First Thing,

I was out, 

to the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, although I left early, the main car park was full and the overflow car park filling up, there were bird watchers everywhere, 

this is the main building, with a café and toilets, 

I had a brief peruse at the sign, 

and then time for a decision, 

which path to follow?

decision made and I was off, this one a small circular route, 

the next gravelled, 

along the way,

so many moss covered logs, 

the main path had lots of smaller pathways leading from it, 

I will not post any photographs of the birds yet, 

I will explore the walks, 

taking a few photographs on the way, 

and then at the end of the trip post a few of the birds, 

the area has many lakes,

with rivers and streams popping up every now and then,

the walk I was on takes about 1 hour,

but I did not walk the whole circuit,

 I wanted to walk a little of all of them,

reeds now dry, soon to be a area of lush growth, 

the lake has a number of hides, like this one,

over looking the lake and its islands,

a smaller pond by the lake, 

and it was here I meet a lovely couple of chaps, 

2 fisherman that have been fishing here for a number of years, we chatted away and it turned out that one of them used to come into the shop and knew it quite well, 

after saying our farewells I continued my search for birds, looking back, I should have stayed here!

as a duck waddled ashore looking for a open bait container for a quick snack!

up the steps, 

to another hide, by now it was mid afternoon,

so I made my way back to the car, 

on the way a charming picture of a mum showing her daughter some of the parks wildlife, a beetle was crossing the muddy path and they waited until it had disappeared into the long grass, such a refreshing change from seeing kids glued to their phones indoors,

back to where I started, then a change of plans, I walked through to the heronry, 

and then,

the sensory garden, 

with flower beds planted out, next into the car, on the way here I passed Polhill Nursery, 

so I just had to pop in on the way home,

I had a few things in mind, 

as I passed the fruit stalls, 

and here they were, almond macaroons, 2 packs of those and a huge slice of cherry cake, next stop the butchers for 2 packs of saveloys,

and of course, 

I could not pass the seafood outlet, 

crayfish tails, mussels and cockles to go!

and now a few photographs, the first out of the camera,

the second cropped, I should title this one 'Legless!'

the problem being even with my 100 - 200mm lens with a 1.4 converter, 

the wildlife was so far away, 

note to self, 

buy a longer lens!

of course there were a few birds in the trees, shrubs and under growth, 

like this blue tit, 

and this cheeky chappie that appeared on UK coins, the coin a farthing for years, in case you do not know what a farthing is, in old UK money a £1 had 240 pence or 480 half-pence, a farthing was half of a half-pence, so there were 960 farthings in a £1, the farthing stopped being legal tender on 1st. January 1961, when I was just 11 years old,

and here is one of the coins, 

and on the reverse, this bird, images courtesy of The Coinery, 

and this is him in real life a Wren, 

also here in a nearby enclosure, 

a few goats, 

looking quite different in white and black, 

just as I was leaving another bird called by to say cheerio, 

a robin, 

arriving home it was soon time for my evening read and sherry,

for tonight a steak and ale pie, 'Cheers!', I followed my meal with,

 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, the film is a long one at two and a half hours, but time just flies past as it follows the life and times of General Wynne-Candy from when he is an idealistic young officer returned on leave from the Boer War through to his retirement as an anachronistic and obdurate Major General, also the loves of his life and a life long friend, a German officer, not I guess a film many will have seen, but great for an old duffer like me!

Angels One Five, a real boys own adventure/hero story, a early 1952 movie, after which Diana arrived home, so a Endeavour it was before we were off to bed.