Early rising

Having had to get up early and visit the doctor (for me not him), I decided to go on a peaceful walk to the local borrow pit.  <interrupted this blog by a nudge from Holly to which I respond "Hello my darling!"> 

I walked through the churchyard with camera in hand (just in case some zombies suddenly pop up LOL) hoping to spot some bunnies.  Firstly I spot lots of large daisy flowers (I don't really do proper names).  I take pictures of these and me with these.

Further along (after taking other random pictures) I do spot a bunny in the distance.  I have not actually checked the results of my snapping just yet.  I see a few more so turn on the camcorder setting.  I record.  The bunnies bugger off.  Typical!

I reach the marshes and spy a robin.  He teases me and flies off every time I'm just about to press the shutter!  Eventually I get a few shots of him on a fence post.  I wander on and for some reason the line "ohhhmm I'll wait for youuu" from my ex's song pops into my head (not the postman, he doesn't write songs).  I wonder who or what he was waiting for and whether he actually did wait for it.  I also wonder how his music career is doing and whether he still sings the song he wrote about me.  Not that I care in that way, just wondering.

Now I am wondering if he got what he was waiting for!

Anyway, I spotted another (or perhaps the same) robin and he also teased me.  I started to feel as if maybe he was guiding my way somehow.  Or even protecting me.  I had visions of being mugged (it was only 8.15 in the morning but you can't be too careful!) and the little bird whipping out a mobile and calling 999.

On reaching the borrow pit I started to walk on my toes to avoid the stupid fart-squeak that comes from my boot with the arch support in it.  I carefully tiptoed up to the water and saw....... nothing!  "Great" I thought sarcastically.  But just then I saw a young moorhen, who soon scarpered into the reeds on realising I had a camera.  His mother must have been in there as she gave him a good telling off which startled me somewhat and then gave me the idea to video once more.  I must now have a clip of some reeds and some funny moorhen noises.

I stood on the wooden seat for a chance of a better view and almost fell off the end into the water!  So I decided to wander 'round and see if there was anything else to see.  Once on the other side of the pit I noticed what I thought was a heron near where I thought the moorhen family were.  I was keen to get a picture of this magnificent creature yet simultaneously thinking "leave the moorhen alone you bastard".

On getting back to my original spot I wondered if it had really been a heron and realised that whatever it had been it was not that close to the moorhen family.  Oops.  I was now getting a bit hungry and had already started daydreaming about having some wonderful person to share all this with so made my way home.

The original robin was waiting on the fence again but flew off when I pressed "record" on the camera.  At the church yard another robin was on the gate post and was less bashful about being photographed.  He also guided my way back to the road, in case I was still daydreaming about the wonderful person, who owned cats.

Think that was pretty much it for my walk.  Am now slightly tired from getting up early!  Need to sort the photo's and videos and finish yesterday's blog.  Thanks if you're still reading, and well done.