Last Day of March and looking good

Today is actually my wife and my wedding anniversary. I won't tell you how many years but some of you will know - you may even have been there. I well remember that we hired a Ford Consul and after the wedding we motored north to Yorkshire to call and see my Grandparents and then on to Ilkley to stay at the Ilkley Hotel on Ilkley Moor bar Tat of course. One posh night in a hotel and then the quality of the accommodation "went down" (in cost anyway). Then up to Grasmere and then on to SW Scotland when birding started taking over e.g. the geese. Then on up to Glasgow, under the tunnel, and on past Lomond and round to the west coast and up to Oban (Divers galore on the sea). Our accommodation had reduced from Hotel to Guest House, to Pub, to Council House B&B by the time we got to Oban and then up to Fort William. Then we turned inland to the Cairngorms where we stayed a night and got stuck in the snow I remember trying to get round the east side of the Cairngorms but couldn't make it and had to return back (Diane finding me Golden Eagle on the way near the Devil's Elbow). Our last day was spent motoring down to the Forth and on the ferry across to Edinburgh we lost all the oil out of our gearbox and only just made it off the ferry and into a Ford agents. Our last night B&B in Edinburgh was the worst accommodation of the week. I keep telling my wife, we must do it all again. Maybe we will set off this afternoon :-)) ?? years later.

Bardsey News! - just phoned the island but no reply. I guess they are busy meeting the boat (last Saturdays delayed) so no news is good news. I will carry on with this when they phone me back.
Bev and Jim arrived on the boat but weren't met by the Warden and his staff - for the simple reason, there had been a fall of migrants and they were busy catching and ringing. Bev phoned towards 6pm to say they had caught and ringed 300 birds today, mostly Goldcrests, Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs. There were 5 Firecrests on the island and also recorded today were Black Redstart, 2 Ring Ouzels and Swallows. The other good news is that Jim and Bev have already managed to get the new large generator up to the shed, using the Tirfor that they took with them. Tomorrow they will be starting on getting the old one out and putting the new one in. Weather good and forecast ok so cross fingers, everything running to schedule at the moment. Bev is now on cooking duties I expect.
This Bev and his wife are off early tomorrow birding elsewhere - if I find an internet cafe I will let you know what we get. I might even skype Steve to get the latest island news.