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Saturday morning:
4.05 am - We're up and at 'em early today. There's a "dawn chorus watch" up on the hill. Off we go, sleepily stumbling up the steps that wind through the wood to St Augustine's. Little to be heard yet, only the stiff breeze rattling the flag pole on the steeple.
Over the next hour we're treated to Song thrush, wren, robin, great-tit, black cap and black bird - all competing for their territory, and the absence of traffic noise here, deep in the wood, makes it all the more beautiful. In the dim light, we catch sight of a woodpecker silently flitting tree to tree, though we went for the sounds - and were rewarded well. J's getting to grips with identifying bird song, and is thrilled when she gets it right.
BBC dawn chorus
Spring watch
10 am - Awake for croissants and fresh coffee while watching Robinson Crusoe on DVD, bought by J for my birthday. It's the original 1960's adventure series based on the classic story by Daniel Defoe; and if you're a certain age you'll probably remember it fondly.
I was four when it aired on Sunday evenings here, and vividly recall sitting by the fire to watch with my brothers and sisters; all six of us glued to the screen and my mother behind us, secretly swooning over Robert Hoffman.
Listen to the theme tune
Watch a clip
4.30 pm - To Greenwich and to "Noodle Time" for a quick nosh before a film. Greenwich Picture House is showing Garth Jennings' "Son of Rambow". If you're an eighties child, you'll love this.
Son Of Rambow
Greenwich Picturehouse
Currently reading:
Spike - An Intimate Memoir.
By Norma Farnes.
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Listening to
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Martin Simpson - Prodigal Son
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Black Uhuru - Red
Last.fm
Comments (2)
Ah, Milligna, the well known spelling mistake. A good choice I'm sure. In fact I think I'll have to get that too.
It's how he would have wanted it...;-)