Back again.

Had a nice week in Melkridge up near haltwhistle for my birthday and we just spent the week chilling out as weve had a really hectic 6 months or so with work and family commitments literally taking all of our time up.
But then back to reality and work and diy at home.....still have the kitchen redevamp in progress, but thankfully its more or less finished. We finished the wallpapering and painting today (my fault when we got half way round i changed my mind and had to start again with a different paper....womans perogative :) renewed all of the cupboards/benches/worktops/coving/pelmets/new stone floor etc etc so now all thats left is to put the new suspended ceiling in to finish it off. I can honeslty say its been a nightmare id never ever want to repeat....2 years off and on but at least theres only one job left.
We drove up on to the alnwick moors to do a spot of birding, but unfortunately there wasnt much around today apart from a lovely songthrush on the bushes outside shoredon hall, 15+ chaffinches and 4 goldfinches and we also got the evil eye from one of the groundsmen for sitting in the car opposite the gatehouse :)
On the way back down the coast going through cresswell it was nice to see the barn owl out again hunting on the dunes, weve seen him 4 or 5 times in the last 2 weeks so hopefully theyve got some hungry chicks in there. Plan tomorrow is to get up for the dawn chorus probably in cresswell/druridge...its the best time of the day.