I should have been at a House Concert with Paul and Sue on the Friday but couldn't make it so just went down the next day to see them and do a bit of sightseeing in one of my favourite areas. I stayed near Boston the first night at a really quiet, rural CL (The Farm).
On the Sunday I met them at the small town of March in Cambridgeshire for the St George's Day parade. (Mae'n ddrwg gen i). Paul was dancing with the Bourne Borderers. It was a great day out, big market, fair, attractions, beer at the Ship Inn on the banks of the Nene.
I stayed overnight on their drive, and then headed off to RSPB Frampton Marsh after breakfast. This was a large wetlands reserve, and I saw:
- Greylag geese
- Brent geese
- Barnacle geese
- Shoveler duck
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Avocet
- Lapwing
- Ruff
- Pipit
- Wheatear
- Goldfinch
- Reed bunting
- Lesser redpoll
- Egret
- Grebe
- Gulls
Also met lots of nice people too, who were all pointing things out to each other.
Then DISASTER! I ignored my own advice about not driving the van to an unknown place, and pranged it trying to get out of the 4th (yes 4th!!!) crappy carpark in the centre of Boston. I was really cross with myself, and just drove back to the site. Sat in the sun with a G&T and a good book instead.
