Enjoy the day – Enjoy the weather
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No rain blobs on the radar means its looking like the UK will have another hot sunny day
27.4 at the moment and the cooling fan will be running so what a day! No rain in the last 24 hours to boot!
A great sunny view across the valley on the weathercam also hints at a great day weatherwise. The forecast is clear of rain except for a period around 18:00 to 23:59 when metcheck looks at a tiny chance of some light rain
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With a note of optimism on a grey clouded morning we scanned the internet looking for things to see here in the North Bay area yesterday morning. Coming to the conclusion that like Orillia the summer season in North Bay only lasts from July to August we decided to do another walk.
This time it was going to be Laurier Woods bounded one side by the motorway and the city on the other we hadn't realised what a great place it would be until we got there.
Checking carefully the route this time we were on course for a "touch down" first time, thwarted only by the fact that the start point was down Brule road which must be the only road in North Bay that didnt have its name displayed
Its mainly a wetland area but there are some trails through the woodland as well. We hoped to spot some mushrooms - - -
Encountering this "Bee Hotel" it gave us the idea to transform our pile of sticks we call the bug house back home in the garden to something like this next year
this purported to be a place to see beavers but it was a no show today
A lone coprinus - - - but we were in for a surprise later
lots of red berries on this bush for the winter birds
Just like the first mushroom we spotted these are a variety of coprinus and they turned out to be almost everywhere
along the trail
here the juveniles looking like Coprinus Atrimentarius are just poking out of the leaf litter with the fully grown ones in the background
stacks of em here!
Sally sets a pace along the trail
Definitely a boletus and we think its a Bay Boletus under the birch trees
These have the look of wax caps
This one with its narrow stem and striated edge looks like a washed out Tawny Grissete
No mistaking this deadly poisonous Amanita Virosa better known as the Destroying Angel check this out for how bad it is . It can be confused with common mushrooms when its young but only by the foolhardy or ignorant
Another Aminita could be a Formosa or known as the Yellow Muscaria
Most definitely the edible and tasty Penny Bun Boletus Edulis
a carpet of mushrooms in very wet ground
The weather gets better and its gets warmer as the sun breaks through
Not sue what these are but they could possibly be Wax Caps hiding from the sunshine like this
We come across a real Beavers Dam!!!!
Unmistakably a real Beavers Dam but no one at home it seems
Fascinating
Not quite sure on these might even be young Death Caps
Definitely a little green frog
We decide to take an "extra trail"
Which has a viewing platform
Amanita Citrina another deadly mushroom
A tiny fungus growing on some dead tree roots
We go a little awry following an "extra trail" and finish up lost or in military jargon misplaced! Retracing our steps to get on the right track its "all my fault" and even pointing out that it was Sally that was "leading" at the time cuts no ice!
back on track we see a brilliant example of Amanita Citrina although in this shot the colour looks a little dodgy. Back at the car we decide to go down to the lakeside
still very cloudy but there is little or no wind and the lake is becalmed
wandering into town we spot a farmers market
the smell of the onions and hot dogs proves too much and we indulge, well we had just been "lost without trace in the wilderness" so al ittle pampering wont go amiss
stocking up on goodies and booze we go back to the hotel then take one last stroll down the beach before settling in for the evening - - - This morning dawns sunny so its looking like we will have a good trip down to our friends place in Pembroke. Staying at the Travel Lodge in North Bay has been a good experience and score out of ten has to be an 8.95 out of 10. Sadly our visit to North bay has suffered from the in between seasons malady we encountered down at Orillia. The walks we have done though have been great apart from Sally getting eaten by the bugs yesterday and sporting some impressive itchy lumps this morning - - -
My netbook has been upgraded to the Anniversary edition of Windows 10 overnight and when i started it up there were lots of the usual messages about waiting while the upgrade was fianalised etc. It eventually returned to normal and seems to be working ok at the moment. I read somewhere that it might just stop old versions of programmes working but i haven't noticed anything odd yet - - - -
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No rain blobs on the radar means its looking like the UK will have another hot sunny day
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With a note of optimism on a grey clouded morning we scanned the internet looking for things to see here in the North Bay area yesterday morning. Coming to the conclusion that like Orillia the summer season in North Bay only lasts from July to August we decided to do another walk.
This time it was going to be Laurier Woods bounded one side by the motorway and the city on the other we hadn't realised what a great place it would be until we got there.
Checking carefully the route this time we were on course for a "touch down" first time, thwarted only by the fact that the start point was down Brule road which must be the only road in North Bay that didnt have its name displayed
A lone coprinus - - - but we were in for a surprise later
These have the look of wax caps
wandering into town we spot a farmers market
My netbook has been upgraded to the Anniversary edition of Windows 10 overnight and when i started it up there were lots of the usual messages about waiting while the upgrade was fianalised etc. It eventually returned to normal and seems to be working ok at the moment. I read somewhere that it might just stop old versions of programmes working but i haven't noticed anything odd yet - - - -
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A PEEK AT THE PAPER
The banners carry another health warning this time about napping in the afternoon giving you diabetes. And a question about motherhood seemingly for a £1 - - - cant read the detail of that one
The banners carry another health warning this time about napping in the afternoon giving you diabetes. And a question about motherhood seemingly for a £1 - - - cant read the detail of that one
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