”

"Am I VET? - Am I VET?"

“Yes” I replied – “I’m absolutely pi**ed through”.

There was just Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Starling, Linnet, Lapwing and Curlew – all getting a good soaking up here.

A miserable trip down the north side tree line did not bring me any solace – just a very wet looking Linnet sitting in a low bush.

Ah well – beats watching the footie (for me anyway).

Some nice wet grass along the path

The north slope tree line

A deserted north side pond

Lapwing - far, far off

Lapwing far off

A wet looking Linnet

This Meadow Pipit was singing.

Seemed to have a different song?

I have lightened it (below) just in case....