Blue skies over Goldcliff
It was a real pleasure to be out in the sun and at Goldcliff this morning. I stepped out of my car to be serenaded by a Blackcap blasting out its song from a nearby bit of scrubby hedgerow. The path leading into the reserve is bordered by a house with what I think are a species of Cherry Trees growing in its garden, which have come into blossom and look beautiful overhanging the fence. Nev loves the smell of blossom in the morning. Officially, today is the last day of meteorological Winter. Hooray at last. We could all do with a break from what seems like an eternity of rainy days and Seasonal Affective Disorder, inducing cloudy days. Based on the weather forecast for the remainder of the week, today's weather was only a brief pause in what has been a very wet start to the year. The warmth of the morning sun, another Blackcap singing a duet with a Chiffchaff, made me walk with a bounce in my step and a smile on my face. I was soaking up as much of that Vitamin D from the sunshine...
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