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Has Spring Sprung?

Victor Vectis

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As noted elsewhere, cuckoos here for a week, frogs started singing away in the stream at the foot of the hill, and yesterday we saw our first swallow of the year. Walking by the river Gartempe we photographed the wild flowers: stitchwort, anemones, lungwort, campions and early purple orchids. Spring is definitely here. Only 14c today, but 26c forecast for later in the week, if one was to believe forecasts :) 

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4 hours ago, john6767 said:

That’s because you are not far away!  I noticed Reg when I emptied the ash can before leaving the marina.

 

I wondered if that was you! There are a lot of boats on the system called Firefly though. 

 

Hence my uncertainty.

 

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1 hour ago, Dr Bob said:

I wonder if anyone has called their boat 'Ecofan'?

That'll be a one off then!

If the engine just spins the prop round and round and makes no progress it would be well named. 

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22 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

Same here.    (pic deleted from reply to save space  - see #14 for original pic)

I have taken  a few liberties with the original photo by Mike - apologies here: but this is what I did : I hope it works

Calm water inverted pic.pdf

original 'flipped' both vertical and horizontal.

Which is which - hard to tell ata glance.

 

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2 hours ago, matty40s said:

I was travelling to Blackpool from Essex today via Loughborough. 

As I passed Sawley and Shardlow on the a50, MrSmellys personal cloudbank started to rain......

We escaped today and it didnt rain till after we had moored up :D

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3 minutes ago, Horace42 said:

I have taken  a few liberties with the original photo by Mike - apologies here: but this is what I did : I hope it works

Calm water inverted pic.pdf

original 'flipped' both vertical and horizontal.

Which is which - hard to tell at a glance.

 

 

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12 hours ago, dor said:

Had my first trip of the year on Saturday.  Only a couple of hours or so but it did feel good.

Back to being poisoned to within an inch of my life tomorrow.

I'll organise some more sunshine for your next trip. Best wishes!

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8 minutes ago, Parahandy said:

Thanks for Posting Rusty , my Grandfather met my Grandmother in Norfolk during WW2 and I spend a lot of time out there , mostly at Wells drinking Pints of

Wherry :D

Tis Wells. Tide coming in. Now floating 

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