A cheerful gentleman in a white van arrives in the courtyard. It's just turned seven so it's a surprise to find anyone out and about at this hour. He's here to repair the woggly door on the Falcon cooker. 'The Font' only reported the door problem to the supplier on Friday so to get a repairman out so quickly, if unexpectedly, is a cause of rejoicing. What he would have done if we'd been out is a subject left unexplored. The repair takes all of ten minutes. One door arm taken off and a new one screwed on.
In town an old VW Camper van is parked overlooking the sea. The owner has small solar panels set out on the pavement . These power a heating element that is warming up her cup of herbal tea. ' They work but it takes some time ' she informs us as we pass.
Three ladies in brightly coloured swim caps are sploshing around happily in the shallow water below the castle. The sound of their laughter drifts across the air towards us.
From the top of the cliffs we can see the eider ducks and their chicks. There must be a couple of hundred youngsters spread along the stretch of shoreline below us. Fathers stand on guard while mothers shoo the little bundles of fluff onto the safety of the rocks.
Half of the mothers seem to be resting or asleep so there's either another brood on the way or they're taking it in turns to keep an eye on the chicks. Eiders are on the amber list so I'm guessing the two hundred youngsters below us are a fair percentage of the national population.
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6 comments:
Hari OM
It's so good to see al those Eider chicks - may they all survive and the population thrive! YAM xx
I little less than sunny this morning.
A workman responds with a fix in just three days - unheard of! The solar paneled VW lady is quite an anomaly -living in several eras.
Thanks for the Carousel video! Reminds me that I need to rent some quality musicals.
Nina
So much life around the water - ducks and their ducklings, swimmers, herons, lobster creels, and a couple of nice humans to appreciate the balance.
I love the colours of the rocks and pebbles in your pics of the shore.
Wendy (Wales)
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