7.00am this morning it looked good. 8.00am it didn't.
So I'm sorry but the sensible decision, at the time, was to cancel the walk at Carsington Water. Particularly unfortunate because almost a record count of 5 people were down for the walk There are not many places to hide at Carsington, we could have retreated in the 2 hides, but not for two hours.
Mike, who is a regular volunteer on a Tuesday at the reservoir, reported that the Cattle Egret which had been around for a couple of weeks, and would have been a great bird to tick had not been seen for a couple of days although the Great Northern Diver is still around.
Looking forward, next walk is Friday 5th April and the plan is to visit Willington Gravel Pits. You will recall we went there in January, only having to abort to Eggington due to the flooded path. From recent reports Willington has continued to be very wet throughout February, so we can but hope that things will improve in the next 35 days!!!
Not a good start to the plans for 2024, 1 lost through illness, 1 through weather and 1 wrecked by floods.
Prayer mats out please.
David
