We are back from our Artic adventure, it was epic, we had force 11 seas 🤢, hurricane Eric blew in blizzards and cloud cover which meant we didn’t see one single scrap of the Northern Lights ☹️ but we had an amazing time. The scenery was fantastic, the temperatures were not too low except for one night up in the mountains it was -17 and the toes got a bit cold after a couple of hours, the places we visited were fabulous, even Alta which is just about the last outpost before treks to the North Pole😲 The Norwegians carry on regardless of any snow fall and if they come up against mountains they just tunnel through them 😂 they even have a roundabout right in the middle of one tunnel. The food was amazing especially their pancakes and sour cream 😀, the food on the ship was epic especially the lobster 😀 the people are friendly and very hardy lol, all in all a fantastic time away.
When we got home we were straight back into it, piles of washing, shopping, blood tests on the Friday. On Saturday, because the weather was so lovely we spent the day outside sawing up wood and clearing debris and stood burning it until 7pm and even then we didn’t need our coats on.
I discovered around 20 goose eggs, they obviously started laying while we were away and as they bury them quite deep nobody realised they were there. We lost quite a few hens, I think they were being picked off during the daytime as there were no nighttime disasters, I was reluctant to tell Shelley but I did in the end, they were mostly the older hens though as I counted all the younger ones and they are still there. We have made a plan to get some more in March, the quail have started laying again so that’s good news and the light Sussex are laying well so I will be saving those eggs to hatch some more out.
Sunday was again a glorious day with very unusual temps for the time of year, pretty sure this is going to hit back at us hard later on lol. We carried on with tidying the front, this time the hedge in the driveway, it’s the last few days we have to get it cut before the birds begin to nest, we didn’t quite finish it off as we had a lunch appointment at Upton Firehouse and after that a quick visit to Mum and Ken who have just arrived back after a few months in Spain and France in the caravan. When I knew they were coming back at the end of Feb my first request was for some fresh oranges from Spain 😀 Southern Europe oranges are in season now, I know we can get them all year round in the shops but they are often in cold storage for a long time and fresh, unwaxed, in season oranges are something not to be missed, juicy, sweet, just delicious. She also bought back some lemons, limes and almonds 😀
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