Sparrow took off in front of me, trying to fly into the wind. Looked like he'd slammed it in reverse as he flew backwards at great speed
Poor little chap
Sparrow took off in front of me, trying to fly into the wind. Looked like he'd slammed it in reverse as he flew backwards at great speed
Poor little chap
Hills and Guinness!
Saw two horses leaning into the wind. It looked very funny, wish I'd had a camera, they were stood at a 45 degree angle. Went hare watching yesterday. Two large males in a field full of dopey pheasants.
Not one, but two big stags standing on the path so I had to run round them. Again, not really wild. Also, probably some interesting wildfowl but they were further away. I'll make more of an effort to run closer to the lake next time.
Nice one Noel!!
Better than my effort...loads and loads of rats on the road to Thirsk and I am mortified to say that I ran over one's tail with my motorbike. Silly creature decided to turn around and run back to the side after I'd swerved to avoid it.
Yes...I know there are fell running farmers out there that will be shaking their heads in disgust that I didn't kill it but I'm not that kind of woman.
WTF Ligers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zOWYj59BXI
Hills and Guinness!
One of our guys - Mark F. - had a close encounter with some wildlife on our run tonight. Running up the track from Carr Meadow towards Chunal (near Hayfield) a sheep suddenly appeared out of the heather/bracken and stuck its horn in Mark's leg. Ripped his running tights from thigh to hip, but fortunately no damage to Mark. Then one of RichT's collies saw the sheep off!
It all seemed very amusing at the time, but it must have been very close to doing Mark some serious damage.
Aye Geoff. Pennine country. Where men are men and the sheep are...scared.
Rare sighting of a deer in Chevin Forest Park (Danefield) today, probably only the 3rd time I've spotted one in about 100 runs up there.