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Saturday, 29 August 2015

Tropical storm Erika hits Dominica & Swans and Cygnets on the river

The Express tells us something we already know but hints at having pics inside the pages - - -
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Tropical storm Erika  wreaks havoc and causes at least 20 deaths on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean.  It is set to hit Florida on Sunday - - - 
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 yesterday it was time for an early morning walk after Sally said she had seen lots of mushrooms on her morning constitutional 
 the new pond is now full and a huge stone has been erected at its southern end.  This view looks West with a wooded Peak Tor just left of centre and Overhaddon village in the distance 
 a little further on and almost the same view from the top of the golf course 
 i spot a group of cows moving from one field to another and rush to get a pic which causes a bit of a panic, the last one here gets separated from its calf and spends a minute or so trotting up and down the wall before it realises i'm not a threat and rejoins the others 
 these huge leaves are under the forest canopy and are 4ft tall and in excess of a foot across 
 nice view across the river 
 it wasnt long ago that this bit of track was flanked by the wild garlic Ransoms, all gone now as Autumn is creeping up on us 
i wandered into the field that Sally mentioned the mushrooms were in but couldnt find them.  She had also told me about the pair of swans with the 5 cygnets in the river and i was rewarded with watching them glide effortlessly by - - - 
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the Thorn Apple in the front garden is sporting 2 fruit that make it obvious why it is named so - - - 
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weather right now 
 the Temp. is slightly above the single figure of yesterday 
the weathercam pic is little gloomy and i can see a patchy band of rain on the radar only half an hour or so away from us.  The forecast for today has only a 5% chance of rain between 12:00 & 18:00. 
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Enjoy the day 
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Or this one just to see  Live webcam - - Birdfeeders  

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