Babes do Breakfast
27th December 2017
Dashing through the snow a bevy of babes (including the elusive Pam!) arrived at a very grey and chilly Visitors Centre at Carsington. Thankfully the snow stopped as soon as Helen J got the car handbook out to find out how to operate the snow mode function. Sadly Jo doesn't have a snow mode function and found herself snowed in in the wilds of Market Harborough but it was good to hear later that the intrepid travellers were safely returned.
After some time spent doing battle with the car park payment machine, which seemed determined to baffle all of us in turn, we finally made it to the warmth and safety of the café and settled down with a warming drink looking out over the grey waters, enlivened only by a couple of circling crows. We were a little bit worried by the absence of Alison who is normally very prompt but she soon appeared, a little out of breath after her four paper rounds.
Full English breakfasts soon arrived and very fine they were too, for a while there was a pause in the chatter - lots of catching up to do - especially with Pam who we hadn't seen for some time, there was a resounding chorus of 'we told you so' when she admitted that retirement was rather good - although there was an equally resounding groan when we were told of her supply work plans!
Not sure if Alison is enjoying hers - should have had a sausage!
Once the our plates had been scraped clean and Lynn had cleared up for us it was in to present swapping.
Every Babe needs a duck and every duck needs a babe!
What wonderful thoughtfully chosen gifts - here are mine in situ:
Ready for the next trip
The perfect colour
This one is my favourite Pam! guess who it reminds me of...
Ready for a dip
We didn't get to do much bird watching but we did manage a bit of retail therapy in the shop - everyone needs a beautiful tin to keep their bird food in.
The birds were probably watching us and laughing at our feeble efforts at identifying Lynne's very pretty Cromford duck
Later identified by Helen J as a young female Wood Duck
We might even manage a walk next time and Helen J might get her binoculars bout of the car! But sometimes it is just too chilly even for the most hardy babes.
