Hello
all, long time no blog! Hope all my lovely readers are in good spirits
and that 2017 is treating you well so far. I'm thrilled to bits to be
back at my keyboard typing away, there's been a lot of upheaval in my
life since my last post (including parting ways with my last partner,
moving out of the home we shared and starting a new job) so posts
stopped for a period while I got myself together again and started
putting affairs in order. There's been a fair bit of tumult but the job
I'm in is going well at the moment and I'm happy in a new relationship,
so I'm feeling in a better position than I was a couple of years ago.
I'm currently working as Administration and Finance Officer for an arts
education charity called Pedestrian, so I'm still involved with creative
activity but since I'm working there four days a week (and then
learning to drive one day a week) illustration work has taken something
of a back seat.
My
new fella is from out of town (he hails from Manchester) and is down
visiting this week, so I have decided to show him some of the sights of
Leicester as well as treating him to a spa day. Yesterday I took him to
the north side of the city to see Abbey Park, Abbey Pumping Station,
Belgrave Hall and Gardens as well as Belgrave Road (The Golden Mile).
I
took my trusty DSLR along for the trip, with a couple of new lenses to
play with: a telephoto zoom and a wide angle. There were plenty of
opportunities to put them to use, starting right at the beginning of our
jaunt when we spotted this Heron at Abbey Park! Sadly it looks like I
didn't manage to get him in focus properly but it was still a fab
sighting.
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| Heron on the bank of the River Soar, Abbey Park |
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| Keepers House, Abbey Park |
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| Statue of Cardinal Wolsey outside the Cafe Pavilion, Abbey Park |
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| Bridge outside the Cafe Pavilion, Abbey Park |
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| Coot chicks, Abbey Park |
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| Canada Geese, Abbey Park |
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| Canada Geese, Abbey Park |
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| Goldfinch, canal towpath |
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| Abbey Pumping Station |
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| Beam engine room, Abbey Pumping Station |
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| Original boiler, Abbey Pumping Station |
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| Belgrave Hall |
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| Belgrave Hall Gardens |
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| Belgrave Hall Gardens |
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| Belgrave Hall Gardens |
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| Belgrave Hall Gardens |
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| Belgrave Hall Gardens |
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| Belgrave Hall Gardens |
As
you can see it was a good day for bird spotting - Coots were out with
their chicks, as well as Canada Geese and Goldfinches! I loved my zoom
lens for allowing me to get much closer shots of them than usual.
As always thank you so much for reading, hope to see you next time!
