OWL ATTACK

This evening I went out for a walk around 11:00 (Just got back actually).
I heard an owl, unusual in this area. It was sitting on a house roof, the noise it made was an "Oooh-Oooh" quite loud & fairly deep. I looked but did not see it at first, then...I heard another cry & I was clipped on the ear as it passed me. It landed on the roof of another house & cried it's call again, looking at me. I carried on walking, another cry then BANG, it hit me on the head as it flew past, landing on yet another roof. The same cry as it looked at me. I said something to it like "Sod off" & carried on. Another cry, nothing for a few seconds then BANG again. quite a heavy contact this time. It then flew off to a tree near to the open spaces which form part of the Oversetts open spaces, & cried it's call once more. The size I would guess would be like that of a small eagle owl, the colouring was dark with a few light areas in the feathers (This in sodium street lighting) I also reckon that it is used to human contact & was wanting to be fed perhaps(?). If it wanted to cause me damage, it very easily could have. The question remains Is there one that has possibly escaped in this area?

How much to process?

I received a cheque today for the staggering sum of £0.07 How much did it cost to print, post (envelope & delivery) & process at my bank?

Opening of "The Glade"

Back in May I think it was I posted a picture of the stage that was being built. Now it is completed. Last night 12th Sept' the opening ceremonywas held. Hosted by S'Derbyshire Council, Rosliston Forestry Centre in partenership with national Forest. The music was supplied by Newhall Brass band..."Last Nght at the Proms"






















Dambusters March

Wot a weekend

It started well fine weather , managed to even clean the car. Our guests came to us for the w/e where we had a great meal & drinks with nice music as a background. A few drinks after dinner then off to bed somewhere after midnight. Sunday was the main event for us as we were off to a concert in Derby at Darley Park. The day started well, sun & a light breeze. I went for a walk in the morning to loosen up. We left for Derby around 13:00 just as things were getting cloudy. We got into Burton just as the rain started (Knew I should not have cleaned the car). We arrived in Derby & went to the Abbey public house for lunch. (Free parking, if you know where to go). Having had a good meal, we went for a walk to kill a couple of hours. We had to turn back to go to the car as the weather was getting too much for us, we needed to put on our other waterproofs. To cut a long story very short we set our chairs down for the forthcoming concert. Fully waterproofed & ready for whatever came at us. We decided to leave the camcorders behind as the outlook was not good. Good job we did, the heavens opened we GOT SOAKED despite the waterproofs. So there we sat in the rain getting very wet listening to music. We must have been MAD! Still, we enjoyed ourselves.
The fireworks were fantastic, set to music. Pity we left the cameras in the car, as we would have liked to have recorded the event. But, we still have our cameras undamaged , there is always another time